AIK – Malmoe

The Allsvenskan champion will be closer to victory in the centrepiece of the game day encounter

The centrepiece of the next round of the Allsvenskan will take place in Solna. In the suburbs of the Swedish capital will meet two clubs that are quite capable of claiming the championship title this season. AIK started the past two seasons with poor results in both cases being in or near the relegation zone for some time. In the new season, AIK decided to surprise their fans with both efficient play and winning results. Malmo started the second consecutive season in the status of the national champion. In his case, being in the group of leaders after two starting rounds does not look something unusual. In addition to the opponents in this meeting, two victories in the opening rounds have Hammarby and Degerfors, which in the status of a newcomer in this company does not look too harmonious. Bookmakers have identified the guests as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.08 on their victory. AIK last became the champion of Sweden in 2018. Since then, the club once took second place, and in the last Allsvenskan draw finished third. This result will allow the team from Solna to qualify for the Conference League in the summer. At the same time, AIK has been selling more than acquiring decent players on the transfer market. In the Swedish Cup, the team from the capital failed to get out of the group, losing a ticket to the play-offs to rather modest Trelleborg. In the championship AIK started with a difficult away victory over GAIS, the only goal which managed to score on 90+2 minutes. Last round, Thomassen's team lost 1-3 in front of their fans until the 74th minute against Norrköping, but turned the tide with three goals in a 4-3 win. Malmö won last season quite easily. "Sky Blue" defended the title a few rounds before the finish. The cup campaign at the beginning of this year was also successful for the club. Malmö had no problems in the group stage of the Swedish Cup, after which they defeated Elfsborg and Gothenburg in extra time in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. The team last lost in the Europa League to Twente in the second half of January, after which they have gone eight official matches without a defeat, which included opening wins over Djurgården and Elfsborg. The teams are worthy of each other, but let's bet in favour of the better-played visiting team.