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When Glenn Nyberg kicked off the 117th Allsvenskan derby of all time between Malmö and Helsingborg on Monday night, Malmö FF chased after the gold and the Helsingborgs IF allsvenskan contract. The stakes were high.
The day before, Falkenberg had unexpectedly defeated Djurgården and pushed HIF down.
But then Gothenburg He also fell against Örebro, which meant that HIF with a derby win would move up two notches in the table and land in 13th place, meaning that he avoided both relegation and qualification.
For the MFF, a victory would give them a chance to lift the Lennart Johansson trophy in the next round at home against Sirius.
It was HIF who started out stronger and created multiple chances, but it was also an HIF that went scoreless in four of the last five home games against Malmö.
Even this time inefficiency would be punished.
Because when Isaac Kiese Thelin, beautifully played by Erdal Rakip in the 15th minute of the game, got his first clear scoring opportunity, he didn’t hesitate for a second before pressing 1-0 on the pitch.
Also in the second half, the home team started better and forced MFF goalkeeper Marko Johansson to make big saves.
And while Johansson made good saves, HIF goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard was forced to replace in the 51st minute, injured. Alexander Nilsson entered.
Helsingborgs goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard reacts when he is replaced.
Photograph: Petter Arvidson / Bildbyrån
Helsingborg did what they could do to force a tie, but neither Alexander Nilsson nor Marko Johansson let him go.
Kiese Thelin’s goal was the only goal of the match and MFF won their fifth consecutive Skånederby.
Thanks to the victory, Malmö can secure gold in a week, while HIF plays an important line match against IFK Gothenburg.
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