AIK vs Hammarby IF Best odds and tips

AIK have been the most consistent team in Sweden’s top flight this season and they will be very tough to beat when they host Hammarby IF in the Stockholm derby on Sunday. Mikkjal Thomassen’s side have been almost perfect in Allsvenskan 2025, winning four and drawing one of their last five games, and have not lost any of their four home matches so far. The hosts beat Mjaellby 2-1 at home and followed that up with a hard-earned 1-1 draw away to Djurgaarden to remain top of the table. Thomassen’s tactical nous has brought a new defensive solidity to the club since he took over as head coach in July 2024 and the early results have been fantastic. AIK are a patient, structured team that are defensively sound and know how to keep their opponents at bay. Playmaker Dino Besirovic has been a big factor in their success with four assists in eight Allsvenskan 2025 matches and direct involvement in three of the last eight goals his team has scored. Top scorer Johan Hove has three goals in eight Allsvenskan 2025 matches and can provide the cutting edge AIK will need to beat Hammarby.

The visitors are a very different proposition to AIK and Kim Hellberg’s full-throttle attacking philosophy has made them one of the most watchable teams in the division this term. Hammarby have scored 1.75 goals per game and conceded 1.00 per game on the road in Allsvenskan 2025, which tells you they are a danger going forward but also a little vulnerable at the back. Hellberg took over at the club in January 2024 and has been very successful so far, but the last five games have been a mixed bag with two wins, two draws and one loss. The most recent of these was a convincing 3-0 away win at Oesters IF eight days ago, but they have also been held to home and away draws in their last three. Nahir Besara has been a creative spark up front for Hammarby with four goals in eight Allsvenskan 2025 matches and is the side’s biggest goal threat. He has a knack of scoring important goals and will be a threat to the AIK defence on Sunday.

AIK have won their last two home league games and are unbeaten in four at Friends Arena in Allsvenskan 2025. Hammarby have won two, drawn one and lost one of their four away trips this term, so there is a little bit of a home advantage. But Hammarby are an attacking side and will be going all out to win this game, so it could be close and it is no surprise to see the bookies price AIK as narrow favourites at 2.60 with Hammarby 2.81 and the draw 3.20. AIK have the momentum and a home advantage, but Hammarby are a good side and will have a go. So we are going to take the hosts to win and both teams to score in what should be a fascinating tactical battle between AIK’s defensive block and Hammarby’s pace and penetration.