Evenly matched teams: AIK vs Norrköping match preview
Only the second game in the Allsvenskan for these teams and it's all to play for here at Friends Arena as AIK welcomes Norrköping. Check out this preview!
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There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AIK's stadium, Friends Arena, has a grass surface. Norrköping 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 Norrköping when playing on grass; 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 19.
AIK form and stats
A good away victory last time out for AIK, who won 2-0 against Örebro (placed 13th). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Kalmar.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how AIK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.
AIK are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Hammarby awaits in four days.
Last season, AIK's league statistics were 19 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Allsvenskan. Over these 30 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 24. Playing at home last season AIK managed 11-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 7 conceded.
Norrköping form and stats
Norrköping won their last game, 2-1 versus Kalmar played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Falkenberg.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Norrköping in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Norrköping, two draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Norrköping are hosting Djurgården in the Allsvenskan only four days away.
Let's have a look at how Norrköping performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 22/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AIK four wins, three draws and Norrköping three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Tihi 1 goals |   C. Nyman 1 goals |
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| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Varberg BoIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | AIK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkenberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Häcken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kalmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mjällby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Örebro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sirius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Varberg BoIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | AIK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkenberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Häcken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kalmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mjällby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Örebro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sirius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Ho Chi Minh City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Sai Gon | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Binh Duong | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Viettel | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Song Lam Nghe An | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Ha Noi | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Than Quang Ninh | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Hai Phong | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Da Nang | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Ha Noi T&T | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Nam Dinh | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Quang Nam | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
