Halmstad AIK

HALMSTAD. Halmstad beat AIK to win 2-1. It was Halmstad to strike first with a goal of Thomas Boakye at the 16′. Then Viktor Granath scored again for Halmstad in the 56′ minute. Eventually, Rui Modesto reduced the distance for AIK (60′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. AIK was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).​

The match was played at the Sannarps IP stadium in Halmstad. The referee was Joakim Östling with the collaboration of Simon Kristensson and Per Rehnlund. The 4th official was Kaspar Sjöberg. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AIK was in firm control of the ball 69% while Halmstad was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AIK was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Halmstad managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Halmstad shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, AIK shot 14 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Halmstad received 2 yellow cards (K. Karlsson and Viktor Granath). Talking about the opposition, AIK received 1 yellow card (Bilal Hussein).

Standings

After playing this match, Halmstad has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. Regarding the opposition, AIK stays with 0 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad will host Brommapojkarna on the 29th of April with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Halmstad (3 draws).

AIK will play away agasint Malmö FF on the 7th of May with a 14-8 head to head stats in favor of Malmö FF (12 draws).

Halmstad – Formation

Halmstad started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Magnus Haglund decided to play with the following team: Malkolm Nilsson (6.4), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (7.2), Jonathan Svedberg (6.8), Gabriel Wallentin (6.2), Thomas Boakye (7.1), Kazper Karlsson (7.0), Joel Allansson (7.1), Amir Al Ammari (6.3), Viktor Granath (7.5), Erik Ahlstrand (6.9) and Alexander Johansson (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Pontus Carlsson, Naeem Mohammed (6.7), Villiam Granath (6.4), Malte Pahlsson, Lorent Mehmeti, Leo Hedenberg, Albin Ahlstrand, Gustav Friberg and Melvin Sjoland.

Substitutions

Halmstad made 3 changes: Alexander Johansson for Naeem Mohammed (73′), K. Karlsson for William Granath (87′) and Amir Al Ammari for Albin Ahlstrand (90′).

Best player: Viktor Granath​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Halmstad was Viktor Granath even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 24 passes (54% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 20.

AIK – Formation

AIK started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Andreas Brännström played with: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (6.1), Robin Tihi (7.3), Alexander Milošević (6.5), Jetmir Haliti (6.8), Rui Modesto (7.2), Bilal Hussein (6.6), Jimmy Durmaz (7.1), Abdussalam Magashy (6.6), Erick Otieno (7.3), Alexander Fesshaie Beraki (6.2) and Omar Faraj (7.1).

They had on the bench: Taha Ayari, Vincent Thill (6.2), Budimir Janošević, Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (6.6), Axel Bjornström, Abdihakin Ali, John Guidetti (6.5) and Elias Durmaz (6.5).

Substitutions

AIK made 3 changes: Jimmy Durmaz for John Guidetti (68′), Abdussalam Magashy for Vincent Thill (77′) and R. Tihi for Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (82′).

Best player: Erick Otieno​

The most impressive player for AIK was Erick Otieno.

His rating is (7.3) with 48 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Halmstad – AIK – 2-1
• Norrköping – Sirius – 1-1
• IFK Göteborg – Värnamo – 0-1
• Hammarby – Degerfors – 3-1