Gefle are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Forward

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Competition: Sweden Ettan: North
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gavlevallen (6500 seats)

Gefle are finding life sweet in the top league positions while Forward are more worried about staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Gefle have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ettan: North
  • Forward have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ettan: North

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Forward have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-0-0 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.

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Gefle form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gavlevallen as Gefle have scored 15 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Ettan: North are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Gavlevallen.

Gefle's last game was hosting Haninge (placed 12th) and winning 3-2.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Vasalund and winning 1-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Gefle's attacking play is working. Gefle are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gavlevallen in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Forward form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Forward, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ettan: North, playing as the away team in the Ettan: North this season. With the Forward losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Forward aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 280 league minutes without a goal. Jansson was the last player to find the net.

Forward failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vasalund (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-3.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-5 defeat against Sandviken.

Forward are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 11 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Forward find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The Forward manager Nilsson has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings with these contenders: Gefle won one, Forward triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GefleL. Englund
L. Englund
9 goals
GefleC. Sener
C. Sener
5 goals
GefleJ. Hjelte
J. Hjelte
3 goals

Gefle missing players

Forward missing players

Gefle Forward
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 2 7 14
9 5 2 Won W 1 3 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 4 10
25 15 9 Scored S 2 8 11
14 6 6 Conceded C 3 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
64% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 86% 71%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 43%
14% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 43% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 57%
43% 57% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 43%
 
5 5.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.3 4.6
4.1 3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.6 5.9
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 12 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.1 6.4
5.1 6.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 2
35% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 39%
 
9.7 8.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11 10.3
4.3 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.1
Key stats in Ettan: North this season:
  • All of Forward's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Forward have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forward have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Forward have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forward have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ettan: North
  • Forward haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gefle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gefle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gefle have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gefle have scored more than double the goals of Forward.
  • Gefle have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ettan: North
  • Gefle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sandviken 14 10 3 1 37 11 8 6 2 0 22 6 6 4 1 1 15 5 26 33
2 Gefle 14 9 2 3 25 14 7 5 1 1 15 6 7 4 1 2 10 8 11 29
3 Sylvia 14 7 4 3 20 13 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 25
4 Örebro Syrianska 14 7 3 4 26 21 8 3 3 2 14 12 6 4 0 2 12 9 5 24
5 Hammarby Talang 14 7 2 5 18 14 8 5 1 2 15 9 6 2 1 3 3 5 4 23
6 Vasalund 14 6 5 3 23 20 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 3 2 2 14 14 3 23
7 Umeå 14 6 3 5 22 20 7 3 1 3 13 9 7 3 2 2 9 11 2 21
8 IF Karlstad Fotboll 14 5 5 4 24 20 6 3 1 2 14 14 8 2 4 2 10 6 4 20
9 Sollentuna 14 5 4 5 23 21 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 1 4 11 13 2 19
10 Motala 14 6 1 7 23 26 7 5 1 1 15 6 7 1 0 6 8 20 -3 19
11 Piteå 15 5 3 7 27 25 7 3 0 4 12 11 8 2 3 3 15 14 2 18
12 Haninge 14 5 3 6 19 20 7 2 1 4 8 11 7 3 2 2 11 9 -1 18
13 Stockholm Internazionale 14 4 3 7 18 18 7 2 1 4 10 9 7 2 2 3 8 9 0 15
14 Taby 14 3 3 8 15 26 7 1 1 5 5 11 7 2 2 3 10 15 -11 12
15 Forward 14 3 1 10 11 32 7 0 1 6 3 17 7 3 0 4 8 15 -21 10
16 Team Thoren 15 2 1 12 9 39 6 0 1 5 4 19 9 2 0 7 5 20 -30 7

Read more about Ettan: North

Division 1 is the third level of football in Sweden. It is divided into two sections, Northern (“Norra”) and Southern (“Sodra”). Each holding 16 teams playing 30 fixtures each to decide a final league table. The top team of each is promoted, the bottom three relegated. Further moves up/down can occur through playoff.