SOLNA. AIK had a striking comeback against Sirius. Sirius was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Friends Arena stadium in Solna on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim with the assistance of Fredrik Klyver and Robin Wilde. The 4th official was Enzo Vesprini. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

AIK

4 - 2

Sirius

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 23 Total 15
  • 8 On Target 3
  • 15 Off Target 12
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 94 Attack 102
  • 63 Dangerous attack 43
  • 42 Ball safe 45
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 9 Total 8
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Sirius had a superior ball possession 62% while AIK was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AIK was was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AIK won the match​.

AIK shot 23 times, 8 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sirius shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

AIK didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Sirius received 1 yellow card (E. Sylisufaj).

Match Timeline

13'
21'
25'
33'
45'
Sotirios Papagiannopoulos(goal)S. Larsson
47'
63'
74'
76'
82'
89'
90'
Edi Sylisufaj- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Malmö FF
59
30
AIK
59
30
Djurgården
57
30
Elfsborg
55
30
Hammarby
53
30
Kalmar
47
30
Norrköping
44
30
IFK Göteborg
41
30
Mjällby
38
30
Varberg BoIS
37
30
Sirius
37
30
Häcken
36
30
Degerfors
34
30
Halmstad
32
30
Örebro
18
30
Östersunds FK
14
30

After this match, AIK will have 59 points like Malmö FF to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Sirius will stay with 37 points like Varberg BoIS to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

AIK – Formation

AIK
G
Kristoffer Nordfeldt 15.Sweden
6.4
D
Mikael Lustig 33.Sweden
6.1
D
Sotirios Papagiannopoulos 4.Sweden
8.4
47'
D
A. Milošević 5.Sweden
D
Erick Otieno 25.Kenya
7.0
D
Jetmir Haliti 6.Kosovo
7.0
82'
M
Sebastian Larsson 7.Sweden
8.3
M
Zack Elbouzedi 20.Republic of Ireland
7.0
M
B. Hussein 8.Sweden
6.4
M
Erik Ring 34.Sweden
7.2
63'
F
N. Bahoui 10.Sweden
6.2
F
Nicolás Stefanelli 9.Argentina
8.7
74' 25', 45'
Substitutes
G
Budimir Janosevic 23.Serbia
M
Filip Rogić 22.Sweden
6.6
74'
M
Ebenezer Ofori 17.Ghana
6.8
82'
M
Y. Ayari 26.Sweden
F
H. Goitom 36.Eritrea
7.4
63' 90'
F
Bojan Radulović 21.Serbia

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

The manager Bartosz Grzelak decided to play with the following team: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (6.4), Jetmir Haliti (7.0), Mikael Lustig (6.1), Alexander Milošević, Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (8.4), Eric Ouma (7.0), Zachary Elbouzedi (7.0), Sebastian Larsson (8.3), Bilal Hussein (6.4), Erik Ring (7.2), Nabil Bahoui (6.2) and Nicolás Stefanelli (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Henok Goitom (7.4), Filip Rogić (6.6), Budimir Janošević, Bojan Radulovic, Ebenezer Ofori (6.8) and Yasin Abbas Ayari.

Substitutions

AIK made 3 changes: E. Ring for H. Goitom (63′), N. Stefanelli for F. Rogić (74′) and J. Haliti for E. Ofori (82′).

Best player: Nicolás Stefanelli​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AIK was Nicolás Stefanelli.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Sirius – Formation

Sirius
G
A. Ahlin 30.Sweden
6.5
D
Dennis Widgren 21.Sweden
7.4
33'
D
Joseph Colley 4.Sweden
7.3
D
Marcus Mathisen 6.Denmark
6.3
M
Adam Stahl 17.Sweden
7.2
13'
M
Jacob Ortmark 12.Sweden
6.7
M
M. Zeidan 23.Sweden
8.4
M
Laorent Shabani 18.Albania
6.8
76'
F
Adam Hellborg 2.Sweden
6.6
89'
F
C. Kouakou 9.Sweden
7.1
21'
F
Edi Sylisufaj 29.Kosovo
7.3
90'
Substitutes
G
H. Sveijer 35.Sweden
D
Karl Larsson 3.Sweden
D
Jamie Roche 5.Sweden
6.9
33'
M
Adam Vikman 31.Sweden
M
J. Karlsson 27.Sweden
89'
F
Aron Bjarnason 14.Iceland
7.2
76'
F
Herman Sjögrell 16.Sweden

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

Daniel Bäckström played with: August Ahlin (6.5), Dennis Widgren (7.4), Joseph Colley (7.3), Marcus Mathisen (6.3), Adam Stahl (7.2), Moustafa Zeidan (8.4), Jacob Ortmark (6.7), Laorent Shabani (6.8), Edi Sylisufaj (7.3), Adam Hellborg (6.6), Christian Kouakou (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Adam Vikman, Aron Bjarnason (7.2), Karl Larsson, Johan Karlsson, Jamie Roche (6.9), Hannes Sveijer and Herman Sjögrell.

Substitutions

Sirius made 3 changes: D. Widgren for J. Roche (33′), L. Shabani for A. Bjarnason (76′) and A. Hellborg for J. Karlsson (89′).

Best player: Moustafa Zeidan​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sirius was Moustafa Zeidan.

His rating is (8.4) with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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