Another all-action game in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland as Balkan welcome Karlshamn

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Competition: Sweden Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Limhamns Idrottsplats (2800 seats)

Most people believe in Balkan in this match vs Karlshamn, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Balkan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karlshamn have the fewest scored goals (15) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland

It's no vacation for neither Balkan nor Karlshamn as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Balkan form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Balkan have to build on here at Limhamns Idrottsplats in the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland.

Balkan manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Rappe (placed 6th) in the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland.

Ahead of that match, Balkan lost 2-5 at home to Berga.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland game versus Karlskrona in only three days. This game is also played here at Limhamns Idrottsplats.

A decent goal production from Balkan in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Balkan with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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Karlshamn form and stats

Karlshamn have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland, after 2-3-6 (11 played).

There might be some fixture complaints from Karlshamn as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland match against Eslov (0-2).

A 1-2 loss hosting Olympic before that.

The attacking power of Karlshamn when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Karlshamn have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the result Karlshamn - Balkan 0-1 registered in the official records.

Balkan missing players

Karlshamn missing players

Balkan Karlshamn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 11 21
8 3 2 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
7 4 0 Lost L 3 6 12
39 17 7 Scored S 2 7 15
39 23 4 Conceded C 9 18 34
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
81% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 62%
71% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 43%
57% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 24%
24% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 19%
62% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 38%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 19%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.3 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7 6.6
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6 6.3
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.9 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 21%
Key stats in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland this season:
  • Balkan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Balkan have scored more than double the goals of Karlshamn.
  • Balkan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Karlshamn have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Karlshamn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Karlshamn have created more than twice as many corners as Balkan.
  • Karlshamn have the fewest scored goals (15) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
  • Karlshamn have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
  • Karlshamn have won significantly less corners away then 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 Olympic 21 12 6 3 34 15 12 6 5 1 21 7 9 6 1 2 13 8 19 42
2 Rosengård 22 11 4 7 44 30 11 7 1 3 27 12 11 4 3 4 17 18 14 37
3 IFK Hassleholm 22 10 7 5 38 27 12 5 4 3 21 14 10 5 3 2 17 13 11 37
4 Berga 23 10 7 6 36 27 12 6 5 1 18 9 11 4 2 5 18 18 9 37
5 Hassleholms IF 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 4 3 3 14 9 11 6 2 3 21 14 12 35
6 Rappe 23 9 8 6 32 28 11 4 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 4 35
7 Karlskrona 21 10 4 7 36 27 11 8 1 2 25 11 10 2 3 5 11 16 9 34
8 Balkan 21 8 6 7 39 39 10 3 3 4 17 23 11 5 3 3 22 16 0 30
9 Asarum 22 7 7 8 36 41 13 5 4 4 25 24 9 2 3 4 11 17 -5 28
10 Eslov 21 7 6 8 34 35 9 4 2 3 17 19 12 3 4 5 17 16 -1 27
11 Solvesborg 22 8 3 11 39 56 12 7 0 5 24 22 10 1 3 6 15 34 -17 27
12 Kristianstad 21 8 2 11 27 31 8 4 1 3 11 10 13 4 1 8 16 21 -4 26
13 Nosaby 21 5 4 12 28 35 10 2 2 6 11 14 11 3 2 6 17 21 -7 19
14 Karlshamn 21 4 5 12 15 34 10 2 2 6 8 16 11 2 3 6 7 18 -19 17
15 Prespa Birlik 22 4 4 14 25 50 11 4 1 6 20 20 11 0 3 8 5 30 -25 16

Read more about Division 2: Ostra Gotaland

Division 2 is the fourth tier of Swedish football. It is divided into six divisions based on the location of the teams. Each section has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to decide the final league table of the division, with the two lowest teams being relegated and the top teams being promoted. There are also promotion/relegation playoffs.