BORåS. Elfsborg was after all too good for AIK with the goal of M. Baidoo was the key of the match after he scored in the 79th and 14th minute. M. Baidoo (14′), J. Larsson (37′) and M. Baidoo (79′ pen). AIK was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (67%).​

The match was played at the Borås Arena stadium in Borås on Monday and it started at 7:10 pm local time. In front of 12,592 spectators.​ The referee was Victor Wolf who was helped by Niklas Nyberg and Mikael Hallin. The 4th official was Magnus Lindgren. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.34 degrees Celsius or 48.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AIK had a superior ball possession 67% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AIK was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, Elfsborg was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Elfsborg shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, AIK shot 12 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Elfsborg received 1 yellow card (S. Holmén). Regarding the opposition, AIK received 3 yellow cards (Sotirios Papagiannopoulos, Bersant Celina and Erick Otieno).

Standings

After playing this match, Elfsborg will have 60 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, AIK will stay with 31 points like Halmstad to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg will play away against Malmö FF on the 12th of November with a 18-11 head to head record in favor of Malmö FF (9 draws).

AIK will host Värnamo on the 12th of November with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Elfsborg – Formation

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

The manager Jimmy Thelin decided to play with the following team: H. Valdimarsson (7.0), J. Larsson (8.1), S. Holmén (7.9), I. Buhari (7.3), N. Hult (7.7), E. Boateng (7.0), Andri Fannar Baldursson (6.8), Simon Hedlund (7.0), M. Baidoo (9.1), J. Okkels (7.3) and P. Frick (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: G. Henriksson, J. Thomasen (7.0), S. Guðjohnsen (6.4), A. Bernhardsson (7.1), J. Abdulai (6.4), A. Qasem (6.8), A. Boman, N. Söderberg and T. Rönning.

Elfsborg could not rely on the presence of J. Thomasen (injured).

Substitutions

Elfsborg made 5 changes: Simon Hedlund for A. Bernhardsson (80′), Andri Fannar Baldursson for J. Thomasen (87′), M. Baidoo for J. Abdulai (87′), J. Okkels for A. Qasem (72′) and P. Frick for S. Guðjohnsen (80′).

Best player: M. Baidoo​

The most impressive player for Elfsborg was M. Baidoo.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

AIK – Formation

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

Henning Berg played with: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (6.0), Benjamin Hansen (6.3), Alexander Milosevic  (6.6), Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (7.0), Erick Otieno (6.3), Rui Modesto (6.3), Abdihakin Ali (6.3), Anton Salétros (6.8), Bersant Celina (6.7), Ioannis Pittas (6.4) and Taha Ayari (7.9).

They had on the bench: Omar Faraj (6.7), Axel Björnström, Abdussalam Magashy, Mads Thychosen (6.4), Zack Elbouzedi, Aboubakar Keita, Jonah Kusi-Asare, Benjamin Kimpioka and Samuel Brolin.

AIK could not rely on the presence of Omar Faraj (injured).

Substitutions

AIK made 2 changes: Anton Salétros for Omar Faraj (64′) and Alexander Milosevic  for Mads Thychosen (83′).

Best player: Taha Ayari​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AIK was Taha Ayari.

His rating is (7.9) with 25 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 17 duels out of 28. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Värnamo – IFK Göteborg – 3-1
• Elfsborg – AIK – 3-0