Gefle 1-1 Kalmar 6th April 2009

Defending Champions Kalmar start the season with a disappointing 1-1 draw away to Gefle. It was Kalmar who struck first when Rasmus Elm converted a 20th minute penalty. But Gefle struck back to level on 63 minutes thanks to Hans Berggren. 

Gefle: 1. Mattias Hugosson (g.k): Daniel Bernhardsson (C), Daniel Theorin, Omar Jawo, Andreas Dahlén, Yannick Bapupa, Yussif Chibsah, Johannes Ericsson, Jonas Lantto, Amadou Jawo, Hans Berggren subs: Emil Hedvall (g.k), Jonathan Hellström, Alexander Gerndt, Marcus Hansson, Jonatan Berg

Kalmar: 1. Petter Wastå (g.k): Tobias Eriksson, Joachim Lantz, Stefan Larsson, Emin Nouri, Henrik Rydström (C), David Elm, Jimmie Augustsson, Rasmus Elm, Lourival Assis, Daniel Mendes subs:  Zlatan Azinovic (g.k),  Tobias Carlsson, Abiola Dauda, Daniel Sobralense, Lasse Johansson

Venue: Strömvallen

Time: 19:00 CET

AIK 1-0 Halmstad 5th April 2009

AIK won a hard-fought game against Halmstads with Gabriel Özkan's 55th minute strike the difference between the two sides. AIK needing to overcome 2008's disappointments set out a signal that they could be in the European reckoning this season. 

AIK:Daniel Örlund (g.k): Markus Jonsson, Per Karlsson, Jos Hooiveld, Nils-Eric Johansson, Kenny Pavey, Jorge Ortiz, Daniel Tjernström (C), Gabriel Özkan, Martin Kayongo-Mutumba, Iván Óbolo subs: Milos Petkovic (g.k), Walid Atta, Pierre Bengtsson, Mikael Thorstensson, Yussuf Saleh

Halmstads:Magnus Bahne (g.k): Emil Salomonsson, Tomas Zvirgzdauskas, Tommy Jönsson (C), Christian Järdler, Sebastian Johansson, Andreas Johansson, Michael Görlitz, Anel Raskaj, Marcus Olsson, Anselmo Nascimento subs:Karl-Johan Johnsson (g.k), Mikael Rosén, Ajsel Kujovic, Emir Kujovic, Tim Sparv

Venue: Råsunda

Time: 15:00 CET

Trelleborgs 0-0 IF Brommapojkarna 5th April 2009

Trelleborgs set their season off with a 0-0 draw against newly promoted IF Brommapojkarna at home. A game of few chances both sides will be happy with a draw but a win was possible for either side. 

Trelleborgs: Viktor Noring (g.k): Dennis Melander (C), Peter Abelsson, Rasmus Bengtsson, Mattias Nylund, Joakim Sjöhage, Marcus Falk-Olander, Magnus Andersson, Marcus Pode, Fredrik Jensen, Andreas Drugge subs: Fredrik Persson (g.k), Mattias Thylander, Thommie Persson, Viktor Svensson, Fisnik Shala

IF Brommapojkarna:Kristoffer Nordfeldt (g.k): Jon Persson (C), Richard Henriksson, Markus Karlsson, Kim Odelius, Gabriel Petrovic, Imad Chhadeh, Dalil Benyahia, Philip Haglund, Miiko Albornoz, Olof Guterstam subs:Benny Lekström (g.k)Joakim Runnemo, Pär Asp, Sinan Ayranci, Andreas Eriksson

Venue: Vångavallen

Time: 15:00 CET

Örgryte 1-5 GAIS 5th April 2009

Newly Promoted Örgryte were dealt a harsh lesson today as city rivals GAIS put 5 past them. 6 minutes in Pär Ericsson gave GAIS the lead before Alvaro Santos levelled for the home side on 17 minutes. But GAIS got a 2nd goal on 26 minutes when Tommy Lycén scored and that goal set the tone for the match. Mattias Lindström made it 3-1 just 2 minutes later before Wanderson capped off a great 3 minutes when netting just a minute later. Mattias Lindström made it 5-1 and an easy win on 51 minutes. 

Örgryte:David Stenman (g.k): Robin Jonsson, Dennis Jonsson, David Leinar, Alessandro Silva Perreira, Björn Anklev, Magnus Källander, Christian Lindström, Pavel Zavadil: Marcus Allbäck (C) Alvaro Santos subs: Dick Last (C), Christofer Bengtsson, Martin Dohlsten, Patrik Elmander, Danny Ervik

GAIS: Dime Jankulovski (g.k): Jonas Lundén (C), Richard Ntomba Ekunde, Andreas Tobiasson, Kenneth Gustafsson, Richard Spong, Johan Mårtensson, Tommy Lycén, Wanderson do Carmo, Mattias Lindström, Pär Ericsson subs: Magnus Jonsson (g.k), Gudjón Baldvinsson, Daniel Nicklasson, Mikael Dahlgren, Eyjólfur Hédinsson

Venue: Gamla Ullevi

Time: 14:30 CET

Elfsborg 1-1 Hammarby 4th April 2009

Last years' runners-up Elfsborg set out for the title with a 1-1 draw at home to Stockholm side Hammarby. But it was the visitors who took the lead on 14 minutes when Louay Chanko teed up Emil Johansson to score Hammarby's 1st goal of the season. 

Elfsborg hit back on 48 minutes when Stefan Ishizaki fired home. But it ended in a 1-1 draw which will please no one. 

Elfsborg: Anté Covic (g.k): Johan Karlsson, Martin Andersson (C), Teddy Lucic, Mathias Florén: Anders Svensson, Helgi Danielsson: Stefan Ishizaki, Denni Avdic, Daniel Mobaeck: James Keene subs: Joakim Wulff (g.k), Martin Ericsson, Anders Wikström, Daniel Nordmark, Joel Johansson

Hammarby: 35. Kristoffer Björklund (g.k): David Johansson, Igor Armas, Christian Traoré, Emil Johansson: Maic Sema, Mikkel Jensen (C), Louay Chanko, Fredrik Söderström: Sebastian Castro-Tello, Charlie Davies subs: Johannes Hopf (g.k), José Monteiro, Freddy Söderberg, Haris Laitinen, Simon Helg

Venue: Borås Arena

Time: 16:00 CET

BK Häcken 0-1 Malmö April 4th 2009

Newly promoted BK Häcken faced a difficult opener at home to Malmö but it was the home side who created a few chances before Malmö scored the games' only goal on 85 minutes with Milijan Mutavdzic scoring. 

BK Häcken: C.Källqvist (g.k): David Frölund, Mattias Östberg, Tom Söderberg, Marcus Jarlegren: Dominic Chatto, Janne Saarinen (C): Jonas Henriksson, Josef Karlsson, Erik Friberg: Mathias Ranégie subs:Damir Mehic (g.k), Johan Lind, Paulo de Oliviera, Vinicius Lopes Souto, Daniel Forsel

Malmö: 1. Jonas Sandqvist (g.k): Ulrich Vinzents (C), Jimmy Dixon, Gabriel De Paulo Limeira, Ricardo Ferreira da Silva: Guillermo Molins, Miljan Mutavdzic, Robert Åhman-Persson, Labinot Harbuzi: Edward Ofere, Daniel Larsson subs: 25. Dusan Melichárek (g.k), Rick Kruys, Jeffrey Aubynn, David Durmaz, Jimmy Durmaz

Venue: Rambergsvallen

Time: 16:00 CET

The big-kick-off Tomorrow

The Allsvenskan is back tomorrow with 16 teams taking part. I have my predictions ready as the league prepares for kick-off. 

The championship will be close but Kalmar i think won't go down without a fight. Elfsborg unlucky last year i think will have the quality to win the championship in November. 

European places: Helsingborgs should be up there at the end of the season and AIK will be up there i think. But IFK Göteborg have the squad to get into the Europa League and will be my dark-horse for the championship. Djurgården could be up and around there. 

European Challengers: Halmstads are my bet to challenge the Europe chasing sides along with Hammarby. But will 2009 be the year Malmö make a charge on Europe. But for me Halmstads will be the best out of those 3 sides. 

Mid-Table Safety: I think after last year's showing Örebro may be safe but they are unpredictable. Örgryte, newly promoted have the quality to stay up. 

Relegation scrap: Expect Gefle, GAIS and Trelleborg to be in and around the dog-fight this year. Gefle narrowly avoided relegation last year and GAIS are unpredictable and Trelleborg have lost a few players. 

Relegation: I can't see IF Brommapojkarna staying up. Olof Guterstam is the big name player but the team are going to struggle in the league this season. BK Häcken have the element of surprise about them but i think they could go down but they may show us otherwise. 

E-mail me your predictions legendconor@yahoo.com let me see yours!!!