Häcken and Aberdeen will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
It's quite the trip for Aberdeen when visiting Häcken as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
Häcken have less rest than Aberdeen in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Allsvenskan game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sirius, was also a home game here at Bravida Arena. The away team is better rested.
Häcken form and stats
Action has already taken place for Häcken in Europa League as they have defeated Zalgiris to reach the Play-offs.Home games in the Allsvenskan have been a walk in the park for Häcken so far, with 30 points won from 11 matches; 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Häcken's last game was hosting Sirius and winning 3-2. The talented striker Sadiq outdid all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Sadiq scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).
Preceding that result, a home victory against Zalgiris in the Europa League.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Häcken is on fire here. A stunning 36 from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Häcken have conceded 13 goals.
Aberdeen form and stats
Two away games in a row for Aberdeen, whose manager Robson could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Stirling Albion.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Celtic.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to St. Mirren.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding two meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Häcken, zero draws and one win for Aberdeen. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rygaard Jensen 6 goals |  I. Sadiq 5 goals |  E. Hovland 5 goals |
Häcken missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Häcken | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 64 | 43 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 30 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 6.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11 | ||
| 6.7 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 13.2 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 13 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Häcken | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Mjallby | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -23 | 20 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | AIK | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Varberg | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -22 | 11 |
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