Allsvenskan news and pre-match guide: AIK moderate betting favourite to overcome IFK Göteborg

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 15.May
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: Friends Arena (54000 seats)

These teams have both had their share of problems so far, but a win and three points in this important fixture would definitely be a big help. Let's hear it for AIK - IFK Göteborg!

Insights:
  • AIK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • IFK Göteborg have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Allsvenskan

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!

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AIK form and stats

The story so far in the Allsvenskan for AIK at their home stadium (Friends Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. When AIK hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Degerfors, AIK, Varberg, Hammarby and Sirius), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The followers are hoping that AIK will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Malmö FF (placed 1st). The forward Faraj outshone all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Faraj scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that, AIK played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Mjallby.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AIK handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

AIK aren't scoring a lot here at Friends Arena in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. AIK has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

The Allsvenskan season is young and IFK Göteborg have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

The IFK Göteborg goalkeeper Pontus Dahlberg is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Göteborg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Brommapojkarna (placed 7th). Wendt was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.74. The defender Wendt hit two key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.

That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus Degerfors.

We have checked recent matches where IFK Göteborg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, IFK Göteborg has managed {0 goals} and let in 3 from 3 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (AIK wins - draws - IFK Göteborg wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AIKA. Fesshaie Beraki
A. Fesshaie Beraki
2 goals
IFK GöteborgM. Berg
M. Berg
2 goals
IFK GöteborgS. Ohlsson
S. Ohlsson
2 goals

AIK missing players

IFK Göteborg missing players

AIK IFK Göteborg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
4 2 2 Scored S 0 0 7
9 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
71% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
57% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 43%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
29% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 14%
43% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
57% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 71%
 
5.6 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 7
4.6 2.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.3 5.7
2.4 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 13.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 10.3
3.6 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.6
16% 14% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 28%
 
10.9 11.3 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19 14.9
3.7 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • AIK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • IFK Göteborg have failed to score a single goal away.
  • IFK Göteborg have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Allsvenskan
  • IFK Göteborg have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Allsvenskan
  • IFK Göteborg have yet to win a game away.

  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 7 7 0 0 20 4 4 4 0 0 11 3 3 3 0 0 9 1 16 21
2 Elfsborg 7 5 1 1 18 7 3 2 0 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 7 4 11 16
3 Häcken 7 5 0 2 17 8 4 3 0 1 11 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 9 15
4 Norrköping 7 4 2 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 14
5 Kalmar 7 3 2 2 10 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 11
6 Djurgården 7 3 1 3 9 10 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 -1 10
7 Brommapojkarna 7 3 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 4 8 -3 10
8 Halmstad 7 3 0 4 7 14 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 0 0 3 2 11 -7 9
9 Mjallby 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 8
10 Varnamo 6 2 0 4 4 7 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 -3 6
11 Hammarby 6 2 0 4 8 12 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 4 3 11 -4 6
12 Degerfors 7 2 0 5 7 17 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 6
13 IFK Göteborg 7 1 2 4 7 6 4 1 1 2 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 5
14 Sirius 7 0 5 2 8 12 3 0 1 2 4 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 -4 5
15 AIK 7 1 2 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 2 6 -5 5
16 Varberg 6 0 4 2 3 11 4 0 3 1 1 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 -8 4

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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.