AIK vs Varberg BoIS preview: Away team in for a grim job at Friends Arena

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Friends Arena (54000 seats)

AIK host Varberg BoIS for another intriguing Allsvenskan match here at Friends Arena.

Insights:
  • Varberg BoIS have the most matches under the total-line (2) in Allsvenskan

It's no vacation for neither AIK nor Varberg BoIS as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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AIK form and stats

The hosts won their first Allsvenskan game here at Friends Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for AIK last season were 13 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from 15 games.

AIK lost their last game at Malmö FF (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Larsson got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Larsson hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Norrköping.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AIK, as the Allsvenskan home game vs Djurgården is only four days away.

AIK has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Varberg BoIS form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Allsvenskan, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.

Impressive finishing from Stanisic and Karlsson secured the home win 2-0 against GIF Sundsvall in their previous game. Defender Stanisic was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Stanisic scored one goal and won 3 of 9 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Kalmar.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mjällby in just four days.

1 goal so far away for Varberg BoIS, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four AIK victories, one draw and zero Varberg BoIS wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AIKA. Milosevic
A. Milosevic
1 goals
AIKN. Bahoui
N. Bahoui
1 goals
AIKY. Ayari
Y. Ayari
1 goals

AIK missing players

Varberg BoIS missing players

AIK Varberg BoIS
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 1 1 3
7 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
7.3 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 3.3
5.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 4.7
3.3 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 10.3
4.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 3
21% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 33%
 
15.3 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14 14.3
6.7 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.3
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Varberg BoIS have the most matches under the total-line (2) in Allsvenskan
AIK Last season Varberg BoIS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
18 13   Won W   4 9
5 2   Drew D   5 10
7 0   Lost L   6 11
45 29   Scored S   20 35
25 8   Conceded C   21 38
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
67% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 73%
37% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 53%
17% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 23%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   73% 60%
40% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 30%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   20% 23%
 
6 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
4.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.4
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
14.3 15   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11.2
4.8 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.6
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 32%
 
11.2 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.6
3.2 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hammarby 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 7 9
2 IFK Göteborg 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Malmö FF 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
4 Sirius 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
5 Kalmar 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
6 Djurgården 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 6
7 Häcken 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
8 Mjällby 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Varberg BoIS 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
10 Elfsborg 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 AIK 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -4 3
12 Varnamo 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
13 Helsingborg 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
14 Norrköping 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
15 Degerfors 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 0
16 GIF Sundsvall 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 -7 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 Mjällby 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.