Rosengårds IP: Balkan vs Karlshamn Division 2: Ostra Gotaland preview

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Competition: Sweden Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rosengårds IP

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Balkan are in the 8th position while the guesting Karlshamn worry at 13th.

Insights:
  • Balkan is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Karlshamn have the fewest scored goals (8) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Balkan form and stats

Balkan's struggle is real here at Rosengårds IP with only 5 points collected from 6 Division 2: Ostra Gotaland games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

A nice win for Balkan last time playing, versus Räppe. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

Before that match, a win away at Asarum.

Balkan has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Balkan with 14 goals conceded in these matches.

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Karlshamn form and stats

There's been little loot from Karlshamn's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland. Karlshamn only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 2: Ostra Gotaland home defeat versus Eslov with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Karlshamn lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Räppe.

A new game in only four days for Karlshamn, the Division 2: Ostra Gotaland home match versus Hassleholms IF. Busy days.

Goals are few and far between in Karlshamn's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. In the opposite end, Karlshamn have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Karlshamn - Balkan 0-1, played this season.

Balkan missing players

Karlshamn missing players

Balkan Karlshamn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 6 12
5 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 3 1 Lost L 2 4 7
20 8 0 Scored S 2 3 8
20 14 3 Conceded C 7 10 20
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 58%
62% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 42%
46% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 25%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 33%
23% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
38% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 58%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3 3.3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 6.7
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.5 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.5 5
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 1.5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 12% 11%
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 have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
  • Balkan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Balkan is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Karlshamn have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • 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 (8) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
  • Karlshamn have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Division 2: Ostra Gotaland
  • Karlshamn haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Rosengård 13 7 2 4 26 16 7 4 1 2 16 8 6 3 1 2 10 8 10 23
2 Olympic 11 6 4 1 16 7 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 4 0 0 7 1 9 22
3 Solvesborg 13 7 1 5 25 28 8 6 0 2 16 10 5 1 1 3 9 18 -3 22
4 Berga 13 5 4 4 19 16 8 4 3 1 12 6 5 1 1 3 7 10 3 19
5 IFK Hässleholm 13 5 4 4 19 17 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 2 19
6 Räppe 12 5 4 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 4 3 8 3 3 2 8 7 2 19
7 Karlskrona 12 6 0 6 21 17 7 5 0 2 17 9 5 1 0 4 4 8 4 18
8 Balkan 13 5 3 5 20 20 6 1 2 3 8 14 7 4 1 2 12 6 0 18
9 Asarum 12 5 3 4 20 21 6 3 1 2 12 12 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1 18
10 Hassleholms IF 11 4 4 3 19 15 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 3 2 1 14 10 4 16
11 Eslov 12 5 1 6 24 22 5 2 0 3 9 14 7 3 1 3 15 8 2 16
12 Nosaby 9 3 2 4 11 14 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 2 1 2 7 8 -3 11
13 Karlshamn 12 3 2 7 8 20 6 2 1 3 5 10 6 1 1 4 3 10 -12 11
14 Kristianstad 10 3 1 6 12 17 2 1 0 1 2 2 8 2 1 5 10 15 -5 10
15 Prespa Birlik 12 1 3 8 11 23 7 1 1 5 8 12 5 0 2 3 3 11 -12 6

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.