The first of two encounters in the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Häcken will try to edge The New Saints in their own ballpark.
24 - 9 - 3 with 81-26. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for The New Saints when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. The New Saints play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Allsvenskan match only four days back. That game was an away game at AIK, so at least Häcken are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Häcken form and stats
Häcken have been very solid at home in the Allsvenskan so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
A strong away win for Häcken against AIK the last match, as Jensen and Sadiq were on target. Häcken goalkeeper Abrahamsson did an outstanding job against AIK with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Defender Lund got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.35/10. Lund signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.
2-2 away at Norrköping before that.The match schedule is unforgiving for Häcken as they have a new game in only three days, a Allsvenskan match thankfully also at home. Brommapojkarna are visiting.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Häcken is on fire here. A stunning 24 from 7 league matches. Häcken's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
The New Saints form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when Linfield drew the shortest straw.The club members enjoyed The New Saints's previous match versus Bala Town, a Welsh Cup win (6-0) played at home.
A home victory as predicted against Bala Town ahead of that, in the Welsh Cup.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Traore 12 goals |  E. Hovland 5 goals | L. Larsen 5 goals |
Häcken missing players
The New Saints missing players
| Häcken | The New Saints | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 68 | 43 | Scored | S | 43 | 84 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 8% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.1 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 16.6 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 46% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Häcken | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 32 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Halmstad | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Brommapojkarna | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Sirius | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -21 | 14 |
| 14 | AIK | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Varberg | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 5 |
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