Match Report
The table read 1st (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 15 pts) against 4th (AIK, 4 pts), 11 points apart. AIK ranked just 33rd in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ran at 2.67 scored and 1.33 conceded, AIK at 0.83 and 2.33.
5 matches unbeaten backed Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's arrival. Over the last five, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk had taken 11 of 15 points to AIK's 5.
The match was played at Dnipro Arena in Dnipropetrovs'k (capacity 31,003). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-0.