Allsvenskan duel: Close contest expected between AIK and Häcken

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Friends Arena (54000 seats)

Struggling AIK will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Häcken in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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AIK form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Allsvenskan this season. AIK have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Friends Arena.

AIK's last game was hosting Helsingborg (placed 16th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Falkenberg that finished 1-1.

The AIK fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Häcken form and stats

2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Häcken in their Allsvenskan matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Häcken, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Häcken play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Norrköping (placed 5th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Varberg BoIS.

Häcken goalie Pontus Dahlberg was high and low in the Norrköping game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.

Häcken find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Häcken have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Häcken - AIK 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): AIK won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Häcken has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

HäckenL. Bengtsson
L. Bengtsson
6 goals
HäckenA. Toft Søderlund
A. Toft Søderlund
6 goals
AIKS. Larsson
S. Larsson
4 goals

AIK missing players

Häcken missing players

AIK Häcken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 2 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 8
5 2 1 Drew D 2 4 6
8 4 3 Lost L 0 2 3
16 8 4 Scored S 1 11 30
24 11 9 Conceded C 1 12 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 88%
71% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 76%
35% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 59%
29% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 62% 41%
6% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
41% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 53%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 41%
35% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 18%
 
4.5 6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.5
4.6 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.7
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
181 95 44 Total Shots T S 23 94 256
58 30 13 Shots on Target S O 8 34 96
28% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 32% 31%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • AIK has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • AIK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AIK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AIK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Häcken has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
  • Häcken have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Malmö FF 17 11 5 1 35 16 9 7 2 0 19 7 8 4 3 1 16 9 19 38
2 Elfsborg 17 8 7 2 29 23 8 3 4 1 15 12 9 5 3 1 14 11 6 31
3 Häcken 17 8 6 3 30 17 9 6 2 1 19 5 8 2 4 2 11 12 13 30
4 Djurgården 17 9 3 5 27 17 9 4 3 2 17 10 8 5 0 3 10 7 10 30
5 Norrköping 17 8 4 5 35 24 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 3 2 3 20 17 11 28
6 Sirius 17 7 7 3 32 27 9 4 3 2 21 19 8 3 4 1 11 8 5 28
7 Hammarby 17 6 6 5 21 23 8 3 4 1 10 6 9 3 2 4 11 17 -2 24
8 Mjällby 17 6 5 6 24 26 8 3 3 2 13 14 9 3 2 4 11 12 -2 23
9 Östersunds FK 17 5 6 6 15 18 8 1 2 5 7 12 9 4 4 1 8 6 -3 21
10 Varberg BoIS 17 5 5 7 25 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 8 1 3 4 12 14 -1 20
11 Örebro 17 4 5 8 16 23 8 2 3 3 6 9 9 2 2 5 10 14 -7 17
12 AIK 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 2 2 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 8 13 -8 17
13 IFK Göteborg 17 2 10 5 20 27 9 1 4 4 10 16 8 1 6 1 10 11 -7 16
14 Falkenberg 17 2 7 8 19 28 8 0 4 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 11 15 -9 13
15 Kalmar 17 3 4 10 18 29 9 1 3 5 10 15 8 2 1 5 8 14 -11 13
16 Helsingborg 17 2 7 8 15 29 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 0 4 5 7 19 -14 13

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Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.