Elfsborg beat AIK 3-0 in the Allsvenskan on Sunday, a result that felt inevitable by the time the first twenty minutes had passed. N. Christoffersson opened the scoring in the second minute and added another just before half-time, then completed his hat-trick after the break. AIK controlled possession but could not convert their advantage into clear opportunities.
The opening goal came almost immediately, Christoffersson finding space to slot home in the second minute. AIK responded with increased pressure, but the visitors held their shape and struck again in the twenty-third minute before the interval. A yellow card for S. Papagiannopoulos in the forty-fourth minute did little to shift the momentum, and Elfsborg made the game safe with a third goal in the sixty-eighth minute.
The statistics tell a story of misplaced control. AIK held 67 per cent possession and attempted 661 passes, yet created zero big chances from 140 attacks. Elfsborg, with just 33 per cent of the ball, generated four big chances and converted three shots on target into goals. Shots accuracy sat at 7 per cent for the hosts compared to 54 per cent for the visitors.
The loss leaves AIK in fifth place with 22 points from sixteen games, while Elfsborg remain fifteenth but close the gap on the teams above them. The visitors have now lost only once in their last five league matches, a run that includes a victory over Häcken and a draw at home to Djurgården. Things came to a head on this occasion, and the table goes out of the window in these games.