Helsingborg hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 13th position in the Allsvenskan table. Visiting Östersunds FK holds 9th place with 27 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Östersunds FK's home stadium. The visitors last 21 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses.
It's quite the trip for Östersunds FK when visiting Helsingborg as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Helsingborg form and stats
Overall Allsvenskan stats at home this season for Helsingborg are 3-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Helsingborg are returning here after visiting Varberg in a Allsvenskan game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Alex Timossi Andersson, Rasmus Jönsson and Anthony van den Hurk scored the goal(s). A 2-2 draw away before that, with Hammarby the opponent.
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 Helsingborg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Helsingborg as they are travelling to their away game against Halmia in the Svenska Cupen. That match is three days after this one.
Helsingborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Helsingborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Östersunds FK form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Östersunds FK, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Allsvenskan, playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hammarby game have they lost an away game, meaning Östersunds has taken points from nine away matches in a row. The last three matches for Östersunds have all ended in a draw.
Östersunds delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Djurgården (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Allsvenskan game. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Örebro.
The draw against Djurgården came from a losing position. The Östersunds manager A. Azrafshan brought on Francis Baptiste as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Östersunds FK playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Östersunds wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Östersunds have scored 10 goals in 10 league games away. Östersunds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Östersunds FK - Helsingborg 0-0. Last five meetings between the teams: Helsingborg won one, Östersunds FK won two and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. van den Hurk 7 goals | M. Svensson 4 goals | A. Andersson 4 goals |
Helsingborg missing players
Östersunds FK missing players
| Helsingborg | Östersunds FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 34 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 81% |
| 81% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 50% | 57% |
| 52% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | 33% |
| 43% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 62% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 38% |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 253 | 113 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 107 | 200 |
| 69 | 35 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 36 | 65 |
| 35% | 34% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | 31% |
- Helsingborg has the most points from losing position (14) in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK has the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK has the most clean sheets (5) away in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Allsvenskan
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 41 |
| 2 | Häcken | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Sirius | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Östersunds FK | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varberg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Örebro | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | AIK | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
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