In their upcoming Conference League duel we will see AIK battle against Vorskla Poltava on Wednesday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-match polls and stats for AIK v Vorskla Poltava, scroll down (including the best match odds).
AIK , winners of their last meeting, will be hoping for a similar result after a 2-3 Allsvenskan victory over IFK Värnamo.
In that match, AIK achieved 37% possession and 16 scoring chances with 2 shots on target. For AIK, the scorers were John Guidetti (23') and Nicolás Stefanelli (69'). On the other hand, IFK Värnamo had 12 scoring chances with 4 shots on target. Marcus Antonsson (50'), Wenderson (53') and Robin Tihi (55' Own goal) scored for IFK Värnamo.
It has been very infrequent in recent times that AIK has shown an immaculate defense. The truth is worrying that AIK have conceded goals in 5 of their last 6 matches, totaling 9 goals during that period.
Vorskla Poltava have attacked well in their most recent matches, scoring 12 times in their last 6 games. Having said that, Vorskla Poltava have had their own defensive problems, conceding goals in 5 of those same games. We will have to find out if that trend can continue here.
Team News: AIK
AIK manager Bartosz Grzelak will be happy not to have any physical problems in his squad to speak of on the eve of this clash, with a fully healthy squad available to pick from.
Team News: Vorskla Poltava
Vorskla Poltava manager Yuriy Maksymov has a significant number of players out of action. Volodymyr Chesnakov, Radion Posyevkin, Oleksandr Sklyar and Olivier Thill will not be eligible for this match.
Prediction
Our impression is that AIK would have the possibility of being able to score several times. On the other hand, Vorskla Poltava would find plenty of opposition to celebrate a goal, though we wouldn't be surprised to see them score once during the match. We are going for an enjoyable 3-1 victory for AIK when there is no more time left.
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