Here's what we know about the Norrköping - Kalmar match:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Norrköping's stadium, PlatinumCars Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Kalmar have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kalmar when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses from 20 matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 38.

Norrköping form and stats

Norrköping have played 6 Allsvenskan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Norrköping in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at IFK Göteborg (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfield player Viktor Agardius got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Agardius scored one goal and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hammarby.

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 seven games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost two.

The Norrköping fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Norrköping's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Kalmar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kalmar so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Oliver Berg secured the home win 1-0 against Mjallby in their previous game. Oliver Berg, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Berg scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Djurgården.

We have checked recent matches where Kalmar have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, one draw and six defeats.

Kalmar find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kalmar have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Norrköping wins - draws - Kalmar wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Adegbenro 7 goals

O. Berg 5 goals

C. Björk 3 goals

Norrköping missing players

Kalmar missing players