Hammarby FF vs Sirius 2-0

Hammarby FF beat Sirius 2-0 at 3Arena, taking control through a first-half penalty and adding a second goal early after the break. Sirius never found a way back, and Hammarby finished with 10 men after a late red card.

Victor Lind opened the scoring from the spot in the 21st minute to make it 1-0 to Hammarby FF. That remained the score at half-time, with Hammarby in front after a first period that also brought a yellow card for ibrahima fofana breze in the 5th minute and one for Tesfaldet Tekie in the 46th minute.

Hammarby doubled the lead in the 51st minute when Paulos Abraham finished from Hampus Skoglund to make it 2-0. Sirius tried to change things with a substitution in the 59th minute, when Charlie Nildén went off for N. Jönsson, and that move was followed by yellow cards for N. Jönsson and Mohamed Soumah in the 64th minute. Hammarby then made three changes across the closing stages, with Oscar Johansson replacing Frank Junior Adjei in the 71st minute, and a double change in the 80th minute as Victor Eriksson came on for Hampus Skoglund and Nahir Besara replaced Montader Madjed. The home side then lost ibrahima fofana breze to a red card in the 83rd minute, before Tesfaldet Tekie was replaced by Waylon Renecke in the 84th minute and Sirius sent on Simon Sandberg for Melker Heier in the 87th minute.

The numbers were close in several areas. Hammarby had 63% of the ball and 557 passes to Sirius' 314, while Sirius had more shots, 13 to 12, and more on target, 5 to 3. Hammarby also won 10 corners to 7, had 1 offside to Sirius' 4, and made 5 saves to 2, with xG at 1.48 to 1.69.

Hammarby FF had one yellow card before the interval and Tesfaldet Tekie was booked in the 46th minute. Sirius had three yellows, for N. Jönsson and Mohamed Soumah in the 64th minute and Marcus Lindberg in the 83rd minute, while ibrahima fofana breze's yellow in the 5th minute was followed by his red card in the 83rd minute.