After Djurgården's loss to Varberg, the guests had a golden chance to withdraw from one of the candidates in the battle for the Swedish Championship gold.
During the crisp Sunday evening, the team stepped out with different ambitions at Guldfågeln Arena.
And there was jubilation for Malmö after 1-0 away against Kalmar.
The guests got off to a good start when they came to a dangerous situation immediately.
Adi Nalic sent a cross to Antonio Colak who with his forehead angled the ball into the post.
Near 1-0.
But only close.
Shortly afterwards, they got an even better position when Veljko Birmancevic was torn down in the offensive penalty area.
Elvametssparken took care of Colak - and he missed.
- I'm sorry.
We must continue to create chances and score goals in the second half.
Overall, we dominated the first half.
We created many chances but have to score goals, so it is important that we keep the game up, says Antonio Colak to Discovery + at half time.
However, there were not many chances for Malmö in the second half.
But in the final stage, you got that golden opportunity that you had longed for so far.
The jumper Jo Inge Berget came loose and stood for an outside that looked in behind Lucas Hägg Johansson.
The victory means that Malmö now leads the Allsvenskan with four points down to Djurgården.