National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sandviken or Djurgården that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Sandviken and Djurgården.
Sandviken form and stats
Action has already taken place for Sandviken in Svenska Cupen as they have defeated Korsnas IF FK to reach the 2nd Round. Sandviken was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Svenska Cupen.Sandviken's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus United Nordic. The home side are looking to build on that result. Igbarumah has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in five matches in a row. Badass!
Before that match, a Division 1: North win away at Sylvia.There will be little rest for Sandviken after this match as they are travelling to Vasalund for a Division 1: North game in only four days.
Djurgården form and stats
Djurgården's mission in Svenska Cupen last season failed in the semi-finals.Djurgården have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Malmö FF in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Zetterström (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.61. Zetterström topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting IFK Göteborg's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Degerfors in just four days.
In the opposite end, Djurgården have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sandviken-Djurgården H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sandviken zero wins, Djurgården one win, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Junior Igbarumah 13 goals |  M. Springfeldt 5 goals | L. Byiringiro 5 goals |
Sandviken missing players
Djurgården missing players
| Sandviken | Djurgården | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 70 | 29 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.2 | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| 8.5 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Häcken | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -23 | 20 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | AIK | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Varberg | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -22 | 11 |
