AIK arrive in Malmö with three straight Allsvenskan wins and ten goals behind them. The hosts have just returned to winning ways, but stopping this attack is a very different assignment.
AIK arrive flying
AIK's latest run has gathered pace quickly. They won 4-3 at Örgryte, followed it with a 3-1 victory away to Djurgården and then beat Hammarby 3-2 at home. Ten goals in three matches tells its own story: they are finding ways to hurt opponents even when the game becomes open.
There is a warning in those scorelines too. AIK conceded six times during the same run, so Malmö should not see this as a night for damage limitation. The visitors are dangerous, but they have also left chances at the other end.
Malmö need their home response
Malmö won 1-0 at Sirius last time out, their third victory in five league matches. That result mattered after a 3-0 home defeat to Djurgården, yet recent results at their own ground remain the obvious concern. Degerfors also left Malmö with a 2-1 win in August.
The task now is to carry the control from the Sirius victory into a much more demanding contest. Malmö have conceded six goals across their latest five league matches; AIK have scored ten. That contrast gives the evening its edge.
Match details
Malmö FF v AIK
Monday 7 September, 18:00 BST
Allsvenskan
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What to watch
Malmö cannot afford to let AIK settle into the kind of end-to-end match they have enjoyed lately. The hosts have their own openings against a defence that has been conceding, but the first job is stopping the visitors' momentum before it takes over the night.