Three different scorers, 3–0 against Djurgården
The women's team did not mess about. Malmö FF Dam beat Djurgårdens IF 3–0 at Eleda Stadion, with three different players on the scoresheet (4). Älvali Lindström got one of them and was honest about it: "It wasn't the prettiest goal I've scored, but it counts too, so it's fun" (3).
The win locks in third place in Damallsvenskan and pulls you further into the race for the last European spot (7). Djurgården are still stuck near the relegation line, a third straight game without scoring (2).
Jonas Valfridsson's summary was the good kind of boring: "Today we put it together over 90 minutes in a good way" (4)(6). Izzy D'Aquila called her goal "a relief" (12).
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Nine on the injury list before Västerås
Malmö FF have nine players on the injury list, and two new names went on it this week: Isaac Assibu and Noah John (5)(9).
Both are doubtful for the away trip to Västerås SK on Saturday at 15:00. Gaute Helstrup did not sugarcoat it: "We hope it's nothing major with them. We take it day by day with them, Saturday's game will probably come too soon" (5).
The good news is on the other side of the list. Andrej Djuric and Mayckel Lahdo are back, and Sead Haksabanovic is available for selection (9).
Ekong is training with the group again
Emmanuel Ekong is expected back in team training after the break (10)(14). His knee is the reason he is still here: it stopped an almost-done move to Hajduk Split (10).
He described the days after it went wrong: "I didn't really understand what was happening, whether I should keep training with Malmö or have surgery. There were a couple of days where I had to decide" (10).
MFF keep quiet on the injury work
Malmö FF say nothing publicly about how they handle the injury pile-up. Naprapat David Björkman explains the club's work with the squad, but the club is keeping the details in-house (8)(13).
AIK went the other way and aired their own injury review publicly. Their strategy chief Jeremy Steele put the cost bluntly: "Having 33 percent of the budget in the stands... that's killing" (8).
You are fifth in Allsvenskan on 33 points after 21 games, with a goal difference of +6 (5).
