The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hammarby are in the 8th position while the guesting Falkenberg worry at 13th.
It's no vacation for neither Hammarby nor Falkenberg 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.
It should be mentioned that Falkenberg play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Falkenberg on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 16 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 19-35. You can compare this with overall results below.
Hammarby form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Hammarby at their home stadium (Tele2 Arena) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to Tele2 Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Helsingborg (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Allsvenskan game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Hammarby won a home game hosting Örebro (3-0).
The hometeam coach S. Billborn made a successful contribution in the game against Helsingborg, bringing on Gustav Ludwigson who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hammarby as they are travelling to their away game against Djurgården in the Allsvenskan. That match is four days after this one.
The Hammarby fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Defensively Hammarby have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Falkenberg form and stats
2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Falkenberg in their Allsvenskan matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Falkenberg, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Örebro (placed 10th) in the Allsvenskan last time out. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Norrköping.
A new game in only four days for Falkenberg, the Allsvenskan home match versus Malmö FF. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Falkenberg have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Falkenberg have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hammarby six wins, two draws and Falkenberg two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Sylisufaj 5 goals |  G. Ludwigson 4 goals | M. Tankovic 3 goals |
Hammarby missing players
Falkenberg missing players
| Hammarby | Falkenberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 162 | 77 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 72 | 154 |
| 44 | 25 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 27 | 48 |
| 30% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | 29% |
- Falkenberg has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Falkenberg has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- Falkenberg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hammarby 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 | Norrköping | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Häcken | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Sirius | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Varberg BoIS | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 10 | Örebro | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | AIK | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Falkenberg | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Kalmar | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
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