Another enjoyable fixture in Allsvenskan as Norrköping receive Häcken

Häcken play their home matches on grass, while this match is played on artifical turf. Recent statistics for Häcken when featuring on artifical turf are 5 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 16 matches. They have created 23 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.

It's no vacation for neither Norrköping nor Häcken 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.

Norrköping form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Allsvenskan game of the season here at PlatinumCars Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from Norrköping's 15 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Norrköping to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Norrköping in their previous match, an away game at Djurgården that ended in defeat 1-2. The penalty miss from Nyman in the defeat against Djurgården was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Carlos (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Carlos served one assist, hit three key passes, 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.

This is expected to be a close game, with Norrköping perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Norrköping as a small favourite), we find five games. Norrköping has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.

Early season league goal statistics from Norrköping's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

Häcken form and stats

Only one away game in the Allsvenskan so far for Häcken and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 6 losses from 15 travels.

Häcken might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. IFK Göteborg proved too strong as Häcken slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Bravida Arena. Midfield player Jensen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Jensen hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Degerfors with the score of 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Häcken playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Häcken wins, two draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Häcken manager Høgmo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Helsingborg.

It's early days yet, but Häcken has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Norrköping five wins, zero draws and Häcken five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

A. Jeremejeff 3 goals

I. Sadiq 2 goals

J. Levi 1 goals

Norrköping missing players

Häcken missing players