An important duel in the bottom section of the Allsvenskan, with both Östersunds FK and Helsingborg experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 14th place.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Allsvenskan.
4-7-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Helsingborg 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 15 matches are 17-21 (scored/conceded).
Helsingborg have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Östersunds FK form and stats
When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Östersunds FK, who have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Allsvenskan, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games.
Östersunds FK shared the glory with Djurgården in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Östersunds drew at home versus Häcken.
The Östersunds FK goalkeeper Aly Keita was crucial in the match against Djurgården last time out, making ten saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Östersunds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Östersunds FK as a small favourite), we find three games. Östersunds FK has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Östersunds are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Östersunds are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).
Helsingborg form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Helsingborg have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Helsingborg who have played out draws in their last three away games. The last three matches for Helsingborg have all ended in a draw.
There were no winners in Helsingborg's previous match, a Allsvenskan home game that ended 1-1 vs Örebro (placed 8th). Before that, Helsingborg travelled to Falkenberg and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Helsingborg playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Helsingborg wins, two draws and three defeats.
Helsingborg have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The Helsingborg manager O. Mellberg has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Östersunds wins - draws - Helsingborg wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Attah 2 goals |  A. van den Hurk 2 goals |  N. Sonko-Sundberg 1 goals |
Östersunds FK missing players
Helsingborg missing players
| Östersunds FK | Helsingborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 40% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 2.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | 39 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 66 | 131 |
| 29 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 31% |
- Helsingborg has the most conceded goals in the first half (8)
- Helsingborg has the the worst goal difference (-7)
- Helsingborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Helsingborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Helsingborg have yet to win a game away.
- Helsingborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Östersunds FK has the fewest points (1) at home
- Östersunds FK has the most conceded goals (11) at home
- Östersunds FK has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home
- Östersunds FK have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Östersunds FK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Östersunds FK have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Östersunds FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Östersunds FK have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Östersunds FK have yet to win a game at home.
- Östersunds FK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norrköping | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Häcken | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | Sirius | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Djurgården | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Varberg BoIS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Örebro | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | AIK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
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