Hacken put on a statement performance against Eskilstuna, winning 6-0 in the Damallsvenskan's twelfth round on Sunday. The hosts didn't just win — they dismantled their visitors from the opening whistle. And here's the thing about such results: they tell you everything you need to know about where this team stands.
N. Akgun opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute, catching Eskilstuna off guard. A. Anvegard doubled the advantage before half-time, finding the net in the thirty-sixth minute. By then it was clear this wasn't going to be a contest.
The second half brought more of the same. M. Jusu Bah made it three in the forty-ninth minute, followed almost immediately by T. Tindell's goal in the fifty-first. T. K. Palmadottir added a fourth in the fifty-third, and Eskilstuna had no answer.
A. Anvegard completed his brace in the sixty-third minute before the match settled into a managed rhythm. Hacken brought on R. Combs, A. Sutter, N. Akgun, F. Rogic and M. Jusu Bah across the final quarter, while Eskilstuna's A. Selerud came on in the seventy-first minute. The visitors ran out of ideas and energy.
Hacken dominated the numbers too. They held 57 per cent possession and took fourteen shots — five on target, nine off. Eskilstuna managed three shots on target from thirteen attempts. To be fair, the visitors were more accurate with their attempts, but that doesn't change the fact they created very little.
The result keeps Hacken top of the table with forty-six points from seventeen games. Eskilstuna remain fourth on twenty-seven points, six points behind the leaders. That gap might yet close, but not after a performance like this.