Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when IFK Göteborg welcomes Östersunds FK

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Thu 06.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nya Gamla Ullevi (18800 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Allsvenskan, IFK Göteborg holding 12th place and Östersunds FK lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Göteborg and Östersunds FK.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Östersunds FK's home stadium. The visitors last 20 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

IFK Göteborg's results here at Nya Gamla Ullevi in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Göteborg are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 216 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Aiesh).

Göteborg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Malmö FF (placed 2nd). Before that, IFK Göteborg had a Svenska Cupen home game versus Malmö FF (after extra-time) which ended with a victory 2-1.

The manager P. Asbaghi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Örebro in only three days.

IFK Göteborg has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Göteborg defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Östersunds FK form and stats

Playing away, Östersunds FK have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Allsvenskan this season. Östersunds FK has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 21 days ago, in the Malmö FF fixture. Östersunds has drawn their two previous away games.

Östersunds are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Varberg BoIS (placed 7th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Helsingborg.

After this away game Östersunds return home for a Allsvenskan game against Elfsborg. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Östersunds when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Östersunds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - two - three (Göteborg wins - draws - Östersunds FK wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

IFK GöteborgH. Aiesh
H. Aiesh
3 goals
GöteborgP. Karlsson-Lagemyr
P. Karlsson-Lagemyr
3 goals
IFK GöteborgG. Kharaishvili
G. Kharaishvili
2 goals

IFK Göteborg missing players

Östersunds FK missing players

IFK Göteborg Östersunds FK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 7 3 Played P 2 6 12
2 1 1 Won W 2 2 2
6 3 2 Drew D 0 3 5
4 3 0 Lost L 0 1 5
13 7 4 Scored S 3 4 9
18 11 3 Conceded C 1 4 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 75%
75% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 58%
58% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 33%
33% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
67% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 42%
17% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 33%
25% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4.7 3.9 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 3.8
4.6 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.3 5.8
1.2 1.3 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
139 87 42 Total Shots T S 19 61 107
45 24 9 Shots on Target S O 7 17 32
29% 29% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 24% 28%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • IFK Göteborg has the most conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • IFK Göteborg have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • IFK Göteborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Östersunds FK has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Östersunds FK has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Östersunds FK has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
  • Östersunds FK have won significantly more corners away than 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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Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.