Fast Start, Then It Just Kept Coming
Djurgården picked the perfect day for a party. Celebrating the club’s 135th anniversary, they tore Västerås apart at 3Arena, going 1-0 up inside six minutes through Patric Åslund — fittingly, a former VSK player himself — off a through ball from Oskar Fallenius. Västerås, who’d arrived unbeaten in four just like the hosts, simply couldn’t get a foothold in the game from there.
Kristian Lien doubled the lead not long after, and by the 28th minute it was 3-0 — Max Larsson swung in a corner, Marcus Baggesen switched off at the back, and Adam Ståhl snuck away from him to head home unmarked. Djurgården even had a fourth chance to make it before the break, Lien firing a spectacular volley off a Larsson cross that keeper Elis Jäger somehow kept out. Still, 3-0 at halftime told its own story — total domination from the home side.
Lien Completes His Hat-Trick
Second half, Djurgården just kept the foot down. Lien got his third of the afternoon — his second of the second half — after pouncing on a failed dribble by Ismet Lushaku in the box, smashing it into the top corner to complete his hat-trick. Then, in the 60th minute, Bo Hegland whipped in a cross from the left, VSK’s Haladj-Madiou Keita didn’t bother tracking his man, and Miro Tenho rose free to head in the sixth. There was almost a seventh too — substitute Jeppe Okkels turned home a chance late on, but the flag went up for offside and it didn’t stand.
“We put in an insanely good performance,” Lien told TV4 afterward, and it’s hard to argue. Djurgården also handed debuts to two notable names in the closing stages — 16-year-old Alexander Johansson, son of club great Andreas Johansson, and new midfield signing Christos Almyras — both given a big ovation from the home crowd when they came on.
What It Means Next
The win lifts Djurgården up to third in the table, just a point behind leaders Hammarby with a game in hand on most of the chasing pack. It’s a genuinely eye-catching response after a narrow 1-0 win over Degerfors the week before, and with Lien now firmly among the league’s most in-form strikers, Djurgården look like they’re building real momentum at exactly the right time.
Match Summary
Djurgården 6-0 Västerås Allsvenskan — 3Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Monday, 3 August 2026
Goals: 6′ Patric Åslund (Djurgården) 1-0 (assist: Oskar Fallenius) Kristian Lien (Djurgården) 2-0 28′ Adam Ståhl (Djurgården) 3-0 (assist: Max Larsson) Kristian Lien (Djurgården) 4-0 Kristian Lien (Djurgården) 5-0 60′ Miro Tenho (Djurgården) 6-0 (assist: Bo Hegland)
Result: Djurgården thrash Västerås 6-0, with Kristian Lien scoring a hat-trick, and move up to third place in the table.
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