Hammarby FF vs IF Elfsborg 4-1

Hammarby FF beat IF Elfsborg 4-1 at 3Arena, with Paulos Abraham scoring twice and an own goal helping put the game beyond reach before Elfsborg's late reply.

The home side led at half-time after Abraham opened the scoring in the 39th minute, turning in Frank Junior Adjei's assist for 1-0. Hammarby then made it 2-0 on 58 minutes when Abraham struck again, this time from Warner Hahn's assist.

Elfsborg got back into it in the 65th minute through Thomas Isherwood's own goal, cutting the margin to 2-1, but Hammarby restored control on 76 minutes when Montader Madjed finished from Abraham's pass for 3-1. Elfsborg made two changes on 79 minutes and Hammarby responded with three on 80, before Leo Hakan Ostman made it 3-2 on 81 minutes from Arbër Zeneli's assist. The visitors never found a second answer.

Hammarby had 63% of the ball, 717 passes to Elfsborg's 414, and 17 shots to 8, with 6 on target to 2. They also led 4-2 on corners and recorded 1 save to Elfsborg's 3, while xG was close at 1.37 to 1.3. Elfsborg had 2 offsides to Hammarby's 1 and both teams finished with 0 red cards.

Julius Magnusson was booked for Elfsborg in the 22nd minute.