National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Djurgården or Östersunds FK that keep their silverware dream alive.
Djurgården and Östersunds FK 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.
Djurgården form and stats
Last season, Djurgården's Svenska Cupen journey ended in the group stage.Overall Allsvenskan stats at home this season for Djurgården are 7-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Svenska Cupen match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
A nice win for Djurgården last time playing, versus Kalmar. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with K. Holmberg (2) and E. Chilufya (2) scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Djurgården won a home game hosting Umeå (7-0).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Djurgården home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The Djurgården fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Östersunds FK form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, Östersunds FK have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. When we have look at the Svenska Cupen statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. With the Östersunds FK losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Östersunds FK are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Östersunds aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 301 league minutes without a goal. B. Turgott was the last player to find the net.
Two travels in a row for Östersunds, whose manager A. Azrafshan could celebrate last time after the Svenska Cupen win against Mjallby. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Akropolis in the Svenska Cupen.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Östersunds FK played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Östersunds are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Östersunds have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Djurgården wins - draws - Östersunds FK wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Djurgården missing players
Östersunds FK missing players
| Djurgården | Östersunds FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 57 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 34 | 60 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 3 | Häcken | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Mjallby | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 47 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | Örebro | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | AIK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Sirius | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
| 11 | Varberg | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 37 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -19 | 33 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -19 | 28 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -21 | 24 |
- Djurgården
- Svenska Fans: Djurgården - (supporter blog)
- Östersunds FK
- Svenska Fans: ÖFK - (supporter blog)