Norrköping perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Hammarby can look both up and down from their 6th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Norrköping form and stats
Norrköping, who have the most scored goals (31) in Allsvenskan, have performed here at Östgötaporten this season with 5 wins from 7 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
The fans are hoping that Norrköping will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Allsvenskan game against Helsingborg (placed 13th). Prior to that, an away loss at Häcken.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Norrköping have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.
Norrköping are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at IFK Göteborg awaits in four days.
The Norrköping manager J. Gustafsson has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Norrköping have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hammarby form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hammarby in their Allsvenskan matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Hammarby, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Djurgården (placed 4th) in the Allsvenskan last time out. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Falkenberg.
Imad Khalili came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Djurgården last time out, making the manager S. Billborn feel like a tactical genius.
Hammarby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
A new game in only three days for Hammarby, the Allsvenskan home match versus Elfsborg. Busy days.
Hammarby have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hammarby have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Norrköping five wins, three draws and Hammarby two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nyman 7 goals |  R. Lauritsen 5 goals | S. Haksabanovic 5 goals |
Norrköping missing players
Hammarby missing players
| Norrköping | Hammarby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 50% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 7% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 79% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 21% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 6.9 | 7.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 221 | 117 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 95 | 190 |
| 94 | 47 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 25 | 53 |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 30% |
- All of Hammarby's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Norrköping's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hammarby have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hammarby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hammarby haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Norrköping has the most scored goals (31)
- Norrköping has the most scored goals in the second half (19)
- Norrköping have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Norrköping | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Häcken | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sirius | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | AIK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Falkenberg | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
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