Norrkoping vs Djurgarden Match Preview

Norrkoping started great the new season with two wins, winning 4-1 strong AIK on the road in their last outing. They were impressive in the first half having a four-goal lead, lowering their tempo in the second part of the game. They are toping the Swedish Allsvenskan having 6 points after two rounds played, as they are the only team that have taken the maximum points so far.

Goalkeeper J. Lindgren and midfielders K. Khazeni, A. Fransson are still unavailable. None of them has played a single minute so far.

It was a bad day at work for Djurgarden in their midweek game vs Orebro. After a quite balanced first half (1-1), they dominated in the second part of the game and they deserved a second goal. However, the away team was the one who found the winner, scoring in one of their rare counters in the dying minutes of the game. After this unsuccessful outcome, champions Djurgarden remained with the 3 points of their win vs Sirius on the road in their opening game of the season.

There are no new injury worries for coach K. Bergstrand, apart from long-term injured A. Abrahamsson and J. Nyholm.

Norrkoping have made an ideal start winning vs Kalmar and AIK, two really demanding games. On the other hand, Champions Djurgarden could also had 6 points, if the weren’t so unlucky in their midweek game.

Djurgarden have the upper hand in their most recent games at Östgötaporten, since they are unbeaten there in their 4 most recent visits, having won 4 times in the last decade. The away win for the Champions!