The visiting Halmstad side should be favourites in this visit to AFC Eskilstuna, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
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!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Halmstad's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Halmstad have performed like this: Played twelve matches resulting in 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats with the goal stats 24-12 (scored/conceded).
AFC Eskilstuna form and stats
3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Superettan numbers at home for AFC Eskilstuna, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Superettan, so far this season.
No payout for Eskilstuna in their previous match, an away game at Jönköpings Södra that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that, AFC Eskilstuna had a home game versus GIF Sundsvall which ended with a victory 3-2.
AFC Eskilstuna have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tunavallen with 12 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AFC Eskilstuna defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Halmstad form and stats
Halmstad's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Halmstad, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Superettan, collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Superettan. 4 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
The manager M. Haglund was unhappy after their last game, a Superettan match played at their home ground Örjans Vall. Halmstad suffered a 1-4 loss to Degerfors (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away victory against Degerfors with the score of 2-0.
After this away game Halmstad return home for a Superettan game against Umeå. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Halmstad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. The Halmstad defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Halmstad - AFC Eskilstuna 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Eskilstuna won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Halmstad has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / threeTop Goalscorers
  R. Wiedesheim-Paul 9 goals |  O. Nnamani 6 goals | S. Kroon 4 goals |
AFC Eskilstuna missing players
Halmstad missing players
| AFC Eskilstuna | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 33 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 81% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 19% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 19% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 71% | 62% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 25% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 56 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 75 | 177 |
| 37 | 26 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 27 | 67 |
| 43% | 46% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | 36% |
- AFC Eskilstuna has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most conceded goals (13) at home
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most conceded goals (33)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- AFC Eskilstuna has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- AFC Eskilstuna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Eskilstuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- AFC Eskilstuna is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Halmstad has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Halmstad has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Halmstad has the most clean sheets (10)
- Halmstad has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Halmstad have not yet lost a game away.
- Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Degerfors | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Jönköpings Södra | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Akropolis | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Oster | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | GIF Sundsvall | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Brage | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Orgryte | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Norrby | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Trelleborg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Västerås SK | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Dalkurd | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Umeå | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | GAIS | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 16 |
| 15 | Ljungskile | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -17 | 12 |