Top-notch Norrköping arrive at Halmstad after their 3-0-result vs IFK Göteborg. Check out our thorough match preview!
- Norrköping have scored at least twice as many goals away as Halmstad have scored home.
This field has grass, unlike Norrköping's home arena. The last 26 games by the away team on grass have given 11 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Halmstad form and stats
The complete Allsvenskan results playing at home this season for Halmstad are 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 277 minutes without scoring a league goal. Mohammed was the last player to find the net.
Halmstad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Malmö FF. Svedberg (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.0/10. Svedberg dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Halmstad lost 0-5 at home to Varberg.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Halmstad here at Örjans Vall in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). On the other hand, Halmstad have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Norrköping form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Norrköping have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.
Norrköping go into this game after a win, the home game against IFK Göteborg that ended 3-0. Traustason got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Traustason scored two goals and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hammarby's place.Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Norrköping has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Norrköping have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought earlier this season: Norrköping - Halmstad 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Halmstad four wins, zero draws and Norrköping six victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Traustason 7 goals |   V. Granat 6 goals |  C. Nyman 5 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Norrköping missing players
| Halmstad | Norrköping | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 28 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 33% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 27% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 41% | 34% |
| 16.7 | 15.3 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.2 | 13.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- All of Norrköping's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Norrköping have scored at least twice as many goals away as Halmstad have scored home.
- Norrköping have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Norrköping 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 | Elfsborg | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Häcken | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Mjallby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Halmstad | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 25 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Brommapojkarna | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | AIK | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Sirius | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Varberg | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -17 | 11 |
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