Game week two of the Superettan season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Brage - GIF Sundsvall preview:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that GIF Sundsvall play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for GIF Sundsvall on grass are 7 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-20. You can compare this with overall results below.
Brage form and stats
No payout for Brage in their previous match, an away game at Degerfors that ended in defeat 1-4. Before that, Brage had a Svenska Cupen home game versus Oskarshamns AIK which ended with a victory 3-1.
Last season, Brage's league statistics were 16 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Ettan: North. Over these 30 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Brage managed 9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 13 conceded.
GIF Sundsvall form and stats
Sundsvall seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
P. Engblom (2) and A. Palmlöv scored in GIF Sundsvall's previous match, the home game against Umeå that ended 3-1. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Varberg.
Let's have a look at how GIF Sundsvall performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 10/23 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Brage won zero, GIF Sundsvall won five and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Engblom 2 goals |   L. Pllana 1 goals | A. Palmlöv 1 goals |
Brage missing players
GIF Sundsvall missing players
| Brage | GIF Sundsvall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Brage | Last season | GIF Sundsvall | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 54 | 27 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 50 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 63% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 63% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 10% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 33% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 367 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 328 | ||
| 158 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 119 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Orgryte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Oster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | GAIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trelleborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Akropolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dalkurd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ljungskile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Norrby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | AFC Eskilstuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Halmstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Jonkopings Sodra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Umeå | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Brage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |