Häcken vs Djurgården: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Wed 28.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prioritet Serneke Arena

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Häcken - Djurgården!

It's no vacation for neither Häcken nor Djurgården as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

15 - 1 - 7 with 33-21. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Djurgården when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Djurgården play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Häcken form and stats

Häcken, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Allsvenskan, are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Prioritet Serneke Arena. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Häcken, who played 2-2 against Mjallby. That match was also played at this venue (Prioritet Serneke Arena). Preceding that game was the away draw at Helsingborg that finished 0-0.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Mjallby as Gustav Berggren's goal in the 83rd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Häcken have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.

The manager A. Alm will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hammarby in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Häcken are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 12 league matches. Häcken are not conceding a lot of goals here at Prioritet Serneke Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.

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Djurgården form and stats

As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Djurgården have produced an overall stat of 5-2-4 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Djurgården, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Fredrik Ulvestad (2) and Karl Holmberg (2) scored in Djurgården's previous match, the home game against Sirius that ended 4-0. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Malmö FF.

As you can tell from the results above, Djurgården was very dominant against Sirius, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Fredrik Ulvestad (2) and Karl Holmberg (2) providing the goals.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Djurgården in our archives, and the results are: one win for Djurgården, one draw and zero defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Djurgården manager K. Bergstrand as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Falkenberg.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Djurgården have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Djurgården in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Djurgården - Häcken 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Häcken, two draws and six wins for Djurgården. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Häcken Djurgården
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 11 24
10 7 2 Won W 0 5 11
10 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
4 1 0 Lost L 3 4 7
38 25 9 Scored S 0 13 39
24 8 2 Conceded C 5 12 27
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 79%
54% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 62%
33% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 29%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 58%
42% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 29%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 27% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
375 225 60 Total Shots T S 30 145 347
138 87 26 Shots on Target S O 2 35 105
28% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 37%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Djurgården haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Häcken has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken has the most clean sheets (10) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken has the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Häcken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 24 13 8 3 48 24 12 8 4 0 23 8 12 5 4 3 25 16 24 47
2 Häcken 24 10 10 4 38 24 12 7 4 1 25 8 12 3 6 3 13 16 14 40
3 Norrköping 24 11 6 7 49 35 12 5 4 3 19 12 12 6 2 4 30 23 14 39
4 Djurgården 24 11 6 7 39 27 13 6 4 3 26 15 11 5 2 4 13 12 12 39
5 Elfsborg 24 9 12 3 39 32 12 4 7 1 21 16 12 5 5 2 18 16 7 39
6 Hammarby 24 9 9 6 38 35 12 4 7 1 20 14 12 5 2 5 18 21 3 36
7 Sirius 24 9 8 7 40 41 11 5 3 3 25 23 13 4 5 4 15 18 -1 35
8 Östersunds FK 24 8 9 7 25 26 12 2 4 6 11 16 12 6 5 1 14 10 -1 33
9 Mjallby 25 8 8 9 37 41 12 5 4 3 20 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -4 32
10 AIK 23 8 6 9 24 26 12 5 2 5 14 12 11 3 4 4 10 14 -2 30
11 Örebro 24 8 6 10 29 34 12 6 3 3 18 17 12 2 3 7 11 17 -5 30
12 Varberg 24 7 6 11 33 38 12 5 2 5 17 18 12 2 4 6 16 20 -5 27
13 IFK Göteborg 24 4 12 8 26 36 12 2 4 6 12 22 12 2 8 2 14 14 -10 24
14 Helsingborg 24 4 10 10 26 38 12 3 5 4 12 13 12 1 5 6 14 25 -12 22
15 Falkenberg 24 4 7 13 26 42 12 2 4 6 13 20 12 2 3 7 13 22 -16 19
16 Kalmar 24 4 7 13 26 44 12 1 4 7 11 22 12 3 3 6 15 22 -18 19

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  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 24 13 8 3 48 24 12 8 4 0 23 8 12 5 4 3 25 16 24 47
2 Häcken 24 10 10 4 38 24 12 7 4 1 25 8 12 3 6 3 13 16 14 40
3 Norrköping 24 11 6 7 49 35 12 5 4 3 19 12 12 6 2 4 30 23 14 39
4 Djurgården 24 11 6 7 39 27 13 6 4 3 26 15 11 5 2 4 13 12 12 39
5 Elfsborg 24 9 12 3 39 32 12 4 7 1 21 16 12 5 5 2 18 16 7 39
6 Hammarby 24 9 9 6 38 35 12 4 7 1 20 14 12 5 2 5 18 21 3 36
7 Sirius 24 9 8 7 40 41 11 5 3 3 25 23 13 4 5 4 15 18 -1 35
8 Östersunds FK 24 8 9 7 25 26 12 2 4 6 11 16 12 6 5 1 14 10 -1 33
9 Mjallby 25 8 8 9 37 41 12 5 4 3 20 20 13 3 4 6 17 21 -4 32
10 AIK 23 8 6 9 24 26 12 5 2 5 14 12 11 3 4 4 10 14 -2 30
11 Örebro 24 8 6 10 29 34 12 6 3 3 18 17 12 2 3 7 11 17 -5 30
12 Varberg 24 7 6 11 33 38 12 5 2 5 17 18 12 2 4 6 16 20 -5 27
13 IFK Göteborg 24 4 12 8 26 36 12 2 4 6 12 22 12 2 8 2 14 14 -10 24
14 Helsingborg 24 4 10 10 26 38 12 3 5 4 12 13 12 1 5 6 14 25 -12 22
15 Falkenberg 24 4 7 13 26 42 12 2 4 6 13 20 12 2 3 7 13 22 -16 19
16 Kalmar 24 4 7 13 26 44 12 1 4 7 11 22 12 3 3 6 15 22 -18 19

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