Motala hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 15th position in the Ettan: South table. Visiting Linköping City holds 9th place with 37 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Motala's stadium, Motala Idrottspark, has a grass surface. Linköping City have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Linköping City when playing on grass; 4 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 36 goals in these games and conceded 49.
Motala have had a bad season and will be relegated from Ettan: South. Linköping are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Motala form and stats
Motala's struggle is real here at Motala Idrottspark with only 8 points collected from 14 Ettan: South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-8. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Motala to get some points in this home game. With Motala having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager C. Persson.
The fans are hoping that Motala will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Ettan: South game against Skövde AIK (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, Motala lost 0-2 at home to Qviding FIF.
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.
A decent goal production from Motala in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Motala are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (33 from 14 played).
Linköping City form and stats
Linköping City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ettan: South, after 2-1-11 (14 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Linköping City have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Karlskrona game.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-0 against Karlskrona in their previous game. A 2-4 defeat away at Landskrona before that.
As mentioned above, Linköping was the only team on the pitch versus Karlskrona in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Linköping are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. The Linköping manager K. Neshati has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Linköping City - Motala 2-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Motala, zero draws and five wins for Linköping City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Alm 6 goals |   A. Bark 5 goals | S. Faiqi 5 goals |
Motala missing players
Linköping City missing players
| Motala | Linköping City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 34 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | 51 |
| 55 | 33 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 33 | 45 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 64% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 86% | 64% |
| 39% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 64% | 46% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 36% | 21% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 71% | 61% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 7% | 21% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 88 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 80 | 252 |
| 41 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 33 | 104 |
| 83% | 350% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 120% | 73% | 49% |
- Linköping City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linköping City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Motala has the fewest points (8) at home in Ettan: South
- Motala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Varnamo | 27 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 58 |
| 2 | Landskrona | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Utsikten | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 49 |
| 4 | Lindome | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
| 5 | Assyriska Turabdin | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Skövde AIK | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Trollhattan | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Torns | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 9 | Linköping City | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 37 |
| 10 | Oskarshamns AIK | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 48 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -4 | 37 |
| 11 | Qviding FIF | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -17 | 36 |
| 12 | Tvååker | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Eskilsminne | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | Lund | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -5 | 32 |
| 15 | Motala | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -21 | 22 |
| 16 | Karlskrona | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 43 | -47 | 14 |