Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Djurgården - Häcken!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Djurgården's stadium, Tele2 Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Häcken have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Häcken when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 22 goals in these games and conceded 22.
Djurgården form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Djurgården at their home stadium (Tele2 Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Djurgården are confident in defense, having played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Djurgården in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at AIK (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Östersunds FK.
This is expected to be a close game, with Djurgården perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Djurgården as a small favourite), we find two games. Djurgården has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The manager K. Bergstrand will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Varberg BoIS in only four days.
Djurgården have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tele2 Arena with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Djurgården have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Häcken form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Allsvenskan, are W0-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan.
The Häcken goalkeeper Peter Abrahamsson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 187 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Häcken played 0-0 against IFK Göteborg in their previous match. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against AIK.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Häcken in our archives, and the results are: one win for Häcken, zero draws and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Häcken have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Häcken struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Djurgården won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Häcken has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  F. Ulvestad 5 goals |   D. Irandust 4 goals | L. Bengtsson 3 goals |
Djurgården missing players
Häcken missing players
| Djurgården | Häcken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 45% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 | 86 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 59 | 164 |
| 45 | 32 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 23 | 66 |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 32% |
- Djurgården has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Djurgården have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Häcken has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Häcken has the most clean sheets (6)
- Häcken have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Häcken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Häcken have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norrköping | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Häcken | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sirius | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Varberg BoIS | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Örebro | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | AIK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
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