Norrköping are willing to blank out the league table before this game vs Kalmar. Here's all you need to know pre-match!
- Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
4-1-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kalmar when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those ten matches are 16-21 (scored/conceded).
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Norrköping form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Norrköping have to build on here at PlatinumCars Arena in the Allsvenskan.
The regulars are hoping that Norrköping will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Malmö FF (placed 5th). Jansson had a busy but productive day in the Malmö FF match. Despite making eleven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Norrköping won a home game hosting Hammarby (4-1).Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.
A decent goal production from Norrköping in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Norrköping have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Kalmar form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan.
Kalmar's last game was the home draw against Häcken (1-1). Midfield player Girmai was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Girmai scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Varberg.A tale of few goals? 12 of this team's latest 14 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kalmar have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. 13 goals have been conceded by Kalmar in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved faced each other before this season: Kalmar - Norrköping 1-2. Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Norrköping, two draws and two wins for Kalmar. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nyman 7 goals |  J. Levi 6 goals |  A. Sigurdsson 5 goals |
Norrköping missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Norrköping | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 27 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 55% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 27% |
| 18% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 55% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 41% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 45% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 15 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.2 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 29% | 31% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 28% |
| 13.3 | 11.5 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.4 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Häcken | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 41 |
| 4 | AIK | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Elfsborg | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 30 |
| 10 | Sirius | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Norrköping | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Varberg | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | -38 | 10 |
- IFK Norrköping
- Fotbollskanalen: IFK Norrköping - (news aggregator)
- Peking Fans - (supporters)
- Svenska Fans: IFK Norrköping - (supporter blog)
- Kamraterna - (supporter blog)
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
