MALMö. Malmö FF prevails over AIK 1-0 after V. Birmančević scored just 1 goal (25′). Malmö FF took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Eleda Stadion (Malmö) stadium in Malmö on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim with the help of Fredrik Klyver and Robin Wilde. The 4th official was Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Malmö FF had a strong ball possession 60% while AIK was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the match​.

Malmö FF shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, AIK shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Malmö FF received 2 yellow cards (L. Nielsen and E. Rakip). On the other side, AIK received 1 yellow card (Z. Elbouzedi).

Standings

After this match, Malmö FF will have 48 points to stay in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, AIK will stay with 47 points like Djurgården to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Malmö FF will play away against Sirius on the 30th of October with a 8-0 head to head statistic in favor of Malmö FF (2 draws).

AIK will play away agasint Halmstad on the 1st of November with a 12-4 head to head in favor of AIK (5 draws).

Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Johan Dahlin (7.1), Eric Larsson (7.1), Anel Ahmedhodžić (7.3), Lasse Nielsen (6.8), Martin Olsson (7.3), Bonke Innocent (6.4), Sergio Peña (7.5), Adi Nalić (6.4), Anders Christiansen (7.1), Veljko Birmančević (7.7) and Antonio Čolak (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ismael Diawara, Søren Rieks, Erdal Rakip, Oscar Lewicki (6.5), Niklas Moisander (6.7), Sebastian Nanasi and Jo Inge Berget (7.1).

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 3 changes: A. Christiansen for J. Berget (46′), M. Olsson for N. Moisander (66′) and S. Peña for O. Lewicki (70′).

Best player: Veljko Birmančević​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Malmö FF was Veljko Birmančević.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

AIK – Formation

AIK started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, Bartosz Grzelak played with: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (6.8), Eric Ouma (6.4), Alexander Milošević (6.8), Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (6.7), Ebenezer Ofori (7.1), Zachary Elbouzedi (6.3), Bilal Hussein (7.2), Sebastian Larsson (7.1), Filip Rogić (6.3), Nabil Bahoui (6.2) and Nicolás Stefanelli (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Henok Goitom (6.4), Ahmad Faqa, Calvin Kabuye, Yasin Abbas Ayari (6.5), Tom Strannegard, Erik Ring (6.5) and Budimir Janošević.

AIK could not rely on the presence of Y. Ayari (injured).

Substitutions

AIK made 3 changes: F. Rogić for H. Goitom (57′), E. Ofori for Y. Ayari (71′) and Z. Elbouzedi for E. Ring (71′).

Best player: Bilal Hussein​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AIK was Bilal Hussein.

His rating is (7.2) with 35 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.​

• Sirius – Hammarby – 0-1
• Kalmar – Varberg BoIS – 2-2
• Malmö FF – AIK – 1-0
• Östersunds FK – Häcken – 1-1