Norrköping manager R. Norling looking for three points in Mjällby showdown

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Norrköping and Mjällby.

This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Mjällby's everyday surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf Mjällby have performed like this: Played 18 matches with the output 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats with the goal production 28-25 (scored/conceded).

Norrköping form and stats

Norrköping have performed here at PlatinumCars Arena this season with 7 wins from 11 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. After failing to beat Kalmar here at PlatinumCars Arena, Norrköping has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Norrköping haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 191 minutes ago. S. Adegbenro scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Norrköping will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Allsvenskan game against AIK (placed 2nd). Jonathan Levi, a forward, was the best performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Levi hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Heartbreak before that as Norrköping lost 0-5 at Häcken's place.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Norrköping, as the Allsvenskan home game vs Elfsborg is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Norrköping in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Norrköping have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Mjällby form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mjällby so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose).

Mjällby's previous game was their home loss versus IFK Göteborg (1-3). Max Watson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.52. Watson served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Kalmar.

Mjällby 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, five draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mjällby are hosting Hammarby in the Allsvenskan only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mjällby as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Mjällby in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Mjällby - Norrköping 0-1 was the output when this pair of participants formerly met, also in this season. Data for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Norrköping, two draws and two wins for Mjällby. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Adegbenro 14 goals

C. Björk 5 goals

J. Bergström 5 goals

Norrköping missing players

Mjällby missing players