Norrköping vs Elfsborg match preview: Even contest expected at PlatinumCars Arena

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: PlatinumCars Arena

Elfsborg travel to Norrköping and PlatinumCars Arena loaded with happy thoughts, but the hosting team is not easy meat. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Elfsborg have the most points (22) away in Allsvenskan

It's no vacation for neither Norrköping nor Elfsborg 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.

The season is still full of potential for Norrköping as they can still win the whole Allsvenskan. Elfsborg are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Norrköping form and stats

Norrköping have performed here at PlatinumCars Arena this season with 7 wins from 12 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

Norrköping drew their last game, also a home match. Mjallby (placed 12th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A disappointing finish for Norrköping in their match versus Mjallby as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The forward Samuel Adegbenro won the honour of being "man of the match" for Norrköping with the rating of 8.02/10. Adegbenro scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Heartbreak before that as Norrköping lost 0-1 at AIK's place.

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 Norrköping have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost three.

Norrköping have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at PlatinumCars Arena with 23 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Norrköping have conceded 12 goals.

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Elfsborg form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (22) away in Allsvenskan, on their Allsvenskan travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Elfsborg hope to make it five in this match.

Elfsborg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Degerfors (placed 13th). Leo Väisänen, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Väisänen scored one goal and won 9 of 13 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Sirius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Elfsborg in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Elfsborg, one draw and three defeats.

Elfsborg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Elfsborg have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Elfsborg - Norrköping 1-0 was the result in these participants' previous H2H game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Norrköping wins - draws - Elfsborg wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorrköpingS. Adegbenro
S. Adegbenro
15 goals
ElfsborgJ. Okkels
J. Okkels
6 goals
ElfsborgP. Frick
P. Frick
6 goals

Norrköping missing players

Elfsborg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Norrköping Elfsborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
12 7 3 Won W 3 7 15
4 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
9 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
39 23 8 Scored S 8 19 43
31 12 3 Conceded C 2 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 76%
64% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 60%
20% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 28%
12% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
60% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 40%
20% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 44%
20% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 16%
 
4.8 4.6 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 5.2
4.9 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 5.8
1.4 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14 14.1 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 13.2 13.2
5.1 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 4.7
30% 37% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 73% 35% 36%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Elfsborg have the most points (22) away in Allsvenskan
  • Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Norrköping have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Malmö FF 25 14 6 5 50 26 13 8 3 2 29 14 12 6 3 3 21 12 24 48
2 Elfsborg 25 15 3 7 43 26 13 8 2 3 24 13 12 7 1 4 19 13 17 48
3 Djurgården 25 14 5 6 40 26 13 9 2 2 27 15 12 5 3 4 13 11 14 47
4 AIK 25 14 5 6 33 20 13 11 2 0 22 6 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 47
5 Hammarby 25 12 7 6 42 33 13 9 3 1 27 14 12 3 4 5 15 19 9 43
6 Norrköping 25 12 4 9 39 31 12 7 3 2 23 12 13 5 1 7 16 19 8 40
7 Kalmar 25 10 8 7 31 31 13 5 5 3 17 14 12 5 3 4 14 17 0 38
8 Häcken 25 8 8 9 41 36 12 5 3 4 26 16 13 3 5 5 15 20 5 32
9 IFK Göteborg 25 8 7 10 32 33 13 5 3 5 19 15 12 3 4 5 13 18 -1 31
10 Varberg 25 7 9 9 29 32 12 4 5 3 12 13 13 3 4 6 17 19 -3 30
11 Sirius 25 8 6 11 26 41 12 6 1 5 13 13 13 2 5 6 13 28 -15 30
12 Mjallby 25 6 10 9 25 24 12 4 4 4 12 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 1 28
13 Degerfors 25 8 4 13 28 43 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 10 27 -15 28
14 Halmstad 25 5 12 8 20 24 12 2 9 1 9 8 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 27
15 Örebro 25 4 5 16 18 49 12 2 4 6 10 18 13 2 1 10 8 31 -31 17
16 Östersunds FK 25 3 5 17 24 46 13 3 2 8 18 20 12 0 3 9 6 26 -22 14

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Table
  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 25 14 6 5 50 26 13 8 3 2 29 14 12 6 3 3 21 12 24 48
2 Elfsborg 25 15 3 7 43 26 13 8 2 3 24 13 12 7 1 4 19 13 17 48
3 Djurgården 25 14 5 6 40 26 13 9 2 2 27 15 12 5 3 4 13 11 14 47
4 AIK 25 14 5 6 33 20 13 11 2 0 22 6 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 47
5 Hammarby 25 12 7 6 42 33 13 9 3 1 27 14 12 3 4 5 15 19 9 43
6 Norrköping 25 12 4 9 39 31 12 7 3 2 23 12 13 5 1 7 16 19 8 40
7 Kalmar 25 10 8 7 31 31 13 5 5 3 17 14 12 5 3 4 14 17 0 38
8 Häcken 25 8 8 9 41 36 12 5 3 4 26 16 13 3 5 5 15 20 5 32
9 IFK Göteborg 25 8 7 10 32 33 13 5 3 5 19 15 12 3 4 5 13 18 -1 31
10 Varberg 25 7 9 9 29 32 12 4 5 3 12 13 13 3 4 6 17 19 -3 30
11 Sirius 25 8 6 11 26 41 12 6 1 5 13 13 13 2 5 6 13 28 -15 30
12 Mjallby 25 6 10 9 25 24 12 4 4 4 12 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 1 28
13 Degerfors 25 8 4 13 28 43 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 10 27 -15 28
14 Halmstad 25 5 12 8 20 24 12 2 9 1 9 8 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 27
15 Örebro 25 4 5 16 18 49 12 2 4 6 10 18 13 2 1 10 8 31 -31 17
16 Östersunds FK 25 3 5 17 24 46 13 3 2 8 18 20 12 0 3 9 6 26 -22 14

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