Linköping City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Utsikten.
Linköping City and Utsikten should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Linköping City are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Utsikten are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Linköping City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena Linköping as Linköping City have scored 27 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ettan: South are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Before that, Linköping had a home game versus Karlskrona which ended with a victory 4-0.
The force was strong with Linköping in their previous game playing Motala. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from T. Yasuoka, C. Moses and L. Pachajyan the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win.
The Linköping fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. Linköping are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Linköping in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.
Utsikten form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (59) in Ettan: South, on their Ettan: South travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats. Utsikten has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
A 1-2 defeat away at Qviding FIF before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Utsikten's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. Utsikten's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Utsikten - Linköping City 2-1 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  P. Souza Alves 11 goals | K. Bohm 9 goals |  F. Alm 6 goals |
Linköping City missing players
Utsikten missing players
| Linköping City | Utsikten | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 54 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 59 |
| 47 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 66% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 79% | 72% |
| 48% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 57% | 48% |
| 24% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 62% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 79% | 62% |
| 21% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 17% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 252 | 172 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 93 | 202 |
| 104 | 71 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 49 | 96 |
| 49% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 49% | 58% |
- Linköping City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Linköping City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Utsikten has the most matches over the total-line (19) in Ettan: South
- Utsikten has the most scored goals (59) in Ettan: South
- Utsikten has the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Ettan: South
- Utsikten have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Värnamo | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 32 | 60 |
| 2 | Landskrona | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 56 |
| 3 | Utsikten | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Lindome | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Assyriska Turabdin | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 46 |
| 6 | Trollhattan | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -2 | 43 |
| 7 | Torns | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 8 | Linköping City | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Skövde AIK | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Oskarshamns AIK | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -3 | 40 |
| 11 | Tvååker | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -10 | 38 |
| 12 | Qviding FIF | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 32 | -18 | 36 |
| 13 | Eskilsminne | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Lund | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Motala | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | Karlskrona | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 43 | -44 | 17 |