Allsvenskan 2019
AIK - Athletic Eskilstuna (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2019
Match start: 2019-05-04 at 13:30
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
Attendance: 12,314
AIK won the match against Athletic Eskilstuna at the National Arena with a score of 2-1 in front of 12,314 spectators. The match in the Allsvenskan was played on Saturday afternoon and officiated by Magnus Lindgren, assisted by Fredrik Klyver and Daniel Ekman. Before the match, AIK was in 9th place while Athletic Eskilstuna was second to last in the league standings.
AIK opened the scoring in the 31st minute with a penalty kick taken by Daniel Sundgren. In the 45th minute, Athletic Eskilstuna's Ole Söderberg received a red card after a tough tackle. Just before half-time, a substitution was made by Athletic Eskilstuna, with Mihail Aleksandrov Ivanov replacing Ousmane Camara.
AIK continued to dominate in the second half, and in the 50th minute, Tarik Elyounoussi made it 2-0 after a nice pass from Anton Salétros. Five minutes later, Onyedikachukwu Samuel Nnamani scored for Athletic Eskilstuna with a good assist from Adi Nalic.
Both teams made several substitutions during the match, with AIK substituting Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi for Kolbeinn Sigþórsson in the 65th minute and Anton Salétros for Heradi Rashidi in the 69th minute. Athletic Eskilstuna replaced Nnamani with Christian Miljevic in the 69th minute and Ivan Bobko with Ferid Ali in the 81st minute.
AIK's final substitution came in the 82nd minute when Saku Ylätupa replaced scorer Elyounoussi. In the 90th minute, Ylätupa received a yellow card, but it did not affect the outcome.
In summary, it was a well-played match where AIK secured an important victory and three points. Athletic Eskilstuna tried to catch up, but AIK had a strong defense and held on to win.
GK = Goalkeeper, D = Defender, M = Midfielder, F = Forward, C = Captain, Off = Substituted off, In = Substituted in, YC = Booked (Yellow card), RC = Sent off (Red card)