There is optimism in Motala so far this season, with the 4th spot in the Division 2: Sodra Svealand table and anticipating the visit of Smedby (who are in 10th).
- Motala have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Division 2: Sodra Svealand
- Smedby haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Motala form and stats
The story so far in the Division 2: Sodra Svealand for Motala at their home stadium (Motala Idrottspark) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Motala faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nykoping (1-6). Motala were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that match, a win away at Värmbols.Goals decide football matches and Motala are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Motala have conceded 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Smedby form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Division 2: Sodra Svealand. Smedby has drawn their two previous away games.
Smedby go into this game after a win, the home game against Mjolby that ended 2-0.
A 1-5 loss hosting Syrianska before that.Smedby has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Smedby in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - one - zero (Motala wins - draws - Smedby wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Motala missing players
Smedby missing players
| Motala | Smedby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 94% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 28% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Motala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Motala have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Division 2: Sodra Svealand
- Motala have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Division 2: Sodra Svealand
- Smedby haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nykoping | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | United Nordic | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 35 |
| 3 | Syrianska | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Motala | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | Huddinge | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 6 | Trosa-Vagnhärad SK | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Karlslund | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Arameiska / Syrianska | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | IFK Eskilstuna | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Smedby | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Mjolby | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Eskilstuna City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Värmbols | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Rynninge | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -41 | 7 |
| 15 | Tyreso | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | -40 | 5 |