Akropolis - GAIS: Small difference between teams in Superettan clash

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grimsta IP (5500 seats)

Akropolis - GAIS: Superettan basement dwellers desperate for points and glory. Here are all the interesting stats and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Akropolis have the fewest scored goals (27) in Superettan
  • GAIS have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Relegation threatens Akropolis who should definitely be looking for some points here. GAIS are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Akropolis form and stats

Akropolis, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in Superettan, have played 14 Superettan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Akropolis hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Vasalund, Akropolis, Brage, Västerås SK and Falkenberg), they have won 2 of 4 matches! It’s been three wins in a row for Akropolis here at Grimsta IP, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

In their previous game, the manager G. Christopoulos led his Akropolis to a defeat in the Superettan match away at Brage. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Grimsta IP.

Ahead of that match, Akropolis won a home game hosting Trelleborg (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 Akropolis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost one.

Akropolis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Akropolis have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. Akropolis has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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GAIS form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. That’s the product of GAIS playing as the away team in the Superettan this season. When GAIS is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. GAIS, Vasalund, Brage, Västerås SK and Falkenberg is teams we like to compare Akropolis with.

GAIS are travelling again after losing away to Oster in their previous match (0-1).

A 1-4 loss hosting Norrby before that.

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

The attacking power of GAIS when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. GAIS have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. When GAIS is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against GAIS, Vasalund, Brage, Västerås SK and Falkenberg.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads faced each other previously this season; GAIS - Akropolis 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Akropolis zero wins, three draws and GAIS zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AkropolisM. Burman
M. Burman
7 goals
GAISA. Egnell
A. Egnell
6 goals
AkropolisP. Åsbrink
P. Åsbrink
3 goals

Akropolis missing players

GAIS missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akropolis GAIS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
9 6 2 Won W 3 5 9
7 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
12 5 1 Lost L 1 8 16
27 14 5 Scored S 9 13 29
42 17 5 Conceded C 7 16 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
68% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 43% 57%
39% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 29% 39%
21% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 25%
14% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 21%
46% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 21% 39%
21% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 25%
32% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 57% 43%
 
4 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.6 4.5
5.2 5.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 6.1
1.7 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 10.2 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8 9.7
3.9 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.7 4
25% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 25% 26%
 
10.5 10.4 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.8 10
4.2 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Akropolis have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Superettan
  • Akropolis have the fewest scored goals (27) in Superettan
  • Akropolis have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Superettan
  • Akropolis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • GAIS have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Varnamo 28 18 5 5 42 24 14 11 2 1 23 9 14 7 3 4 19 15 18 59
2 GIF Sundsvall 28 15 7 6 44 26 14 9 3 2 26 12 14 6 4 4 18 14 18 52
3 Helsingborg 28 13 7 8 44 26 14 7 2 5 22 12 14 6 5 3 22 14 18 46
4 Norrby 28 11 9 8 38 32 14 5 5 4 19 17 14 6 4 4 19 15 6 42
5 Oster 28 11 9 8 30 24 14 7 5 2 16 10 14 4 4 6 14 14 6 42
6 Trelleborg 28 11 9 8 40 35 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 3 6 5 17 22 5 42
7 Landskrona 28 12 5 11 38 35 14 10 2 2 22 12 14 2 3 9 16 23 3 41
8 Orgryte 28 8 13 7 36 37 14 4 8 2 19 16 14 4 5 5 17 21 -1 37
9 Jönköpings Södra 28 9 8 11 30 34 14 6 5 3 19 13 14 3 3 8 11 21 -4 35
10 AFC Eskilstuna 28 9 7 12 38 40 14 7 4 3 24 13 14 2 3 9 14 27 -2 34
11 Västerås SK 28 8 10 10 33 37 14 4 6 4 19 20 14 4 4 6 14 17 -4 34
12 Akropolis 28 9 7 12 27 42 14 6 3 5 14 17 14 3 4 7 13 25 -15 34
13 Brage 28 8 9 11 35 40 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 3 5 6 17 22 -5 33
14 GAIS 28 9 3 16 29 39 14 4 2 8 16 23 14 5 1 8 13 16 -10 30
15 Vasalund 28 7 5 16 33 47 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 3 2 9 16 27 -14 26
16 Falkenberg 28 6 7 15 33 52 14 4 3 7 19 29 14 2 4 8 14 23 -19 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Varnamo 28 18 5 5 42 24 14 11 2 1 23 9 14 7 3 4 19 15 18 59
2 GIF Sundsvall 28 15 7 6 44 26 14 9 3 2 26 12 14 6 4 4 18 14 18 52
3 Helsingborg 28 13 7 8 44 26 14 7 2 5 22 12 14 6 5 3 22 14 18 46
4 Norrby 28 11 9 8 38 32 14 5 5 4 19 17 14 6 4 4 19 15 6 42
5 Oster 28 11 9 8 30 24 14 7 5 2 16 10 14 4 4 6 14 14 6 42
6 Trelleborg 28 11 9 8 40 35 14 8 3 3 23 13 14 3 6 5 17 22 5 42
7 Landskrona 28 12 5 11 38 35 14 10 2 2 22 12 14 2 3 9 16 23 3 41
8 Orgryte 28 8 13 7 36 37 14 4 8 2 19 16 14 4 5 5 17 21 -1 37
9 Jönköpings Södra 28 9 8 11 30 34 14 6 5 3 19 13 14 3 3 8 11 21 -4 35
10 AFC Eskilstuna 28 9 7 12 38 40 14 7 4 3 24 13 14 2 3 9 14 27 -2 34
11 Västerås SK 28 8 10 10 33 37 14 4 6 4 19 20 14 4 4 6 14 17 -4 34
12 Akropolis 28 9 7 12 27 42 14 6 3 5 14 17 14 3 4 7 13 25 -15 34
13 Brage 28 8 9 11 35 40 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 3 5 6 17 22 -5 33
14 GAIS 28 9 3 16 29 39 14 4 2 8 16 23 14 5 1 8 13 16 -10 30
15 Vasalund 28 7 5 16 33 47 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 3 2 9 16 27 -14 26
16 Falkenberg 28 6 7 15 33 52 14 4 3 7 19 29 14 2 4 8 14 23 -19 25

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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.