UPPSALA. Sirius and AIK draw 1-1. T. Björkström scored the first goal (62′) for Sirius. S. Papagiannopoulos equalized (76′). AIK was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Studenternas IP stadium in Uppsala on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Adam Ladebäck with the collaboration of Peter Allheim and Christian Tennstedt. The 4th official was Jasmin Svraka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AIK had a superior ball possession 60% while Sirius was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AIK was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough AIK to win the match​.

Sirius shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, AIK shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Sirius received 2 yellow cards (D. Widgren and C. Kouakou). Talking about the opposition, AIK received 3 yellow cards (S. Larsson, N. Stefanelli and Y. Ayari).

Standings

After this match, Sirius will have 26 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, AIK will have 41 points like Malmö FF and Kalmar to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Sirius will play away against GIF Sundsvall on the 30th of October with a 4-4 head to head record.

AIK will play away agasint IFK Göteborg on the 24th of October with a 15-15 head to head stats.

Sirius – Formation

Sirius started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Daniel Bäckström decided to play with the following team: David Mitov Nilsson (7.4), Aron Bjarnason (6.1), Filip Rogić (7.7), Tim Björkström (8.0), Marcus Mathisen (7.0), Dennis Widgren (6.6), Yukiya Sugita (6.5), Jamie Roche (7.2), Daniel Stensson (7.3), Tashreeq Matthews (6.8) and Christian Kouakou (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Edi Sylisufaj, Óli Valur Ómarsson, Jakob Voelkerling-Persson, Kristopher Da Graca (6.1), Tommy Vaiho, Karl Larson and Adam Hellborg.

Substitutions

Sirius made 2 changes: D. Widgren for Kristopher Da Graca (70′) and T. Matthews for Ó. Ómarsson (82′).

Best player: Tim Björkström​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sirius was Tim Björkström.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 32 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

AIK – Formation

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

Henok Goitom played with: Okänd Spelare, Kristoffer Nordfeldt (6.7), Josafat Mendes (7.0), Mikael Lustig (7.5), Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (7.4), Erick Otieno (7.4), Sebastian Larsson (8.0), Bilal Hussein (6.6), Yasin Ayari (6.1), Nicolás Stefanelli (7.4) and Nabil Bahoui (6.6), John Guidetti (7.2).

They had on the bench: Axel Björnström, Taha Ayari, Jesper Ceesay, Vincent Thill, Erik Ring (6.8), Collins Shichenje and Budimir Janošević.

Substitutions

AIK made only 1 change substituting N. Bahoui for E. Ring (71′)​.

Best player: Sebastian Larsson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AIK was Sebastian Larsson.

His rating is (8.0) with 56 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Varberg BoIS – Häcken – 1-1
• GIF Sundsvall – Norrköping – 1-3
• Kalmar – Helsingborg – 2-0
• Sirius – AIK – 1-1