Striving AIK hope to pull off a surprise when they greet enterprising Elfsborg in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home regulars will have so-so expectations.
- AIK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Elfsborg is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
It should be mentioned that Elfsborg play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Elfsborg on grass are 15 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 52-28. You can compare this with overall results below.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
AIK form and stats
The overall Allsvenskan statistics playing at home this season for AIK are 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though AIK have been steadily collecting points here at Friends Arena through three straight draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for AIK, who played 1-1 against Kalmar. That match was also played at this venue (Friends Arena). Faraj felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Kalmar as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 48th minute. The striker Magashy won the honour of being "man of the match" for AIK with a rating of 8.35/10. Magashy scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Djurgården.AIK's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Elfsborg form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+17) in Allsvenskan, are W4-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. In general it has been a productive period now for Elfsborg as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Elfsborg delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Djurgården (placed 4th) in their previous match. Larsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Larsson scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that, Elfsborg secured a home win against Malmö FF with the score 3-0.Elfsborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four AIK victories, four draws and two Elfsborg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ondrejka 5 goals | A. Bernhardsson 4 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 4 goals |
AIK missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| AIK | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 16.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14.4 | 17 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 20% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | 35% |
| 11.1 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4 |
- AIK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game away.
- Elfsborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of AIK.
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most points (13) away in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most points from losing position (9) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+17) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Häcken | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Brommapojkarna | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Halmstad | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Sirius | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | AIK | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Varberg | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 5 |
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