An important duel in the bottom section of the Ettan: North, with both Assyriska and IFK Luleå experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 13th place.
- Assyriska have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- IFK Luleå have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that IFK Luleå play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for IFK Luleå on artifical turf are 11 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-37. You can compare this with overall results below.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Assyriska form and stats
Assyriska's struggle is real here at Södertälje Fotbollsarena with only 6 points collected from 8 Ettan: North games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-6. Problems are piling up for Assyriska as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of seven games. This streak could be one for the history books.
The Assyriska crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Sollentuna here at Södertälje Fotbollsarena in a Ettan: North match. Heartbreak for Assyriska in their last match as Sollentuna's W. Nilsson scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Örebro Syrianska (3-4).Assyriska are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Assyriska have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here at Södertälje Fotbollsarena.
IFK Luleå form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for IFK Luleå so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Luleå as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Dalkurd match.
Luleå failed to get anything from their last game, a Ettan: North home match vs Gefle (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 2-3.
A 0-4 defeat away at Brommapojkarna before that.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, IFK Luleå rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Assyriska and IFK Luleå have faced each other before this season: IFK Luleå - Assyriska 3-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Assyriska victories, zero draws and two IFK Luleå wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakoub 7 goals |  W. Olausson 6 goals | Y. Assam 5 goals |
Assyriska missing players
IFK Luleå missing players
| Assyriska | IFK Luleå | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 39 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 5.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 44% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 57% |
- Assyriska have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Assyriska have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Assyriska haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- IFK Luleå have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- IFK Luleå have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- IFK Luleå 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 | Brommapojkarna | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | Sandviken | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 38 |
| 3 | Umeå | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Dalkurd | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Frej | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | IF Karlstad | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Sylvia | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Örebro Syrianska | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Gefle | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Sollentuna | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Piteå | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Hudiksvall | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Haninge | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 18 |
| 13 | IFK Luleå | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Assyriska | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 15 | Taby | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 12 |
| 16 | Hammarby Talang | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -16 | 9 |