Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hudiksvall & Hammarby face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hudiksvall and Hammarby.
Hudiksvall form and stats
Action has already taken place for Hudiksvall in Svenska Cupen as they have defeated Friska Viljor to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Hudiksvall's Svenska Cupen journey ended in the 2nd round.Hudiksvall's previous game was a Division 1: North match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Taby. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the match before that, Hudiksvall hosted Haninge and drew the Division 1: North game 0-0.The manager B. Dahlin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gefle in only three days.
Hammarby form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Hammarby, as they won the Svenska Cupen.There's been little loot from Hammarby's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Allsvenskan. Hammarby only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Impressive finishing from Akinkunmi Amoo secured the home win 1-0 against AIK in their previous game. The attacker Akinkunmi Amoo got a match rating of 7.53 in that game. Amoo scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Norrköping's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Östersunds FK in just four days.
The visiting Hammarby have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, Hammarby have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Sener 9 goals |  G. Ludwigson 8 goals | A. Amoo 7 goals |
Hudiksvall missing players
Hammarby missing players
| Hudiksvall | Hammarby | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 7.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | AIK | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 44 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | Sirius | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 9 | Häcken | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Varberg | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Mjällby | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Halmstad | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Örebro | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -30 | 16 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | -21 | 13 |