National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sandviken or Örebro that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sandviken form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Svenska Cupen for Sandviken, as the manager M. Falk led his troops to eliminate Kvarnsveden, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Sandviken's Svenska Cupen journey ended in the group stage.The Sandviken fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Arena Jernvallen and will expect new points from this game. Sandviken has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
The fans are hoping that Sandviken will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Division 1: North game against Gefle.
In the match before that, Sandviken hosted Umeå and drew the Division 1: North game 1-1.Sandviken are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1: North match at Dalkurd awaits in four days.
Örebro form and stats
Örebro was sent out of Svenska Cupen in the group stage last season.There's been little loot from Örebro's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Allsvenskan. Örebro only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Örebro seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
There might be some fixture complaints from Örebro as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Allsvenskan match against AIK (0-2). Defender Ali Hussein was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Hussein won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sirius.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Örebro as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Örebro have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Mohammed 12 goals |  A. Bonnah 8 goals | J. Junior Igbarumah 5 goals |
Sandviken missing players
Örebro missing players
| Sandviken | Örebro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 59 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 5.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AIK | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Varberg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Häcken | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Halmstad | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Sirius | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | Mjallby | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Örebro | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 13 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -14 | 9 |