It's still early in the Ettan: South season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Linköping City - Torns preview!
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.
It should be mentioned that Torns 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 Torns on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from seven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-12. You can compare this with overall results below.
Linköping City form and stats
Only two Ettan: South home games for Linköping City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Linköping City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Oskarshamns AIK (0-1). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Motala.
Heartbreak for Linköping in their last match as Oskarshamns AIK's P. Eliassi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Linköping City at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Torns form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ettan: South for Torns with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Torns go into this game after a win, the home game against Lindome that ended 3-0. A 1-2 defeat away at Trollhättan before that.
Torns delivered their win in the match against Lindome already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
2 goals so far away for Torns, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Andersson 3 goals |  D. Kosik Sulaiman 3 goals | L. Bergman 2 goals |
Linköping City missing players
Torns missing players
| Linköping City | Torns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 39 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 22 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 70% |
- All of Linköping City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Torns's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Linköping City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Linköping City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Torns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Torns have scored in all their matches so far.
- Torns have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Torns have yet to win a game away.
- Torns haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Linköping City | Last season | Torns | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 61 | 38 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 215 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 236 | ||
| 94 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 95 | ||
| 43% | 87% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lund | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Värnamo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Oskarshamns AIK | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Landskrona | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Tvååker | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Utsikten | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Torns | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Linköping City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Assyriska Turabdin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Lindome | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Skövde AIK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Trollhättan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Eskilsminne | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Karlskrona | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 | Motala | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Qviding FIF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 1 |