Norrköping and Häcken are both riding high in the Allsvenskan with their 4th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Häcken's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Häcken have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 23-25 (scored/conceded).
Norrköping form and stats
Norrköping, who have the most scored goals (35) in Allsvenskan, have performed here at Östgötaporten this season with 5 wins from 8 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
A strong away win for Norrköping against IFK Göteborg the last match, as Christoffer Nyman, Jonathan Levi and Pontus Almqvist were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Hammarby (1-2).
The Norrköping fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Norrköping have conceded only 6 goals.
Häcken form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Häcken so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
Häcken won their last game, 2-1 versus Varberg BoIS played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Varberg BoIS with the score of 3-1.
Häcken goalie Jonathan Rasheed was high and low in the Varberg BoIS game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
The visiting Häcken have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Häcken have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Häcken - Norrköping 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Norrköping victories, zero draws and one Häcken win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nyman 8 goals |   A. Toft Søderlund 6 goals |  R. Lauritsen 5 goals |
Norrköping missing players
Häcken missing players
| Norrköping | Häcken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 29 |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 44% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 44% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 81% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 56% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 6.4 | 7.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 251 | 132 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 82 | 244 |
| 107 | 53 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 29 | 91 |
| 33% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 34% | 32% |
- All of Norrköping's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Häcken has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Häcken have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Norrköping has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Norrköping has the most scored goals (35)
- Norrköping has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Norrköping have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Norrköping have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Häcken | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Sirius | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Östersunds FK | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Varberg BoIS | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Örebro | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | AIK | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 13 |
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