The league table in Superettan tells a story about these teams so far, with Halmstad leading AFC Eskilstuna by 10 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
AFC Eskilstuna play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for AFC Eskilstuna when playing on grass are 4 wins, 11 draws and 13 defeats from 28 matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 42 times in these games.
Halmstad form and stats
Halmstad, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Superettan, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Superettan. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Örjans Vall.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Halmstad, as their goalkeeper Malkolm Nilsson has completely shut out the opponents for 465 minutes in the Superettan.
A good away victory last time out for Halmstad, who won 1-0 against Umeå (placed 13th). Before that, Halmstad had a home game versus Norrby which ended with a victory 3-0.
Halmstad are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew two and lost zero.
Halmstad can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Defensively Halmstad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AFC Eskilstuna form and stats
No Superettan points yet away for AFC Eskilstuna, from their first 2 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Ö. Melkemichel, the Eskilstuna manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The manager Ö. Melkemichel was unhappy after their last game, a Superettan match played at their home ground Tunavallen. Eskilstuna suffered a 1-2 loss to Brage (placed 5th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Jonkopings Sodra.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where AFC Eskilstuna played away with similar odds. This revealed eight games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, three were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
It's early days yet, but AFC Eskilstuna has scored 1 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - two - four (Halmstad wins - draws - AFC Eskilstuna wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wiedesheim-Paul 7 goals |  O. Nnamani 2 goals | F. Baptiste 2 goals |
Halmstad missing players
AFC Eskilstuna missing players
| Halmstad | AFC Eskilstuna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3.8 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 0.5 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | 25 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 43% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most conceded goals (15)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most conceded goals in the first half (7)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the the worst goal difference (-6) away
- AFC Eskilstuna has the the worst goal difference (-9)
- AFC Eskilstuna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- AFC Eskilstuna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Eskilstuna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- AFC Eskilstuna have lost all their away matches so far.
- AFC Eskilstuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- AFC Eskilstuna is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- All of AFC Eskilstuna's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Halmstad has the most clean sheets (5)
- Halmstad has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- Halmstad has the the best goal difference (+5) at home
- Halmstad has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Halmstad have created more than twice as many corners as AFC Eskilstuna.
- Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Halmstad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | GIF Sundsvall | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Degerfors | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Oster | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Brage | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Västerås SK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Norrby | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | GAIS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Akropolis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Jonkopings Sodra | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Örgryte | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | Dalkurd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Umeå | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Trelleborg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Ljungskile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 3 |