Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Skövde AIK in 9th and Linköping City in 8th place.
It's no vacation for neither Skövde nor Linköping City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Skövde's stadium, Södermalms IP, 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; 6 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 32 goals in these games and conceded 37.
Skövde AIK form and stats
The story so far in the Ettan: South for Skövde AIK at their home stadium (Södermalms IP) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Skövde AIK crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Linköping City here at Södermalms IP in a Ettan: South match. Before that, Skövde AIK had a home game versus Assyriska Turabdin which ended with a victory 3-2.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Skövde handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and three defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Skövde are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Skövde AIK have conceded 16 from these games.
Linköping City form and stats
Linköping City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ettan: South, after 2-1-7 (10 played).
Linköping play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Skövde AIK (placed 9th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Oskarshamns AIK.
We have checked recent matches where Linköping have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, one draw and one defeat.
Linköping are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. For Linköping, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Linköping City - Skövde AIK 5-1, played this season.Skövde AIK missing players
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| Skövde AIK | Linköping City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 35 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 34 |
| 34 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 91% | 95% |
| 75% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 82% | 60% |
| 55% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | 40% |
| 20% | 27% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 15% |
| 65% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 60% |
| 20% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 20% |
| 15% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 | 42 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 53 | 159 |
| 42 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 63 |
| 36% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 26% | 33% |
- All of Skövde AIK's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Linköping City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linköping City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Skövde AIK has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ettan: South
- Skövde AIK 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 | Värnamo | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 32 | 46 |
| 2 | Utsikten | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Landskrona | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Lindome | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Torns | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
| 6 | Assyriska Turabdin | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Oskarshamns AIK | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Linköping City | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Skövde AIK | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Trollhättan | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Lund | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Tvååker | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 20 |
| 13 | Qviding FIF | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 27 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 | Eskilsminne | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Motala | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Karlskrona | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -28 | 13 |