Malmö dictated the match tempo but it was Elfsborg who created the match's first danger.
A free-kick variant just outside the offensive penalty area ended with Jacob Ondrejka hitting the ball outside the post.
Malmö continued to own the ball possession and in the end they also received a dividend in terms of results.
Jo Inge Berget played a perfect ball into the penalty area - where Veljko Birmancevic nicely heeled the ball into goal.
And Malmö went into the halftime break with a 1-0 lead.
Replicated
The second half was not even five minutes old before Elfsborg had equalized.
Rasmus Alm played Simon Olsson - who easily placed the ball in goal.
Elfsborg's first goal this Allsvenskan season.
Elfsborg then took the lead in the 66th minute.
Per Frick was pitted against Johan Dahlin, who made himself big and saved.
19,405 spectators then saw both teams try to go for the win but the match ended 1-1.