National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hammarby or Häcken that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Häcken's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Häcken have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 24-21 (scored/conceded).
Hammarby form and stats
Hammarby was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Svenska Cupen.Hammarby have collected 8 points from their Allsvenskan home games so far after 2-2-0. On the other hand, in the Svenska Cupen, Hammarby has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
No payout for Hammarby in their previous match, an away game at Kalmar that ended in defeat 1-2. Darijan Bojanić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.93/10. Bojanić served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times. Oliver Dovin had a busy but productive day in the Kalmar match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
In the match before that, Hammarby hosted Djurgården and drew the Allsvenskan game 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hammarby have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Hammarby's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Hammarby have conceded 5 goals.
Häcken form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Total Svenska Cupen statistics for Häcken: 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Häcken had fun at their own home (Tele2 Arena) last time out, beating Varberg 3-1. Alexander Jeremejeff, Tobias Heintz and Benie Traore scored. Midfield player Benie Traore was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.92/10. Traore scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mjallby.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Häcken in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Häcken, two draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Häcken when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by Häcken in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hammarby-Häcken H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hammarby two wins, Häcken five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Jeremejeff 5 goals |   G. Ludwigson 4 goals |  A. Khalili 3 goals |
Hammarby missing players
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| Hammarby | Häcken | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 32 | Scored | S | 12 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Conceded | C | 13 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 76% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | AIK | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Degerfors | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Sirius | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Varberg | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Örebro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Häcken | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
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