Häcken entered the international break on the back of a five-game winning streak which propelled them to the summit of the Swedish Allsvenskan. The Gothenburg side's impressive form includes wins over AIK and last season’s Champions League group stage participants Malmö. The Wasps are managed by Former Djurgårdens and Norway...
After one-third of the season played, Hammarby currently sit third in the Swedish Allsvenskan. Despite a disappointing loss on Sunday against IFK Värnamo, which saw them slip from joint-top, the Stockholm side are just three points off Häcken at the summit of the table. With the two sides meeting when...
Malmö FF are one of the biggest sides in Scandi football. In 2021, they achieved considerable success as they entered the UEFA Champions League group stage, competing against Juventus, Chelsea, and Zenit. Meanwhile, they also won the gold in Allsvenskan, securing a back-to-back title over competitors such as AIK, Elfsborg, and Djurgården. However,...
Do you know who had the best offensive corners in Allsvenskan 2021? The answer is not Malmö FF or Djurgården, but Bartosz Grzelak’s AIK. The Gnaget finished ninth in 2020, not even making to the top half of the table. However, under the leadership of Grzelak, they improved crazily and...
Who Is Tim Rönning? Tim Rönning is a 22-year-old Swedish goalkeeper currently playing for Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan. He is valued at £810,000 by Transfermarkt. Rönning is instantly striking given his frame. The Swede stands at 2.01m | 6’7”, and whilst he has the lean physique of a 22-year-old,...
This season’s Allsvenskan has been exciting. While Djurgårdens IF, Malmö FF, IF Elfsborg and AIK Solna are fighting for the title, there are also teams working hard for a seat in Europe, such as Hammarby IF and IFK Norrkoping. As Jens Gustafsson departed to coach Hajduk Split, Peking appointed the...
It is time for the next instalment of my series in which we use data analysis to identify interesting players in certain markets. While at this time of the season we are starting to come to the end of the period in which we have to regularly question the sample...
Last Saturday, one of the most important Allsvenskan games of the year was played between Malmo FF and Djurgardens IF at the Stadion. This match was a potential title-decider as Djurgårdens were the top of the league before the game with Malmö three points behind. If Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men...
The 13th game week of 2021 Allsvenskan saw potential league leaders, Djurgardens take on 7th placed Hacken. The game was pretty crucial for both the teams as Djurgardens are chasing defending champions Malmo for the top spot and a win would take them back to the top with the halfway...
Miloš Milojević Coaching Career Milos Milojevic is a Serbian coach who signed a contract as the new head coach of Hammarby IF on 13 June 2021. Before Hammarby, Milos had a professional career as a player, playing in the Serbian and Icelandic league before the switch to the first steps...
Akinkunmi Amoo made his Allsvenskan debut last season and managed to play 64 minutes in six matches. However, it was clear that he has high potential and it was a matter of time till he gets more minutes. Amoo was first noticed while playing for Nigeria U17 national team in...
There has been a lot of speculation in the media recently in Sweden about the future of Malmo FF’s highly-rated centre-back Anel Ahmedhodžić. Reliable transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has claimed within the last two weeks that the Bosnian international is in advanced talks with Atalanta about a move. The journalist also mentioned that...
Iceland has produced some talented football players over the years, most notably Eiður Guðjohnsen and Gylfi Sigurðsson. The former won two Premier League titles with Chelsea under Portuguese boss Jose Mourinho, while the latter is arguably the nation’s best player, playing under Carlo Ancelotti. The national side has reached relative success recently, qualifying for...
Allsvenskan and Superettan 2020 were finished in early December. Two relegation places were confirmed as we saw Falkenbergs FF and Helsingborgs IF were the last two teams in the table. However, just like Bundesliga and the promotion of EFL Championship to Premier League, a two-leg play-off is needed to determine...
Gameweek 29 of Allsvenskan 2020 ended with a clash between Hammarby IF and IFK Norrkoping at the Tele2Arena. It is still a very meaningful match as both teams are still possible to contest for the third place of the league, which could represent Sweden to play in Europe in the...
Malmo FF hosted IK Sirius at Stadion last Sunday, thrashed the guests by putting four goals past Jonathan Viscosi. Finally, the Allsvenskan title returned to the South as Di blåe are now the Swedish champion. The home side has killed the game very early, Anders Christiansen, Ola Toivonen and Isaac...
AIK were the Swedish champion in 2018, almost featuring in the UEFA competitions. However, things have gone completely the other way in Allsvenskan 2020. Under Rikard Norling, they struggled to repeat their success in the previous campaign. In game week 15, they were at the bottom of the league. Therefore,...
Game week 26 of Allsvenskan is the clash between Helsingborgs IF and Malmo FF at the Olympia. Months ago, Di blåe put four past Alexander Nilsson. Both teams should have enough incentives to give 120% efforts in this game – Olof Mellberg’s men were fighting to avoid relegation. Meanwhile, the...
Before the international break, IFK Norrkoping hosted IK Sirius at the Östgotaparken. It was a huge clash as both teams had decent results at Allsvenskan this year. Nörrkoping and Sirius could have contended for playing in the UEFA Europa League in 2021/22. In Uppsala, Henrik Rydström’s side acquired a 4-2...
One of the last two games of this week’s Allsvenskan on Monday night was played by AIK and Mjallby AIF at Friends Arena. Despite winning the league title just years ago, the home side struggled in the relegation battle this season. On the other hand, Marcus Lantz’s team did quite...
