With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Östersunds FK fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Falkenberg.
Östersunds FK and Falkenberg 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.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Falkenberg's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on artifical turf have ended in 2 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses.
It's quite the trip for Falkenberg when visiting Östersunds as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Östersunds FK form and stats
With 1 Allsvenskan win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Östersunds FK are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Östersunds, as their goalkeeper Aly Keita has completely shut out the opponents for 310 minutes in the Allsvenskan.
A strong away win for Östersunds against Elfsborg the last match, as Blair Turgott were on target. Sensational by Östersunds FK last match, beating Elfsborg away as big underdogs. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Kalmar.
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 Östersunds FK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.
Östersunds have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Östersunds FK have conceded 12 from these games.
Falkenberg form and stats
Falkenberg have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-3-4 (9 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Falkenberg are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Falkenberg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Malmö FF (placed 1st). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting AIK.
Falkenberg goalkeeper Johan Brattberg had a great day against Malmö FF, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Falkenberg in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Falkenberg, two draws and two defeats.
Falkenberg find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Falkenberg have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Falkenberg - Östersunds 0-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Östersunds won four, Falkenberg won two and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Sylisufaj 5 goals |  L. Fritzson 3 goals | K. Söderström 3 goals |
Östersunds FK missing players
Falkenberg missing players
| Östersunds FK | Falkenberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 82% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 76% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 47% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 71% |
| 41% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 167 | 72 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 111 | 218 |
| 51 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 39 | 66 |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | 29% |
- Falkenberg has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Falkenberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Östersunds FK has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Östersunds FK has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Östersunds FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Östersunds FK have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Häcken | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Sirius | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Östersunds FK | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Varberg BoIS | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Örebro | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | AIK | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
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