It's game day two of the Allsvenskan season and everything to play for. Read our detailed preview of GIF Sundsvall-Hammarby!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
GIF Sundsvall form and stats
In the previous season, GIF Sundsvall's league results were 15 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, providing 2nd spot in the Superettan. From these 30 matches they scored 46 goals and gave away 29. Performing as the host team in the previous season GIF Sundsvall generated 9-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 13 conceded. Two draws in a row at home now for Sundsvall.
In their previous game, the manager Åhnstrand led his GIF Sundsvall to a defeat away at Sirius. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NP3 Arena. Eriksson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Eriksson won 4 of 5 duels.
Hammarby form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hammarby performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 19/22 goals scored/conceded.
Hammarby won their last game, 2-1 versus Helsingborg played at home. Defender Jeahze was the best team player with a rating of 8.61. Jeahze served one assist, hit five key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: one win for GIF Sundsvall, three draws and six wins for Hammarby. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Engblom 1 goals | ![]() W. Swedberg 1 goals | ![]() G. Ludwigson 1 goals |
GIF Sundsvall missing players
Hammarby missing players
| GIF Sundsvall | Hammarby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GIF Sundsvall | Last season | Hammarby | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 27% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 63% | ||
| 33% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 17% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Hammarby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sirius | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Varberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Degerfors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Djurgården | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mjallby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | GIF Sundsvall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Helsingborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Norrköping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | AIK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Varnamo | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 59 |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Helsingborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Norrby | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Oster | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Landskrona | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Trelleborg | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 43 |
| 8 | Orgryte | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Jonkopings Sodra | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 38 |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Akropolis | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 14 | GAIS | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Vasalund | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -17 | 26 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -21 | 25 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Varberg | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Sirius | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -14 | 37 |
| 12 | Häcken | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Halmstad | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 15 | Örebro | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 34 | -35 | 18 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 36 | -35 | 14 |
- GIF Sundsvall
- Svenska Fans: GIF Sundsvall - (supporter blog)
- Hammarby Fotboll
- Svenska Fans: Hammarby - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)