Halmstad vs AIK prediction, odds and how to watch

Örgryte took the lead through a 24th-minute right-foot finish and looked to be heading for a precious home win, but Halmstad equalised before half-time and created enough chances to suggest this point flattered the hosts. Sophie Hargreaves breaks down what the numbers and the pattern of play reveal about both sides.

Häcken controlled this Swedish Allsvenskan fixture from the first whistle to the last, yet a single right-foot finish in the 36th minute was all that separated the sides, leaving the scoreline almost dishonest in how modest it looked.

GAIS claimed a controlled 2-0 victory away at Halmstad on Sunday, with both goals coming from a substitute in the final quarter of the match. The result leaves Halmstad rooted to the foot of the Allsvenskan table.

Halmstad host AIK at the bottom of the Allsvenskan table on Sunday, and the gap between these two sides right now is considerable. AIK arrive having won four of their last five away fixtures. Halmstad have not kept a clean sheet away from home all season, and their home record is barely any better.

Two of the Allsvenskan's most troubled sides meet at Degerfors on Saturday, with both clubs mired in the bottom half and Halmstad arriving in genuinely desperate shape. The points are not just important here. They may be defining.

Halmstad sit bottom of the Allsvenskan with seven points from sixteen games, welcoming a Kalmar side who are not much better placed in eleventh. On Saturday 29 August, two clubs with very little room for error meet in what may prove one of the most consequential fixtures of the Swedish season.