Allsvenskan: Norrköping - IFK Göteborg preview and statistics

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 07.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: PlatinumCars Arena

Statistics people will highlight a noteworthy difference in form between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Norrköping leading IFK Göteborg by 12 points.

Insights:
  • Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • IFK Göteborg have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Allsvenskan

This football field has artifical turf, which is not IFK Göteborg's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf IFK Göteborg have performed like this: Played eleven matches taking 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal numbers 7-20 (scored/conceded).

Norrköping and IFK Göteborg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Norrköping form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Norrköping so far this season.

Norrköping lost their last game at Hammarby (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Hammarby was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Đukanović). Midfield player Traustason got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Traustason scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Norrköping won a home game hosting Degerfors (1-0).

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 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Norrköping fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for IFK Göteborg so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Visiting IFK Göteborg has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

224 minutes! That's how long the Göteborg goalkeeper Pontus Dahlberg and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The club members enjoyed IFK Göteborg's previous match versus Kalmar (placed 7th), a 2-0 win played at home. That victory was so crucial for this team, after a terrible period of ten league games in a row not winning. Midfield player Carlén was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Carlén scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Halmstad.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Göteborg in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for IFK Göteborg, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 13 of this club's most recent 17 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

IFK Göteborg are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 8 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as IFK Göteborg have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

IFK Göteborg - Norrköping 1-1 was the scoreline in these sides' last H2H game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Norrköping four wins, three draws and IFK Göteborg three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorrköpingC. Nyman
C. Nyman
5 goals
NorrköpingA. Traustason
A. Traustason
5 goals
NorrköpingA. Sigurdsson
A. Sigurdsson
5 goals

Norrköping missing players

IFK Göteborg missing players

Norrköping IFK Göteborg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
7 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 1 Drew D 1 4 7
6 3 0 Lost L 2 4 8
25 10 4 Scored S 2 4 15
22 10 2 Conceded C 6 12 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 82%
94% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 59%
65% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 24%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
65% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 35%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 62% 53%
 
4.6 5.4 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 5.8
5.5 6.4 9.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.6
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.3 15.8 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 10.3
4.6 5.1 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3 3.6
32% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 17% 24%
 
13.9 14.8 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 17.1 14.2
4.9 5.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • IFK Göteborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • IFK Göteborg have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Allsvenskan
  • IFK Göteborg have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Allsvenskan
  • IFK Göteborg have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Allsvenskan
  • IFK Göteborg have yet to win a game away.
  • Norrköping have scored at least twice as many goals at home as IFK Göteborg have scored 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 Elfsborg 17 12 3 2 40 14 8 5 2 1 20 5 9 7 1 1 20 9 26 39
2 Häcken 18 12 2 4 45 20 9 8 0 1 31 11 9 4 2 3 14 9 25 38
3 Malmö FF 17 12 2 3 38 15 9 7 1 1 25 8 8 5 1 2 13 7 23 38
4 Djurgården 18 10 3 5 26 22 10 8 1 1 17 8 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 33
5 Norrköping 17 7 4 6 25 22 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 4 2 3 15 12 3 25
6 Hammarby 18 7 4 7 24 27 8 6 1 1 16 9 10 1 3 6 8 18 -3 25
7 Kalmar 17 7 4 6 20 23 8 5 1 2 12 11 9 2 3 4 8 12 -3 25
8 Halmstad 17 7 4 6 17 25 9 3 3 3 7 11 8 4 1 3 10 14 -8 25
9 Mjällby 17 6 4 7 16 19 9 2 3 4 9 9 8 4 1 3 7 10 -3 22
10 Brommapojkarna 17 7 1 9 20 26 8 3 1 4 8 9 9 4 0 5 12 17 -6 22
11 Varnamo 17 6 1 10 17 23 8 3 0 5 7 9 9 3 1 5 10 14 -6 19
12 AIK 17 4 5 8 15 20 8 1 4 3 7 10 9 3 1 5 8 10 -5 17
13 Sirius 17 4 5 8 21 27 9 2 1 6 12 16 8 2 4 2 9 11 -6 17
14 Degerfors 18 5 2 11 18 41 10 4 2 4 13 15 8 1 0 7 5 26 -23 17
15 IFK Göteborg 17 2 7 8 15 19 9 2 3 4 11 7 8 0 4 4 4 12 -4 13
16 Varberg BoIS 17 2 5 10 16 30 8 0 3 5 4 16 9 2 2 5 12 14 -14 11

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Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.