Akropolis vs Norrby betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 25.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Grimsta IP (5500 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Akropolis leading Norrby by 12 points.

It's no vacation for neither Akropolis nor Norrby as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Norrby play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Norrby when playing on grass are 5 wins, 12 draws and 14 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 52 times in these games.

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Akropolis form and stats

Overall Superettan stats at home this season for Akropolis are 4-8-0 (wins-draw-losses). In general it's been a long time since Akropolis tasted defeat here at Grimsta IP, as they have taken at least one point from their last 19 home games in the league.

Akropolis faced defeat in their previous match, away at Västerås SK (1-2). Before that, Akropolis had a home game versus AFC Eskilstuna which ended with a victory 3-2.

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 three matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost zero.

Akropolis have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Grimsta IP with 20 goals in 12 league matches. Akropolis's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norrby form and stats

As the visiting team in Superettan matches, Norrby have produced an overall stat of 2-7-3 so far. It's three draws from Norrby's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superettan home defeat versus Halmstad with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus GAIS that ended 3-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Norrby in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Norrby, one draw and two defeats.

Norrby have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Norrby have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Norrby - Akropolis 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

AkropolisM. Burman
M. Burman
5 goals
NorrbyO. Akpoveta
O. Akpoveta
5 goals

Akropolis missing players

Norrby missing players

Akropolis Norrby
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 3 12 24
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 5
13 8 3 Drew D 0 7 10
3 0 0 Lost L 2 3 9
36 20 8 Scored S 2 14 27
30 14 5 Conceded C 5 18 34
96% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
88% 83% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 83%
46% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 46%
29% 42% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
12% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
79% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 54%
21% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 21%
4% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.7 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
165 91 40 Total Shots T S 15 115 260
80 44 19 Shots on Target S O 4 38 93
45% 45% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 29%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Akropolis has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Superettan
  • Akropolis have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Norrby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Degerfors 24 16 5 3 53 19 12 10 0 2 30 10 12 6 5 1 23 9 34 53
2 Halmstad 24 15 5 4 41 15 12 8 1 3 22 9 12 7 4 1 19 6 26 50
3 Jonkopings Sodra 24 14 3 7 42 30 13 10 2 1 25 9 11 4 1 6 17 21 12 45
4 Oster 24 13 6 5 36 25 12 8 2 2 21 10 12 5 4 3 15 15 11 45
5 Akropolis 24 8 13 3 36 30 12 4 8 0 20 14 12 4 5 3 16 16 6 37
6 GIF Sundsvall 24 10 6 8 44 37 12 6 2 4 25 19 12 4 4 4 19 18 7 36
7 Brage 24 9 6 9 30 31 12 4 4 4 14 12 12 5 2 5 16 19 -1 33
8 Västerås SK 24 8 5 11 31 37 12 6 3 3 21 17 12 2 2 8 10 20 -6 29
9 GAIS 24 7 8 9 25 34 12 5 5 2 15 12 12 2 3 7 10 22 -9 29
10 AFC Eskilstuna 24 8 4 12 29 43 12 5 2 5 16 18 12 3 2 7 13 25 -14 28
11 Orgryte 24 7 5 12 25 35 12 6 1 5 17 16 12 1 4 7 8 19 -10 26
12 Dalkurd 24 5 10 9 31 33 12 3 7 2 18 13 12 2 3 7 13 20 -2 25
13 Trelleborg 24 6 7 11 26 31 12 3 6 3 14 12 12 3 1 8 12 19 -5 25
14 Norrby 24 5 10 9 27 34 12 3 3 6 13 16 12 2 7 3 14 18 -7 25
15 Umeå 24 3 9 12 20 40 12 1 5 6 10 21 12 2 4 6 10 19 -20 18
16 Ljungskile 24 4 6 14 23 45 11 3 3 5 13 17 13 1 3 9 10 28 -22 18

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.