The home team ticketholders bank on a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a stumbling visitor. Elfsborg are in 10th spot while the guesting Norrköping fret at 11th.
- Elfsborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Norrköping have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Allsvenskan
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Elfsborg form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Elfsborg at their home stadium (Borås Arena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to Borås Arena after drawing with Mjallby (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfield player Baidoo got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Baidoo scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 4-4 versus Häcken.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elfsborg handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat.
Goals decide football matches and Elfsborg are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Elfsborg defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Norrköping form and stats
Norrköping have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Impressive finishing from Nyman and Sigurðsson secured the home win 2-0 against Degerfors in their previous game. Hooray; their first win in the league after eight games not winning. Goalkeeper Jansson was absolutely vital in the Norrköping victory against Degerfors, making seven saves. Midfield player Sigurðsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.13/10. Sigurðsson scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 24 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting IFK Göteborg's place.We have checked recent matches where Norrköping have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's last 12 league matches have seen two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Norrköping have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Norrköping - Elfsborg 2-2 was the output when this pair of sides last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elfsborg two wins, three draws and Norrköping five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Alm 6 goals |   C. Nyman 6 goals | J. Levi 5 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Norrköping missing players
| Elfsborg | Norrköping | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 31 | 20 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 47% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 24% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.5 | 19.2 | 26.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.1 | 13.5 |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 36% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 22% | 24% |
| 11.4 | 11.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
- Elfsborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Norrköping have scored away.
- Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Norrköping have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Allsvenskan
- Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Hammarby | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Häcken | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | AIK | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Sirius | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Varberg | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 17 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 11 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -27 | 10 |
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