Eskilstuna United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Linkoping W.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Svenska Cupen Women match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Bollstanäs W, so at least Eskilstuna United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Eskilstuna are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Linkoping W are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Eskilstuna United form and stats
When playing at home in the Allsvenskan Women, Eskilstuna United have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Eskilstuna are returning here after visiting Bollstanäs W in a Svenska Cupen Women game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. K. Collin (4), F. Rogic and F. Eriksson scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory in the Allsvenskan Women match versus Uppsala W with a 4-2 scoreline.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Eskilstuna played a great game against Bollstanäs W and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for K. Collin when beating Bollstanäs W, applying the finishing touch to four goals!
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eskilstuna have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.
Eskilstuna can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. On the other hand, Eskilstuna have conceded 11 goals.
Linkoping W form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Linkoping W playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan Women this season.
Linkoping played 2-2 against Rosengard W in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Uppsala W at their stadium, the result 1-0.
It looked so good for Linkoping vs Rosengard W, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Linkoping are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
Linkoping have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. For Linkoping, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Eskilstuna United and Linkoping W have met before this season: Linkoping W - Eskilstuna United 1-0. Eskilstuna United-Linkoping W H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Eskilstuna three wins, Linkoping W one win, three draws. zero of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Kullashi 9 goals | F. Karlsson 9 goals |  U. Kanu 7 goals |
Eskilstuna United missing players
Linkoping W missing players
| Eskilstuna United | Linkoping W | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 28 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 52 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 63 | 122 |
| 35 | 25 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 30 | 61 |
| 54% | 64% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | 33% |
- All of Eskilstuna United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eskilstuna United has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Allsvenskan Women
- Eskilstuna United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Eskilstuna United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Eskilstuna United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linkoping W 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 | Goteborg FC W | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 41 |
| 2 | Rosengard W | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 38 | 40 |
| 3 | Kristianstads W | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | Linkoping W | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Vittsjo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Eskilstuna United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Djurgarden W | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | KIF Orebro | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Umea W | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Pitea W | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 11 | Växjö W | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 15 |
| 12 | Uppsala W | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 10 |