With the nineteenth round upon us we're likely to see some shuffling both in the top and the bottom of Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg and Helsingborg will enter an extremely important head to head game that is set to jumble the top five. All top five teams seem to have an equal shot at the gold at this point and regardless of the results in this round no team should fall out of contention. Click to continue reading...

Excuse me, Allsvenskan? I think it's time we had a talk. Now don't get upset, because I'm not really complaining. It's just that the recent results have us worried. We are concerned that you may perhaps be... How do I put this?
You're absolutely, certifiably insane.
This was after all supposed to be the round where the results felt more or less predetermined. Click to continue reading...

The eighteenth round of Allsvenskan sees an historic five derbies played in the same round. On the surface it doesn't look like much will change in the top of the table as most top teams face relatively easy tasks. The bottom could see a bit more movement as Djurgården and Hammarby meet up in one of the most interesting bottom feeder battles of the year. Click to continue reading...

As July ends so does the ability for Swedish teams to acquire new players. The Swedish transfer window closed this past Tuesday, which allows us the opportunity to review the most significant Allsvenskan signings. It's been a fairly interesting shopping window for the Swedish clubs with a few foreign additions as well as one major move between Allsvenskan clubs. Click to continue reading...

The sixteenth round mirrored the previous round as we saw eight rematches with the only difference being a flip in home-field advantage. Another similarity was that top teams kept on winning and bottom teams kept on losing. The effect of this is that the trend we noted at the end of the previous round remains perfectly intact: Allsvenskan is becoming clearly separated into three distinct segments consisting of five top, six middle and five bottom teams. Click to continue reading...