Ettan: North preview: Can Piteå edge out victory against Hudiksvall?

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Competition: Sweden Ettan: North
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: LF Arena (6000 seats)

Moving closer to the top teams is the task when these two mid-table teams do battle. Both are targeting to better their league table position, Piteå in 10th and Hudiksvall in 11th spot.

Insights:
  • All of Piteå's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hudiksvall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both crews are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It should be mentioned that Hudiksvall play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Hudiksvall on grass are 8 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 31-29. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Piteå form and stats

The overall Ettan: North stats playing at home this season for Piteå are 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Piteå in their previous match, an away game at Taby that ended in defeat 1-2.

Ahead of that match, Piteå won a home game hosting Gefle (2-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Piteå have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost zero.

Piteå have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at LF Arena with 15 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hudiksvall form and stats

There's been little loot from Hudiksvall's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Ettan: North. Hudiksvall only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

Hudiksvall might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sandviken proved too strong as Hudiksvall slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Glysis Sparbanken Arena.

A 2-4 defeat away at Sandviken before that.

We have checked recent matches where Hudiksvall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, two draws and two defeats.

Hudiksvall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Hudiksvall, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Hudiksvall - Piteå 2-1. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Piteå, two draws and three wins for Hudiksvall. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

PiteåP. Abdulla
P. Abdulla
9 goals
HudiksvallC. Sener
C. Sener
5 goals
PiteåF. Johansson
F. Johansson
4 goals

Piteå missing players

Hudiksvall missing players

Piteå Hudiksvall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 2 8 16
5 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 1 1 Lost L 1 5 8
23 15 6 Scored S 2 9 18
27 9 4 Conceded C 3 18 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 75%
69% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 50%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 31%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 19%
56% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
19% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
25% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
3.6 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.9 3.3
5.1 3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 10 8.4
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.8 6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.3 8.8
2.3 1.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.8
53% 114% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 33%
Key stats in Ettan: North this season:
  • All of Piteå's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hudiksvall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Hudiksvall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hudiksvall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Piteå 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 Brommapojkarna 16 13 3 0 41 6 8 8 0 0 28 1 8 5 3 0 13 5 35 42
2 Sandviken 16 12 2 2 38 14 8 6 2 0 20 6 8 6 0 2 18 8 24 38
3 Umeå 16 9 4 3 25 15 8 6 1 1 13 4 8 3 3 2 12 11 10 31
4 Dalkurd 16 8 6 2 33 23 8 4 4 0 19 11 8 4 2 2 14 12 10 30
4 Frej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 IF Karlstad 15 8 1 6 28 19 7 4 0 3 13 9 8 4 1 3 15 10 9 25
6 Sylvia 16 8 1 7 28 25 9 5 0 4 18 13 7 3 1 3 10 12 3 25
7 Örebro Syrianska 16 7 3 6 22 22 8 4 0 4 9 11 8 3 3 2 13 11 0 24
8 Gefle 16 6 3 7 24 23 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 3 1 4 11 13 1 21
9 Sollentuna 16 6 3 7 24 27 7 2 3 2 10 10 9 4 0 5 14 17 -3 21
10 Piteå 16 5 4 7 23 27 8 4 3 1 15 9 8 1 1 6 8 18 -4 19
11 Hudiksvall 16 5 3 8 18 27 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 2 1 5 9 18 -9 18
12 Haninge 16 5 3 8 16 29 8 4 1 3 9 9 8 1 2 5 7 20 -13 18
13 IFK Luleå 16 3 4 9 20 33 8 2 2 4 15 18 8 1 2 5 5 15 -13 13
14 Assyriska 16 4 0 12 23 39 8 2 0 6 10 20 8 2 0 6 13 19 -16 12
15 Taby 16 3 3 10 25 43 8 2 2 4 13 18 8 1 1 6 12 25 -18 12
16 Hammarby Talang 15 2 3 10 18 34 8 1 1 6 11 23 7 1 2 4 7 11 -16 9

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.