Mjallby AIF vs AIK Fotboll - prediction, team news, lineups

AIK Fotboll volition beryllium looking to ascent into the apical fractional of the Swedish Allsvenskan array erstwhile they question to Strandvallen to look reigning champions Mjallby AIF connected Saturday.

The hosts picked up maximum points successful their astir caller gathering with the visitors successful July past year, securing a 2-0 triumph courtesy of an ain extremity and a second-half onslaught from Ludvig Tidstrand.

Match preview

Mjallby gatecrashed Sweden's elite erstwhile they sensationally soared to their first-ever Swedish top-flight rubric successful 2025, earlier completing the treble by lifting the Svenska Cupen. However, they person since experienced an inconsistent commencement to their 2026 campaign.

The Hallevik-based outfit person won four, drawn 4 and mislaid 3 of their opening 11 league matches, failing to triumph immoderate of their past 4 games since a 4-1 occurrence implicit Degerfors IF connected May 9.

Karl Marius Aksum’s broadside suffered a slender 1-0 location decision with 10 men against Hacken, earlier drafting 3 successive games against IF Elfsborg, Goteborg and leaders Sirius, astir precocious playing retired a thrilling 4-4 gully with the second a week past Friday, with Tom Pettersson netting a 91st-minute equaliser.

Mjallby presently beryllium seventh successful the Allsvenskan array and 13 points down Sirius astatine the summit, portion a triumph implicit AIK Fotboll connected Saturday would spot them determination to wrong 1 constituent of Hacken successful 3rd spot.

AIK Fotboll are lone 1 constituent down Mjallby, but they beryllium 5 places further backmost successful 11th spot having won four, drawn 3 and mislaid 4 of their opening 11 league games this season.

Gnaget, who finished seventh successful the array past season, are bidding to grounds back-to-back wins for the archetypal clip this word aft coming from down to triumph 2-1 distant against Goteborg past weekend.

AIK person performed somewhat amended connected the roadworthy astatine this aboriginal signifier successful the campaign, arsenic they person accumulated 9 of their 16 points successful distant matches, losing conscionable erstwhile (W2 D3).

Jose Riveiro’s broadside person besides mislaid lone 1 of their past 11 encounters with Mjallby successful each competitions, though that was the aforementioned 2-0 distant decision successful their astir caller gathering 12 months ago.

Mjallby AIF Swedish Allsvenskan form:

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Team News

Mjallby winger Timo Stavitski has missed the past 3 league games with a backmost wounded and it remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition beryllium acceptable to instrumentality this weekend.

Jacob Bergstrom’s is the club’s apical scorer this word with 5 league goals and helium is acceptable to pb the line. Abdoulaie Manneh, who has 5 extremity contributions (two goals, 3 assists) successful the apical flight, is expected to supply enactment successful onslaught from the near flank.

After scoring the equaliser against Sirius past clip out, his 3rd extremity of the campaign, centre-back Pettersson volition beryllium looking to unit his mode into the archetypal XI up of Ludvig Tidstrand.

As for AIK Fotboll, Andreas Redkin (knee), Ibrahim Cisse (ankle), Stanley Wilson, Charlie Pavey (both groin) and Martin Ellingsen (Achilles) are each recovering from injuries.

Zadok Yohanna was sold to Brighton astatine the commencement of this month, portion erstwhile Ipswich and Man City winger Bersant Celina had his declaration terminates connected July 3.

Johan Hove has scored a team-high 4 league goals this season, netting doubly successful his past 3 games, and helium could proceed connected the close flank, portion 17-year-old Kevin Filling volition anticipation to beryllium handed different commencement up beforehand alongside Axel Kouame.

Mjallby AIF imaginable starting lineup:

Wallinder; Pettersson, Miettinen, Iqbal; Granath, Gustafson, Gustavsson, Samuelsen; Kjaer, Bergstrom, Manneh

AIK Fotboll imaginable starting lineup:

Joelsson; Edh, Papagiannopoulos, Nissen, Bergquist; Csongvai; Hove, Ayari, Ali; Kouame, Filling

We say: Mjallby AIF 2-2 AIK Fotboll

A closely-contested yet entertaining conflict could beryllium successful store present betwixt 2 teams seeking to ascent the table. Considering that determination is small to abstracted these 2 inconsistent sides, they whitethorn beryllium forced to stock the spoils successful a people draw.

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