It's game two of the Ettan: South season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Torns-Linköping City!
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.
Linköping City play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Linköping City when playing on grass are 6 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats from 27 matches. They have scored 41 goals and conceded 51 times in these games.
Torns form and stats
Torns are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Tornvallen 2 konstgräs with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 14 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Torns has won six times, drawn two and lost six. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Torns has won by at least two goals three times when in this position.
Last season, Torns's league statistics were 10 wins, 12 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Ettan: South. Over these 30 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Torns managed 8-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 11 conceded.
Linköping City form and stats
Linköping City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 190 league minutes without a goal. C. Moses was the last player to find the net.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Vänersborgs IF was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Linköping are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 18 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were six wins, four draws and eight defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Let's have a look at how Linköping City performed last season in the Division 1: North: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 27/35 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Torns won one game, one match ended with a draw and Linköping City has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTorns missing players
Linköping City missing players
| Torns | Linköping City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Torns | Last season | Linköping City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 35 | 47 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 87% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 47% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 30% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 9 | ||
| 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vänersborgs IF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Lindome | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Oskarshamns AIK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Assyriska Turabdin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Skövde AIK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Åtvidaberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | IFK Malmö | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Österlen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Torns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tvååker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Trollhättan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Utsikten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ljungskile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Qviding FIF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Linköping City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Landskrona | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 59 |
| 3 | Utsikten | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 59 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Lindome | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Assyriska Turabdin | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Skövde AIK | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 61 | 54 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Trollhättan | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 52 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 43 |
| 8 | Torns | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Linköping City | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | Oskarshamns AIK | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 56 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -6 | 40 |
| 11 | Tvååker | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | -10 | 39 |
| 12 | Qviding FIF | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 32 | -15 | 39 |
| 13 | Lund | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Eskilsminne | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -13 | 35 |
| 15 | Motala | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -24 | 22 |
| 16 | Karlskrona | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 43 | -44 | 18 |