Malmö most recently came from an away loss against Sävehof with 31-30 and now they were faced with another tough task in the form of Kristianstad.
And Skånederbyt would be an even battle.
Kristianstad had the lead for most of the first half.
But after 29 minutes, Malmö took their first lead with 11-10.
That lead also stood up to the half-time break.
Malmö's Tim Hilding scored four of Malmö's eleven goals in the first half.
- The first minutes were tough but then we came up in the match.
It's a fucking fighting effort we make, says the goal scorer to C More.
The law was also followed in the second period.
But in the end Kristianstad pulled away and the match ended 28-24.
Thus, Kristianstad takes the step up to 20 points and is new number one in the table, one point ahead of Sävehof who has one match less played.
Malmö's loss was the first at home this season.
In tonight's other matches in the Handball League, Hammarby won against Ystad 28-27 while Alingsås and Önnered played 29-29.