Home advantage could prove decisive in AIK - Norrköping battle

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Friends Arena (54000 seats)

After the first set of fixtures it's AIK - Norrköping 0-0 in points. Who will prevail in this second Allsvenskan game of the season?

It should be mentioned that Norrköping 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 Norrköping on grass are 13 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 47-37. You can compare this with overall results below.

This has all the signs of an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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AIK form and stats

In the previous season, AIK's league stats were 18 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, providing 2nd position in the Allsvenskan. Over these 30 matches they scored 45 goals and gave away 25. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season AIK generated 13-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 8 conceded.

AIK lost their last game at Häcken (placed 1st) after a 2-4 scoreline. Stefanelli, a striker, was the declared top player for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Stefanelli hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how AIK have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost one.

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Norrköping form and stats

Let's have a look at how Norrköping performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 9 with 17/24 goals scored/conceded.

Norrköping might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Varberg BoIS proved too strong as Norrköping slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Östgötaporten. Attacker Levi got a player rating of 7.95 in the game. "Man of the match" Levi hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

We have checked recent matches where Norrköping have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, one draw and four defeats.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: AIK won two, Norrköping were winners in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AIKN. Bahoui
N. Bahoui
1 goals
AIKY. Ayari
Y. Ayari
1 goals

AIK missing players

Norrköping missing players

AIK Norrköping
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
AIK Last season Norrköping
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
18 13   Won W   5 13
5 2   Drew D   1 5
7 0   Lost L   9 12
45 29   Scored S   17 45
25 8   Conceded C   24 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
67% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
37% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 63%
17% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 23%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 17%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
40% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 17%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
6 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.8
4.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.9
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.3 15   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 14.1
4.8 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
11.2 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 13.7
3.2 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Hammarby 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 IFK Göteborg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Sirius 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Malmö FF 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Varberg BoIS 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Degerfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Djurgården 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mjallby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 GIF Sundsvall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Helsingborg 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Varnamo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Kalmar 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Norrköping 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 AIK 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
Last season 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 30 17 8 5 58 30 15 8 5 2 31 16 15 9 3 3 27 14 28 59
2 AIK 30 18 5 7 45 25 15 13 2 0 29 8 15 5 3 7 16 17 20 59
3 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 46 30 15 10 2 3 30 18 15 7 4 4 16 12 16 57
4 Elfsborg 30 17 4 9 51 35 15 8 3 4 26 17 15 9 1 5 25 18 16 55
5 Hammarby 30 15 8 7 54 41 15 11 3 1 35 19 15 4 5 6 19 22 13 53
6 Kalmar 30 13 8 9 41 39 15 6 5 4 18 15 15 7 3 5 23 24 2 47
7 Norrköping 30 13 5 12 45 41 15 8 4 3 28 17 15 5 1 9 17 24 4 44
8 IFK Göteborg 30 11 8 11 42 39 15 6 3 6 23 17 15 5 5 5 19 22 3 41
9 Mjallby 30 9 11 10 34 27 15 5 5 5 16 11 15 4 6 5 18 16 7 38
10 Varberg BoIS 30 9 10 11 35 38 15 5 5 5 15 17 15 4 5 6 20 21 -3 37
11 Sirius 30 10 7 13 39 53 15 7 2 6 21 19 15 3 5 7 18 34 -14 37
12 Häcken 30 9 9 12 46 46 15 6 3 6 29 21 15 3 6 6 17 25 0 36
13 Degerfors 30 10 4 16 34 51 15 7 1 7 23 22 15 3 3 9 11 29 -17 34
14 Halmstad 30 6 14 10 21 26 15 3 10 2 10 9 15 3 4 8 11 17 -5 32
15 Örebro 30 4 6 20 23 58 15 2 4 9 13 24 15 2 2 11 10 34 -35 18
16 Östersunds FK 30 3 5 22 24 59 15 3 2 10 18 23 15 0 3 12 6 36 -35 14

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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.