With only eight points (two wins, two crosses) after 25 games, AIK is ready for relegation even before the last round on Saturday.
Last year, as a newcomer, “Gnaget” was tenth out of twelve teams in the Allsvenskan. Now they come last in the new 14-team series.
However, AIK played a brave first half against Häcken.
First for Nildén
17-year-old Matilda Nildén equalized at 1-1 after half an hour, with her first Allsvenskan goal.
“I still think we’re making an okay effort,” said Matilda Nildén to Viaplay during the break, at 3-1.
Two Häcken goals early in the second half decided the match, in the arena where Häcken’s men’s team celebrated the club’s first SM gold a day earlier.
The women’s hurdlers’ golden hope was basically broken by a slump in form around the turn of the month of May-June, when three home matches yielded a single point in total, instead of the full possible nine.
Häcken now has eight straight victories in the series game. But Rosengård’s SM gold is already clear.
Häcken and Linköping are fighting for second place, which gives a place in the final qualifying round for next season’s Champions League. The Allsvenskan third also gets to qualify, but has a longer path to the group stage.
Falk has had a child
National team goalkeeper Jennifer Falk was missing from Häcken’s team against AIK. Falk and her partner have recently had a child, writes Häcken on Twitter.
Anna Csiki was lively on the right wing. She scored Häcken’s first two goals, and 7–1 in extra time. National team midfielder Elin Rubensson scored two goals, with 3–1 on penalties and a fine shot that made it 5–1.