Norrköping are placed 4th so far, while Häcken are lagging 5 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Norrköping have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
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.
It should be mentioned that Häcken 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 Häcken on artifical turf are 7 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-21. You can compare this with overall results below.
Norrköping form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Norrköping at their home stadium (PlatinumCars Arena) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Norrköping are returning here after visiting Mjallby in a Allsvenskan game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Maic Sema scored the goal(s). Midfield player Ishaq Abdulrazak got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Abdulrazak hit two key passes.
Before that, Norrköping had a home game versus Malmö FF which ended with a victory 3-2.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 four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
A decent goal production from Norrköping in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Norrköping have conceded 5 goals.
Häcken form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Häcken, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan, playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.
Häcken play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Kalmar (placed 8th). Midfield player Gustav Berggren was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Berggren signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, Häcken secured a home win against AIK with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Häcken in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Häcken, two draws and two defeats.
Häcken have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Häcken have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Norrköping victories, zero draws and three Häcken wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Adegbenro 6 goals |   A. Jeremejeff 5 goals |  M. Sema 2 goals |
Norrköping missing players
Häcken missing players
| Norrköping | Häcken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 14.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.6 | 13.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 5 |
| 27% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 30% |
- All of Norrköping's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Häcken have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Häcken have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Häcken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Norrköping have not yet lost a game at home.
- Norrköping have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Norrköping have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Allsvenskan
- Norrköping have won significantly more corners at 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | AIK | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Degerfors | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Häcken | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Sirius | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Halmstad | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Mjallby | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Varberg | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Örebro | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
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