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4th round of Damallsvenskan, Sweden´s premier league Sunday, May 6, 2001 By Thorsten Frennstedt Älvsjö 1 Malmö 0 (1-0) Scorer Jessia Thorn (82) Öster 1 Djurgården 6 (1-2) Scorers Ö: Linda Alrikzon (5) D: Elin Flyborg (25, 45, 85), Jill Broomé (52), Karin Sandbrink (59), Jessika Sundh (80) HIF Alingsås (P) 0 Kopparbergs/Landvetter 1 (0-1) Scorer Ulrika Björn (35) Mallbacken (P) 2 Hammarby 1 (2-1) Scorers M: Birgitta Stjernberg (5) Jenny Larsson (38) H: Salina Olsson (PK, 10) Sunnanå 0 Kristianstad/Wä 1 (0-1) Scorer K/W: Maria Wanstadius (12) Bälinge 1 Umeå 1 (1-0) Scorers B: Anna Fredlund (39). U: Hanna Ljungberg (79). League Standings Umeå 10 points Kopparbergs/Landvetter 9 * Djurgården 9 Älvsjö 9 Malmö 7 Kristianstad/Wä 7 Hammarby 6 * Mallbacken 4 ----- HIF Alingsås 0 * Sunnanå 0, Öster 0 * * = only three matches yet. Commentary The big surprise was reigning champion Umeå failure to win their match in Bälinge. Traditions seem to have an impact. Last year one of Umeå´s dropped two points was also in Bälinge. The team from Uppsala was lucky. Sofia Eriksson hit the post twice and Therese Kapstad once. Hanna Ljungberg got stuck beetween Bälinge defendersSara Call and Yolanda Odenyo. Two assistant keepers of their clubs have fought to keep the zero. Umeå´s Sofia Lundgren was defeted by Anna Fredlund´s 1-0 for Bälinge, and Hedvig Lindahl och Malmö by Jessica Thorn´s winning goal at Älvsjö. Hedvig is the winner with 358 minutes and Sofia is the runner-up with 309. Malin Andersson made her first appearence in Alvsjö since she signed for Malmö this winter. Älvsjö without Malin is still ahead of Malmö, a minor suprise to the experts. Mallbacken became the first of the three promoted teams to win. Jenny Larsson´s 2-1 was the hit of the match. Sunnanå was expected to beat Kristiantad/Wä but failed. It was a kind of derby when Kopparberg/Landvetter played HIF Alingsås away. K/L is so far surprising. "I think we played a little to kindly because many of the players know each others," K/L coach Bo Falk claimed. Öster let in six scores for the second time in three matches allowing Elin Flyborg of Djurgården to go to first place in the scoring league. She addedthree more to her previous three.