Svenska Cupen: Buckle up for the AIK - Västerås SK clash

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Competition: Sweden Svenska Cupen
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Tele2 Arena (40000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AIK & Västerås SK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!

AIK's stadium, Tele2 Arena, has a grass surface. Västerås SK have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Västerås SK when playing on grass; 7 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 21 matches. They have scored {30 goals} in these games and conceded 29.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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AIK form and stats

AIK participated in Svenska Cupen the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

AIK have played 15 Allsvenskan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The club members hope that AIK will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Atlantic Cup fixture against København.

In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Brentford 2 (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) (Atlantic Cup). The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AIK home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

AIK has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. AIK are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tele2 Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Västerås SK form and stats

They also participated in Svenska Cupen last season. This ended in the 2nd round.

4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Västerås SK playing as the away team in the Superettan this season.

Västerås SK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Anton Fagerström. It's been 204 minutes since they last conceded in Superettan.

Västerås had fun at their own home (Tele2 Arena) last time out, beating AFC Eskilstuna 2-0. Granat and Johansson scored.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs AFC Eskilstuna.

Västerås SK have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Västerås SK have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (AIK wins - draws - Västerås SK wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

AIK missing players

Västerås SK missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AIK Västerås SK
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
8 4   Won W   4 10
8 4   Drew D   4 7
9 3   Lost L   6 8
37 18   Scored S   19 46
34 12   Conceded C   20 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 88%
56% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 56%
28% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 40%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 20%
68% 64%   BTTS BTTS   64% 64%
8% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   14% 12%
 
5.8 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.2
6.1 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.9
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
4 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.4 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.4
5.6 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.5
26% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 41%
 
13.2 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 10.8
4.2 3.8   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 Östersunds FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Västerås SK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Varberg BoIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 30 18 10 2 69 37 15 9 4 2 38 21 15 9 6 0 31 16 32 64
2 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 55 25 15 11 1 3 38 11 15 6 5 4 17 14 30 57
3 Hammarby 30 16 8 6 60 27 15 9 5 1 37 13 15 7 3 5 23 14 33 56
4 Kalmar 30 15 6 9 41 27 15 10 2 3 20 7 15 5 4 6 21 20 14 51
5 AIK 30 14 8 8 45 36 15 8 4 3 21 11 15 6 4 5 24 25 9 50
6 Elfsborg 30 13 10 7 55 35 15 8 5 2 33 19 15 5 5 5 22 16 20 49
7 Malmö FF 30 13 7 10 44 34 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 5 3 7 19 21 10 46
8 IFK Göteborg 30 14 3 13 42 39 15 7 3 5 19 18 15 7 0 8 23 21 3 45
9 Mjallby 30 11 10 9 33 33 15 5 6 4 21 20 15 6 4 5 12 13 0 43
10 Varnamo 30 9 10 11 34 47 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 4 4 7 17 29 -13 37
11 Sirius 30 9 8 13 31 42 15 6 2 7 17 17 15 3 6 6 14 25 -11 35
12 Norrköping 30 8 10 12 40 42 15 5 4 6 24 20 15 3 6 6 16 22 -2 34
13 Degerfors 30 7 10 13 32 49 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 2 4 9 15 31 -17 31
14 Varberg BoIS 30 8 7 15 31 57 15 4 5 6 15 25 15 4 2 9 16 32 -26 31
15 Helsingborg 30 4 5 21 22 52 15 2 3 10 9 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -30 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 30 4 2 24 28 80 15 4 0 11 20 38 15 0 2 13 8 42 -52 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brommapojkarna 30 19 5 6 64 40 15 12 2 1 39 16 15 7 3 5 25 24 24 62
2 Halmstad 30 17 5 8 57 32 15 10 2 3 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 18 25 56
3 Oster 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 4 4 26 19 15 6 5 4 21 16 12 48
4 Trelleborg 30 13 6 11 46 49 15 7 3 5 23 22 15 6 3 6 23 27 -3 45
5 Skövde AIK 30 11 11 8 40 39 15 5 7 3 21 16 15 6 4 5 19 23 1 44
6 Landskrona 30 11 11 8 40 42 15 8 5 2 26 19 15 3 6 6 14 23 -2 44
7 Brage 30 11 9 10 44 40 15 5 4 6 19 17 15 6 5 4 25 23 4 42
8 AFC Eskilstuna 30 12 4 14 48 46 15 8 1 6 29 20 15 4 3 8 19 26 2 40
9 Västerås SK 30 10 10 10 50 49 15 6 6 3 31 24 15 4 4 7 19 25 1 40
10 Örebro 30 10 7 13 33 38 15 6 3 6 20 20 15 4 4 7 13 18 -5 37
11 Utsikten 30 10 7 13 40 46 15 4 6 5 20 20 15 6 1 8 20 26 -6 37
12 Jönköpings Södra 30 9 9 12 41 51 15 5 3 7 23 28 15 4 6 5 18 23 -10 36
13 Orgryte 30 8 11 11 45 44 15 4 6 5 24 17 15 4 5 6 21 27 1 35
14 Östersunds FK 30 7 10 13 32 44 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 2 5 8 14 25 -12 31
15 Norrby 30 8 7 15 33 47 15 6 5 4 17 15 15 2 2 11 16 32 -14 31
16 Dalkurd 30 8 5 17 37 55 15 6 1 8 23 23 15 2 4 9 14 32 -18 29

AIK:
Sweden:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Östersunds FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Västerås SK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Varberg BoIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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