Tõugjas and Halmstad close in on survival play-off place

Erko Jonne Tõugjas and Halmstad face a three-way fight to secure the Allsvenskan play-off place that could keep them in the top flight. Halmstad, Örgryte and Matvei Igonen’s Degerfors are level on 20 points, with only one able to earn that route to survival. The outcome is due to be decided in two weeks.

Halmstad were bottom with eight points after 18 matches late in the summer and have not climbed the table. But four of their five league wins this season have come in their past 10 games, giving them renewed hope.

Their latest boost came before the international break, when Tõugjas started and played the full match in a 2-1 victory over Djurgården. The defeat dealt a blow to the third-placed Stockholm side’s title hopes and tightened the relegation battle in the lower half of the table.

Source: soccernet.ee