Delightful dogfight as daring AIK duel with determined Norrköping

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Friends Arena (54000 seats)

AIK and Norrköping are both riding high in the Allsvenskan with their 3rd and 5th spots respectively. Expect a top game!

Insights:
  • AIK have the most points (32) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face fixture!

14-4-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Norrköping when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 27 matches are 48-33 (scored/conceded).

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AIK form and stats

AIK have been very solid at home in the Allsvenskan so far, with 32 points collected from 12 matches (10-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. In general it's been a long time since AIK tasted defeat here at Friends Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

AIK are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Hammarby. Midfield player Sebastian Larsson got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Larsson hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Degerfors (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AIK handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AIK as they are travelling to their away game against Malmö FF in the Allsvenskan. That match is three days after this one.

AIK have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Friends Arena with 21 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively AIK have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norrköping form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Norrköping playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.

Norrköping are travelling again after losing away to Häcken in their previous match (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Häcken was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Jonathan Levi got a player rating of 7.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Levi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Hammarby.

We have checked recent matches where Norrköping have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, three draws and three defeats.

A new game in only four days for Norrköping, the Allsvenskan home match versus Mjallby. Busy days.

Norrköping have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Norrköping have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Norrköping - AIK 2-0, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: AIK won two, Norrköping triumphed in four and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NorrköpingS. Adegbenro
S. Adegbenro
14 goals
AIKN. Bahoui
N. Bahoui
7 goals
AIKN. Stefanelli
N. Stefanelli
6 goals

AIK missing players

Norrköping missing players

AIK Norrköping
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 12 23
13 10 2 Won W 0 5 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
5 0 0 Lost L 2 6 8
32 21 3 Scored S 1 16 37
19 6 1 Conceded C 3 18 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 83%
35% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 65%
13% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
48% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 61%
39% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 17%
 
6.3 6.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.2 4.9
4.5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.9 5.2
1.8 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.7 14.5 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 14 14
4.7 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5.3 5.2
30% 36% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 31%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • AIK have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AIK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • AIK have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AIK have the most points (32) at home in Allsvenskan
  • AIK have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Allsvenskan
  • AIK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 13 5 5 48 25 12 7 3 2 28 14 11 6 2 3 20 11 23 44
2 Djurgården 23 13 5 5 37 21 12 8 2 2 24 13 11 5 3 3 13 8 16 44
3 AIK 23 13 5 5 32 19 12 10 2 0 21 6 11 3 3 5 11 13 13 44
4 Elfsborg 23 13 3 7 38 25 12 7 2 3 21 13 11 6 1 4 17 12 13 42
5 Norrköping 23 12 3 8 37 28 11 7 2 2 21 10 12 5 1 6 16 18 9 39
6 Hammarby 23 10 7 6 37 30 12 8 3 1 23 11 11 2 4 5 14 19 7 37
7 Kalmar 23 10 7 6 27 26 12 5 4 3 15 12 11 5 3 3 12 14 1 37
8 Häcken 23 8 7 8 38 32 11 5 3 3 24 13 12 3 4 5 14 19 6 31
9 Sirius 23 8 6 9 26 37 11 6 1 4 13 12 12 2 5 5 13 25 -11 30
10 Varberg 23 7 7 9 26 29 11 4 4 3 11 12 12 3 3 6 15 17 -3 28
11 Mjallby 23 6 9 8 22 19 11 4 4 3 11 5 12 2 5 5 11 14 3 27
12 IFK Göteborg 23 6 7 10 26 32 12 4 3 5 16 15 11 2 4 5 10 17 -6 25
13 Degerfors 23 7 4 12 25 40 11 6 1 4 17 14 12 1 3 8 8 26 -15 25
14 Halmstad 23 4 11 8 16 21 11 2 8 1 8 7 12 2 3 7 8 14 -5 23
15 Örebro 23 4 4 15 16 46 11 2 4 5 9 16 12 2 0 10 7 30 -30 16
16 Östersunds FK 23 3 4 16 20 41 12 3 1 8 17 19 11 0 3 8 3 22 -21 13

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Read more about Allsvenskan

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.