Umeå FC Akademi vs Skellefteå: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Sweden Division 2: Norrland
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Umeå Energi Arena SOL (8000 seats)

Umeå FC Akademi hope to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been hard so far with 24 points and a 12th place in the Division 2: Norrland table. Visiting Skellefteå hold 8th place with 34 pts.

Insights:
  • Umeå FC Akademi have the fewest points (11) at home in Division 2: Norrland
  • Skellefteå is in the best form (4-2-0)

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!

Relegation threatens Akademi who should definitely be looking for some points here.

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Umeå FC Akademi form and stats

Umeå FC Akademi's struggle is real here at Umeå Energi Arena SOL with only 11 points collected from 11 Division 2: Norrland games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-4.

Akademi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Notvikens IK's place. The match ended 2-1.

In the match before that, Umeå FC Akademi hosted Notvikens IK and drew the game 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Akademi here at Umeå Energi Arena SOL in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Umeå FC Akademi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Skellefteå form and stats

As the visiting team in Division 2: Norrland matches, Skellefteå have produced an overall stat of 6-1-3 so far. Having won their last three away games Skellefteå has no reason to fear anyone.

There were no winners in Skellefteå's previous match, a Division 2: Norrland home game that ended 1-1 vs Stöde (placed 5th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Frösö with the score of 4-1.

Skellefteå has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Skellefteå in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this season: Skellefteå - Akademi 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Akademi four wins, zero draws and Skellefteå zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Umeå FC Akademi missing players

Skellefteå missing players

Umeå FC Akademi Skellefteå
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 10 22
6 2 1 Won W 4 6 10
6 5 2 Drew D 0 1 4
11 4 1 Lost L 0 3 8
25 10 5 Scored S 10 16 34
36 13 4 Conceded C 2 10 27
87% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
78% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
52% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 55%
26% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 27%
22% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 18%
61% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 55%
22% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 27%
30% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
4.8 4.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 5.5
4.9 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 4.8
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 10.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.4 11.2
3.5 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 4.1
32% 26% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 50% 34%
Key stats in Division 2: Norrland this season:
  • Skellefteå have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Division 2: Norrland
  • Skellefteå have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Skellefteå is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Umeå FC Akademi have the fewest points (11) at home in Division 2: Norrland
  • Umeå FC Akademi have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Division 2: Norrland

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tegs SK 23 15 4 4 43 26 10 6 2 2 24 14 13 9 2 2 19 12 17 49
2 Friska Viljor 23 12 6 5 42 21 11 8 2 1 26 7 12 4 4 4 16 14 21 42
3 Boden 23 12 4 7 40 24 12 7 2 3 26 14 11 5 2 4 14 10 16 40
4 Ytterhogdal 23 11 5 7 31 26 12 7 3 2 16 7 11 4 2 5 15 19 5 38
5 Stöde 23 11 4 8 37 32 12 8 2 2 25 15 11 3 2 6 12 17 5 37
6 Gottne IF 24 10 5 9 36 25 12 6 2 4 21 11 12 4 3 5 15 14 11 35
7 Sandviks 23 9 7 7 29 20 11 6 3 2 17 6 12 3 4 5 12 14 9 34
8 Skellefteå 22 10 4 8 34 27 12 4 3 5 18 17 10 6 1 3 16 10 7 34
9 Täfteå 23 8 6 9 28 35 11 5 3 3 15 15 12 3 3 6 13 20 -7 30
10 IFK Östersund 24 8 4 12 32 42 13 4 4 5 18 18 11 4 0 7 14 24 -10 28
11 Bergnasets 22 7 6 9 28 33 11 5 1 5 16 19 11 2 5 4 12 14 -5 27
12 Umeå FC Akademi 23 6 6 11 25 36 11 2 5 4 10 13 12 4 1 7 15 23 -11 24
13 Storfors 23 6 5 12 29 47 11 4 2 5 14 15 12 2 3 7 15 32 -18 23
14 Notvikens IK 24 6 5 13 18 36 12 4 2 6 11 15 12 2 3 7 7 21 -18 23
15 Frösö 23 5 3 15 24 46 12 4 1 7 13 20 11 1 2 8 11 26 -22 18

Read more about Division 2: Norrland

Division 2 is the fourth tier of Swedish football. It is divided into six divisions based on the location of the teams. Each section has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to decide the final league table of the division, with the two lowest teams being relegated and the top teams being promoted. There are also promotion/relegation playoffs.