Enköping and Arlanda played out a 7:5 friendly on Thursday evening, the 11th of September 2026. The scoreline tells you everything you need to know about the evening — neither side was particularly interested in keeping a clean sheet. Both managers sent out attacks, and both got what they asked for in return.
Enköping came into this match on the back of a difficult run. They lost 1:5 to Hanvikens just three days earlier, and before that 1:3 to Norrtälje. The pattern was clear enough — they were conceding goals without finding their own. Going into this friendly, you'd have expected them to be cautious.
Arlanda's recent record was no better. Two matches against Lindloben in 2024 ended 0:4 and 1:4 respectively. They'd been conceding freely for months, and if anything, this friendly suggested they hadn't changed much. Seven goals against them tells you they were still open at the back.
The timing of these teams' fixtures is worth noting. Enköping had been playing regularly in September 2026, while Arlanda's last two matches were from 2024. That gap might explain why one side looked sharper, though the scoreline doesn't really support that theory.
What this match showed was two teams who'd been struggling and decided to stop worrying about defence. It was a friendly, so perhaps that's fair enough, but 12 goals between them suggests both were happy to play open football. The old head settled them down — or at least, someone did.
Neither side can point to much to celebrate here. Enköping ground out the win but let in five, while Arlanda scored five and conceded seven. The table goes out the window in these games, but you'd hope both managers took something from the evening.