Sirius answered immediately – back as series leader

Hammarby was only allowed to be league leader - by virtue of a better goal difference - for just over two days. On Tuesday evening, Sirius completed the 27th round of the Football Allsvenskan with the victory against Halmstad and now tops the table on 58 points - three points ahead of "Bajen" with three games left to play.

Striker Isak Bjerkebo played a decisive role in the victory against Jumbo at home at Studenternas in front of 9,564 spectators.

After just over 20 minutes, he arranged a penalty after shooting the ball into the hand of a Halmstad defender. The 23-year-old stepped forward himself and ice coldly scored the lead goal behind away goalkeeper Tim Rönning.

- Of course it's nervous, but I like those situations, says Bjerkebo to TV4 about being a penalty shooter in the middle of the club's pursuit of the club's first SM gold.

The hit was Bjerkebo's 15th of the season. As many goals as Robbie Ure managed to score before Sirius sold the shot to La Liga club Sevilla this summer. Djurgården's Kristian Lie tops the Allsvenskan scoring league with 17 goals.

A few seconds before the break, Bjerkebo instead acted as a forward. He ran perfectly deep and was able to find an onrushing Joakim Persson in the penalty area, who extended the lead to 2–0.

- It was nice to see "Jocke" get on the outside. A nice goal, says Bjerkebo.

Halmstad played up their game in the second half, but could never get past Sirius goalkeeper David Celic. Closest was Hussein Carneil, who hit the bar after 60 minutes.

Jumbon Halmstad has three points up on Degerfors in the qualifying spot and six points up on Kalmar on safe ground.