11th- against 9th place might not feel all that hot. But: We have the facts that makes Norrköping - Mjällby (even) more intriguing!
- Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Allsvenskan
It should be mentioned that Mjällby play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Mjällby on artifical turf are 4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-11. You can compare this with overall results below.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Norrköping form and stats
4-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Norrköping so far this season.
Happy days for Norrköping in their previous game, a fixture away at GIF Sundsvall (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The attacker Nyman won the honour of being "man of the match" for Norrköping with a rating of 8.44/10. Nyman scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kalmar that ended 2-2.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 12 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Goals from both teams! That has occurred in 7 league games in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Norrköping have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at PlatinumCars Arena with 20 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Norrköping have conceded 17 goals.
Mjällby form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Mjällby, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Allsvenskan, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-5 so far.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Mjällby, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Varnamo (placed 10th). Defender Haliti was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. Haliti won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against GIF Sundsvall.Mjällby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 9 matches.
Low-scoring game? 14 of this club's most recent 18 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Mjällby when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams involved met each other earlier this season: Mjällby - Norrköping 1-1. Norrköping-Mjällby H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Norrköping four wins, Mjällby two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nyman 10 goals |   S. Nwankwo 7 goals | J. Levi 6 goals |
Norrköping missing players
Mjällby missing players
| Norrköping | Mjällby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 32 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 33 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 50% | 71% |
| 42% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 25% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 12% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 50% | 33% |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 14.4 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 23% | 28% |
| 13.4 | 12.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 13.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the most clean sheets (6) away in Allsvenskan
- Norrköping have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjällby 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 | Djurgården | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | AIK | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 36 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 31 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Sirius | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Varberg | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -40 | 11 |
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