The atmosphere is always electric for the Swedish El Clásico and both teams will hope a win can kick-start their season.
The game between AIK Fotboll and IFK Goteborg will take place on the 27th of May at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
The host are currently 8th in the Allsvenskan on 14 points while the visitors are in 12th place on 11 points.
Över 23 000 åskådare har nu säkrat sina platser till måndagens match mot IFK Göteborg, via https://t.co/rPTD1JY0MW. Avspark på Nationalarenan, Friends Arena sker kl 19:10. pic.twitter.com/hvioPLLevl— AIK Fotboll (@AIKfotboll) May 22, 2024
Över 23 000 åskådare har nu säkrat sina platser till måndagens match mot IFK Göteborg, via https://t.co/rPTD1JY0MW. Avspark på Nationalarenan, Friends Arena sker kl 19:10. pic.twitter.com/hvioPLLevl
AIK come into the match on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Hammarby last time out. With the score 0-0 at halftime, Hammarby opened the scoring in the 60th minute and added their second goal 14 minutes later with AIK down to 10 players. AIK pulled a goal back in the 79th minute but could not find the equaliser.
The defeat at Hammarby means AIK have lost each of their last 3 fixtures in the Allsvenskan. There was a 3-1 home loss against Sirius and a heavy 6-1 defeat at Elfsborg, which was another game in which AIK had a player sent off.
Trends show AIK have won only 1 of their last 5 Allsvenskan fixtures. The victory came at home against Norrkoping and was a convincing 6-2 win.
In their last 13 home games in the Allsvenskan, AIK have been undefeated on 12 occasions and they are unbeaten in their last 8 home league games against Goteborg.
Goteborg make the trip to the Friends Arena having beat Mjallby 1-0 at home in the Allsvenskan. It appeared the match was going to end in a 0-0 draw by Goteborg struck in the 89th minute to take maximum points.
The win over Mjallby was the first victory in 4 matches for Goteborg, all of which were played in the Allsvenskan. There was a 2-2 draw at Sirius plus defeats at GAIS and at home to Malmo.
The stats show Goteborg are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 away league fixtures. There have been wins at Kalmar and Brommapojkarna with Goteborg scoring at least 1 goal in each of their last 4 away trips. There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Goteborg’s last 3 Allsvenskan games on the road.
Looking ahead to the team news and AIK are without suspended midfielder Ismaila Coulibaly. AIK have several players in the treatment room, including John Guidetti, Eskil Edh, Abdihakin Ali, Alexander Fesshaie, Martin Ellingsen, and Alexander Milosevic.
Goteborg travel without a huge list of players due to injury. Mattias Johansson, Laurs Skjellerup, Arbnor Mucolli, Abundance Salaou, Hussein Carneil, Suleiman Abdullahi, Emil Salomonsson, Anders Kristiansen, and Pontus Dahlberg are among those unavailable.
Both teams have made a disappointing start to the season and will be hoping a win here will be the beginning of better things.
Our algorithm predicts that both teams will score and we will see over 2.5 goals, making for an exciting game. Given the recent dominance of AIK at home in this fixture, we predict the hosts will come out on top.