AIK Solna vs Halmstad
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Today’s secondary featured game is the Allsvenskan clash between giants AIK Solna and rock-bottom Halmstad. These two sides met in the last round of Allsvenskan games in the reversal of this fixture and it ended 1-3 in favour of the visitors AIK Solna.
Today, I’m hoping for a similar scoreline. AIK Solna aren’t the world-beaters that they used to be; far from it. However, the signing of yet another Bangura up front appears to have unlocked the danger in AIK’s games; they’re actually starting to score goals now. Although they’re still not a side I’d class as being particularly reliable, they do boast arguably the most dangerous frontline combination in Sweden right now and that has served them very well this season, especially at home where they’ve won six out of seven games whilst averaging scoring nearly two goals per home game. They’ve got a full squad available to them today and after their convincing display at Halmstad last match, I expect them to repeat that today and win convincingly.
Visitors Halmstad sacked their manager after the defeat at home against AIK Solna and Gustafsson has since taken over and this is his first game in charge. Aside from the new manager “honeymoon period” however, I see no reason to fear Halmstad today. A few core players have returned to Real Madrid’s “Castilla” in the last couple of weeks and although they didn’t set the division alight, they were still key members of the team and they’ll be missed for the remainder of the season. Ex-Bayern Munich right-sider Gorlitz is still there and he’ll always be a threat, as will Icelandic midfielder Saevarsson. However, this side is terribly lightweight in attack and are very ineffectual in front of goal as a result. Given that they’re shipping a lot of goals and not scoring many, you have to favour them to lose against in-form AIK Solna today.
I’ve used the Asian handicap instead of the European handicap because I still have mixed feelings about how good AIK actually are as they do rely on the two Banguras rather heavily. However, I’d be very surprised to see them do anything but win this game so the additional insurance that the Asian handicap gives us that the European handicap doesn’t is very welcome here.
Verdict: AIK Solna to beat the -1 Asian Handicap at 7/10.
Monday’s Picks
My tips:
No other singles appeal to me today, guys – sorry!
As ever, if there are any explanations required then please feel free to post a comment! For the remainder of my thoughts on today’s games, see below, although I feel compelled to write that the below are not necessarily my tips but merely my thoughts to prevent endless questions about my thoughts on certain games!
Copa America:
Argentina vs Costa Rica (7) 2-0
Austrian Liga 1:
SCR Altach vs First Vienna (7)
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
JJK Jyvaskyla vs RoPS Rovaniemi (7) 2-0
Finnish Ykkonen:
FC Lahti vs Viikingit Helsinki (7)
Icelandic Urvalsdeild:
Keflavik vs Vikingur Reykjavik (7) 1-0
Fram Reykjavik vs UMF Grindavik (7) over 2.5 goals
Valur Reykjavik vs Stjarnan Gardabaer (6) 2-1
Singaporean S-League:
Etoile vs Home United (5) 2-1
Swedish Allsvenskan:
AIK Solna vs Halmstad (7) 2-0
Helsingborg vs Djurgarden (6) 2-1
Ukrainian Premier League:
Arsenal Kiev vs Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk (5) 1-1
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