Allsvenskan 2020
AIK - IK Sirius FK (1 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2020
Match start: 2020-07-15 at 19:00
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
AIK faced IK Sirius FK in an exciting football match at the National Arena, Friends Arena. Despite the match being played on a Wednesday evening, there were no spectators present due to the prevailing circumstances. The referee for the evening was Bojan Pandzic, assisted by Mahbod Beigi and Johan Thalin.
Before the match, AIK was in eleventh place in the table, while IK Sirius FK had not lost in their last six matches and was in fourth place.
The match started relatively evenly, with both teams having their chances. In the 28th minute, a player from IK Sirius FK, Elias Andersson, received a yellow card. Halftime came quickly, and IK Sirius FK opted to make a substitution, bringing on Stefano Holmquist Vecchia for Mohammed Khalid Saeid.
In the second half, AIK also received a yellow card when Bilal Hussein was booked in the 46th minute. Five minutes later, Tim Björkström from IK Sirius FK also received a yellow card.
IK Sirius FK made a substitution in the 60th minute, as Chibuike Kennedy Igboananike replaced Nahom Girmai Netabay. After this substitution, IK Sirius FK coach Henrik Rydström also received a yellow card in the 62nd minute.
In the 72nd minute, IK Sirius FK made two substitutions simultaneously. Jamie Roche came on for Daniel Jarl, and Karl Larson replaced Adam Ståhl. Just a few minutes later, Adam Hellborg also received a yellow card for IK Sirius FK.
But in the 74th minute, it was AIK that opened the scoring. Henok Goitom, number 36, scored the 1-0 goal with an assist from Sebastian Larsson.
Toward the end of the match, IK Sirius FK also made a substitution, bringing on Laorent Shabani for Yukiya Sugita in the 84th minute. AIK made two substitutions in the 85th minute, as Robert Lundström and Per Karlsson replaced Heradi Rashidi and Daniel Granli. At the same time, Felix Michel also received a yellow card for AIK.
Many yellow cards were handed out during the match, and in the second minute of stoppage time, AIK's goalkeeper Kyriakos Stamatopoulos received a yellow card as well.
When the referee blew the final whistle, the score was 1-0 in favor of AIK after Henok Goitom's goal. AIK was thus able to secure three points, while IK Sirius FK left Friends Arena without any points.