AIK Basket saw off Huddinge 84:58 in the Superettan on Sunday evening. The hosts took control early and never looked back, extending their home record while leaving the visitors to reflect on a difficult afternoon. The final margin tells its own story about a match that swung one way and stayed there.
and here's the thing — we had called for the home side at 54 per cent confidence before tip-off. It was not a blind guess. AIK have been the steadier outfit in recent weeks, winning three of their last five against tougher opposition, while Huddinge's form has been patchy. They had the game won inside twenty minutes, and by then the visitors were already clawing their way back from something they could not recover from.
The hosts arrive here after losing 67:90 at Friskshuset last weekend, but before that they had won 101:94 against Alvik and 93:62 with Jurgarden. Huddinge's results read differently: an 84:86 defeat to Trelleborg, then a 91:79 win over Friskshuset, followed by a string of matches against Eskilstuna that showed they can score but struggle to close games out. To be fair, the gap between the two sides has been narrowing all season.
AIK sit ninth with 13 wins and 13 losses from 26 games, while Huddinge occupy seventh place with 14 victories and 12 defeats. Neither side carries any points in this format — the table is built on wins alone. What matters is the trajectory. AIK are back in full training after a long stretch, and the academy graduate marked his first start with a goal against Alvik. Huddinge sensed blood after that Friskshuset win but could not sustain it.
The 26-point margin is the kind of result that shifts momentum in a tight league. By then, the old head settled them down, and the coaching staff made sure the message was clear. This was not a match decided on paper — it was decided in the moments when one side switched off at a set piece and the other hit them on the break. The gap between seventh and ninth may look small, but on this evening it looked wider.