Superettan duel: Close contest expected between AFC Eskilstuna and Trelleborg

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Mon 18.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tunavallen (7800 seats)

AFC Eskilstuna are positioned 5th, while Trelleborg are hanging back 0 points behind in the league standings. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most scored goals (30) in Superettan
  • Trelleborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

3-3-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Trelleborg when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 18-22 (scored/conceded).

This promises to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!

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AFC Eskilstuna form and stats

AFC Eskilstuna are steadily winning Superettan games and points here at Tunavallen. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tunavallen.

Eskilstuna shared the glory with Brage in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, AFC Eskilstuna had a home game versus Brommapojkarna which ended with a victory 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how AFC Eskilstuna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 2.

An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

Eskilstuna are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 7 games). AFC Eskilstuna have conceded 11 from these games.

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Trelleborg form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Trelleborg in their Superettan matches away.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Örebro (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Norrby.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Trelleborg in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Trelleborg, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Trelleborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): AFC Eskilstuna won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Trelleborg have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

EskilstunaA. Muhsin
A. Muhsin
10 goals
TrelleborgH. Offia
H. Offia
6 goals
TrelleborgN. Mortensen
N. Mortensen
4 goals

AFC Eskilstuna missing players

Trelleborg missing players

AFC Eskilstuna Trelleborg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 6 13
7 5 2 Won W 1 3 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
30 20 5 Scored S 2 11 22
22 11 1 Conceded C 1 12 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 86% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 69%
54% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 31%
46% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 15%
85% 86% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 77%
8% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
4.1 3.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.5 5.8
5.3 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.5
2.8 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 10.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.3 9.9
4.1 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 4
57% 67% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 48% 42%
 
10.9 10.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.3 8.8
5 4.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.7 3.3
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • AFC Eskilstuna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Superettan
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most scored goals (30) in Superettan
  • AFC Eskilstuna have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • AFC Eskilstuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AFC Eskilstuna's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Trelleborg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Trelleborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Trelleborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Trelleborg 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 Brage 14 7 5 2 26 13 7 4 2 1 14 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 13 26
2 Halmstad 13 8 2 3 26 13 6 4 0 2 11 5 7 4 2 1 15 8 13 26
3 Skövde AIK 14 7 4 3 21 18 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 4 2 1 13 11 3 25
4 Utsikten 13 7 3 3 25 15 7 3 3 1 13 9 6 4 0 2 12 6 10 24
5 AFC Eskilstuna 13 7 1 5 30 22 7 5 0 2 20 11 6 2 1 3 10 11 8 22
6 Oster 14 6 4 4 22 17 6 2 1 3 9 10 8 4 3 1 13 7 5 22
7 Trelleborg 13 6 4 3 22 19 7 3 3 1 11 7 6 3 1 2 11 12 3 22
8 Brommapojkarna 13 6 3 4 29 22 7 5 2 0 20 8 6 1 1 4 9 14 7 21
9 Landskrona 13 5 5 3 20 20 6 3 2 1 12 11 7 2 3 2 8 9 0 20
10 Örebro 14 6 2 6 15 17 7 4 1 2 9 8 7 2 1 4 6 9 -2 20
11 Norrby 13 5 2 6 11 15 7 3 2 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4 17
12 Västerås SK 13 3 4 6 16 25 6 1 3 2 8 12 7 2 1 4 8 13 -9 13
13 Jonkopings Sodra 13 3 2 8 20 28 7 2 1 4 14 15 6 1 1 4 6 13 -8 11
14 Dalkurd 14 3 2 9 12 25 8 3 0 5 9 12 6 0 2 4 3 13 -13 11
15 Orgryte 13 1 5 7 17 26 6 1 2 3 8 10 7 0 3 4 9 16 -9 8
16 Östersunds FK 14 1 4 9 9 26 6 1 2 3 5 10 8 0 2 6 4 16 -17 7

Read more about Superettan

Superettan (meaning “the super one” in English) is the second highest league in the Swedish football league pyramid. It runs from April to October and has 16 teams. After a total of 240 fixtures the top two teams in the league table are promoted, while another can promote through a playoff.