The match at Varberg Energi arena started half an hour later than planned after Häcken's player bus got stuck in queues on E6 due to a traffic accident.

If it affected the guests?

Penalty reduction by Varberg

Not particularly.

Häcken took the lead with both 1-0 and 2-0 in the first half, before Varberg reduced the penalty in the 38th minute.

- We do very well in the first until we make 2-0. Then I do not know if we start to relax or something, but they come into the match, said Häcken's Leo Bengtsson to Dplay during the break.

- It is important that we are compact in our defensive game and punish them in the counterattacks, the midfielder continued.

Penalties by Selmani

He himself put 1-0 in the 26th minute, nicely played by a trickster Erik Friberg, and then played Ahmed Yasin to 2-0 in the 31st.

Varberg's top scorer Astrit Selmani gave the home team hope when he set a cool penalty before the break.

"Trying to psyche me"

Afterwards, he pecked Häcken goalkeeper Jonathan Rasheed.

- He wants to stand there for a long time, he's trying to psych me. But 1-0 to me there, Selmani said at the break.

First away win

Newcomer Varberg did not manage to turn the match around in the second half. Instead, Häcken extended to 3-1 through Alexander Faltsetas in the 71st minute and took his first away win this season.

Hisingslaget is now fifth in the table. Varberg has seven straight games without a win and is ninth.