Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Helsingborg 4th with 47 points, Skövde AIK 16th with 25, 22 apart. Helsingborg had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Skövde AIK ran at 0.87 scored and 1.73 conceded, Helsingborg at 1.37 and 1.13.
Skövde AIK arrived off three straight defeats. Helsingborg carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Skövde AIK 3/15, Helsingborg 13/15.
Södermalms IP in Skövde, capacity 4,646, hosted the game. Helsingborg led 3-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-3.