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Competition: Sweden Ettan: North
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: PlatinumCars Arena

Straining Sylvia hope to pull off a surprise win when they play hard-driving Sandviken in the next league game. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • Sylvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sandviken have the most scored goals (42) in Ettan: North

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sylvia form and stats

All-inclusive Ettan: North stats playing at home this season for Sylvia are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Sylvia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Vasalund, Dalkurd, United Nordic and Sollentuna), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Sylvia lost their last game at IF Karlstad (placed 8th) after a 1-4 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vasalund in a game that was won 3-0.

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this club has had three or more goals.

Sylvia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at PlatinumCars Arena with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Sylvia have conceded 11 in these home matches. When Sylvia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Motala, Stocksund, Boden, Örebro Syrianska and Piteå), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Sandviken form and stats

The strength of Sandviken on their travels this season is incredible with 24 points collected from 8 Ettan: North away games. Sandviken has 8-0-0 on the road, with 24 goals scored and 8 conceded. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Sandviken's record of eight away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the United Nordic game.

It's the second away game in a row for Sandviken, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Piteå (placed 16th) last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Sandviken was very dominant against Piteå, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Vikgren, Söderberg, Byiringiro, Igbarumah and Alshalkadi providing the goals. Byiringiro and Igbarumah has scored for the visitors three matches in a row. The efficiency!

Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Stocksund.

Take note that 12 of this side's 16 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

{24 goals} so far away for Sandviken, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 8 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Sandviken have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Sylvia.

Funnily enough, the last time Sandviken kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opponent, eight league games ago (Sandviken - Sylvia 4-0).

Top Goalscorers

SandvikenJ. Junior Igbarumah
J. Junior Igbarumah
11 goals
SylviaA. Ibrahimovic
A. Ibrahimovic
5 goals
SylviaL. Jonsson
L. Jonsson
5 goals

Sylvia missing players

Sandviken missing players

Sylvia Sandviken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 3 8 16
5 4 2 Won W 3 8 11
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 3 2 Lost L 0 0 3
20 13 6 Scored S 10 24 42
30 11 5 Conceded C 2 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 88% 75%
44% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 44%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 25%
62% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 88% 75%
19% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 19%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.5 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.1 6.2
7.7 7.6 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.5 3.5
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.6 8.4 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.9 12.9
3.3 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 6.2
38% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 51% 42%
 
12.9 11.9 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.4 9.3
5.9 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.4
Key stats in Ettan: North this season:
  • All of Sandviken's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sandviken have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sandviken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sandviken have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sandviken have scored more than double the goals of Sylvia.
  • Sandviken have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the most points (24) away in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the most scored goals (24) away in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the most scored goals (42) in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have the the best goal difference (+24) in Ettan: North
  • Sandviken have won all their away games so far.
  • Sandviken have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sandviken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sylvia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sylvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sylvia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sylvia 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 United Nordic 17 11 3 3 33 19 9 6 0 3 20 12 8 5 3 0 13 7 14 36
2 Sandviken 16 11 2 3 42 18 8 3 2 3 18 10 8 8 0 0 24 8 24 35
3 Dalkurd 17 11 2 4 26 12 8 6 1 1 15 3 9 5 1 3 11 9 14 35
4 Vasalund 17 9 0 8 22 21 10 5 0 5 13 11 7 4 0 3 9 10 1 27
5 Sollentuna 16 8 2 6 30 22 8 5 1 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 14 11 8 26
6 Stockholm Internazionale 17 7 4 6 25 22 8 3 1 4 11 10 9 4 3 2 14 12 3 25
7 Umeå 16 8 1 7 28 27 7 4 0 3 13 11 9 4 1 4 15 16 1 25
8 IF Karlstad 17 7 3 7 25 24 8 3 2 3 15 13 9 4 1 4 10 11 1 24
9 Hammarby Talang 17 7 2 8 21 27 8 4 1 3 14 13 9 3 1 5 7 14 -6 23
10 Taby 17 6 4 7 23 30 9 3 3 3 14 17 8 3 1 4 9 13 -7 22
11 Motala 16 6 1 9 19 24 8 3 1 4 9 11 8 3 0 5 10 13 -5 19
12 Örebro Syrianska 16 5 2 9 14 23 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 4 0 4 9 11 -9 17
13 Sylvia 16 5 2 9 20 30 8 4 1 3 13 11 8 1 1 6 7 19 -10 17
14 Boden 16 4 5 7 20 32 8 1 2 5 8 18 8 3 3 2 12 14 -12 17
15 Stocksund 17 5 0 12 25 34 9 1 0 8 8 17 8 4 0 4 17 17 -9 15
16 Piteå 16 3 5 8 20 28 8 1 2 5 7 14 8 2 3 3 13 14 -8 14

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.