The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as AFC Eskilstuna welcome Västerås SK for the opening game at Tunavallen. Read on!
AFC Eskilstuna form and stats
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 Eskilstuna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost two.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the AFC Eskilstuna friendly games in pre-season: Eskilstuna played four friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that AFC Eskilstuna scored 6 goals and conceded 8 in these four games.
Disaster struck Eskilstuna last season as they could not defend their status as a Allsvenskan team. With 18 defeats from 30 games, and only 4 wins, relegation could not be avoided. AFC Eskilstuna are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D6 L6.
Västerås SK form and stats
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Västerås playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Västerås SK wins, one draw and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Västerås are hosting Norrby in the Superettan only two days away.
Västerås SK played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these four matches Västerås scored 9 and conceded 3 goals.
Let's have a look at how Västerås SK performed last season in the Superettan: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 20/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
AFC Eskilstuna-Västerås SK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Eskilstuna five wins, Västerås SK four wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).AFC Eskilstuna missing players
Västerås SK missing players
| AFC Eskilstuna | Västerås SK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| AFC Eskilstuna | Last season | Västerås SK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 55 | 23 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 47% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 295 | 170 | Total Shots | T S | 177 | 362 | ||
| 82 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 147 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Eskilstuna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Akropolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dalkurd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Degerfors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | GAIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | GIF Sundsvall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Halmstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jonkopings Sodra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ljungskile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Norrby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Orgryte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Trelleborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Umeå | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Västerås SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 66 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 65 |
| 4 | AIK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 62 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 57 |
| 6 | Häcken | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 48 |
| 8 | Elfsborg | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 32 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 | Örebro | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -16 | 33 |
| 10 | Helsingborg | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 30 |
| 11 | Sirius | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 29 |
| 12 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 32 | -25 | 25 |
| 13 | Falkenberg | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 62 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 42 | -37 | 25 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -25 | 23 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -19 | 20 |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 32 | -32 | 20 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mjallby | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 57 |
| 2 | Varberg | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Brage | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Jonkopings Sodra | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Degerfors | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 51 |
| 6 | Halmstad | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 46 |
| 7 | Orgryte | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Dalkurd | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 44 |
| 9 | Norrby | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Trelleborg | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | GAIS | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 32 |
| 13 | Oster | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Frej | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -20 | 29 |
| 15 | Brommapojkarna | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 28 |
| 16 | Syrianska | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -31 | 25 |