Brage - Västerås SK: Small difference between teams in Superettan clash

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Domnarvsvallen (6500 seats)

Superettan: Important and interesting fight between Brage and Västerås SK at Domnarvsvallen. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • Brage have the fewest points (7) at home in Superettan
  • Västerås SK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brage and Västerås SK.

It should be mentioned that Västerås SK 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 Västerås SK on grass are 8 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats from 32 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 39-47. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Brage form and stats

Brage's results here at Domnarvsvallen in the Superettan have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Brage are returning here after visiting Arameiska / Syrianska (after extra-time) in a Svenska Cupen game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. L. Pllana scored the goal(s). The victory against Arameiska / Syrianska (after extra-time) came after L. Pllana's winning goal. The Brage manager K. Saarenpää was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 58th minute.

Before that, Brage played out a Superettan draw 1-1 when visiting Orgryte.

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 Brage have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost six.

Brage aren't scoring a lot here at Domnarvsvallen in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Brage have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Västerås SK form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Västerås SK so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Västerås, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Västerås, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Sollentuna.

It was a Superettan defeat before that one as the away game against Landskrona wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Västerås in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Västerås SK, one draw and nine defeats.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Västerås have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Västerås SK - Brage 2-2, played this season. Last ten meetings between these participants: Brage won four, Västerås SK triumphed in three and we saw three draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BrageL. Pllana
L. Pllana
6 goals
Västerås SKG. Lagerbielke
G. Lagerbielke
3 goals
Västerås SKS. Johansson
S. Johansson
3 goals

Brage missing players

Västerås SK missing players

Brage Västerås SK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 7 16
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
7 4 1 Lost L 2 5 7
18 6 0 Scored S 1 4 15
21 9 1 Conceded C 3 10 22
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 81%
62% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 56%
44% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 50%
25% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 31%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
56% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
19% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
31% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 44%
 
5 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5.1 5.4
4.4 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 5.5
2.2 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.2 11.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8 10.6
4.6 4.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 4.1
24% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 23%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Brage have the fewest points (7) at home in Superettan
  • Västerås SK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Västerås SK haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Landskrona 16 9 4 3 27 17 9 7 2 0 16 6 7 2 2 3 11 11 10 31
2 Helsingborg 16 9 3 4 25 12 8 5 0 3 14 8 8 4 3 1 11 4 13 30
3 Norrby 16 9 3 4 24 16 7 5 1 1 13 6 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 30
4 Värnamo 16 9 3 4 18 11 8 6 1 1 9 3 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 30
5 Trelleborg 16 8 5 3 22 17 8 5 2 1 10 5 8 3 3 2 12 12 5 29
6 GIF Sundsvall 16 7 4 5 23 18 8 5 2 1 16 9 8 2 2 4 7 9 5 25
7 Jonkopings Sodra 16 7 3 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 16 8 8 2 1 5 8 12 4 24
8 AFC Eskilstuna 16 6 4 6 22 16 8 6 2 0 18 4 8 0 2 6 4 12 6 22
9 Oster 16 5 4 7 12 15 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 2 1 5 5 9 -3 19
10 Orgryte 16 4 6 6 16 22 8 2 4 2 6 6 8 2 2 4 10 16 -6 18
11 Brage 16 4 5 7 18 21 7 2 1 4 6 9 9 2 4 3 12 12 -3 17
12 GAIS 16 5 2 9 13 18 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 2 1 5 3 6 -5 17
13 Västerås SK 16 4 5 7 15 22 9 3 4 2 11 12 7 1 1 5 4 10 -7 17
14 Akropolis 16 4 5 7 14 25 8 3 2 3 7 11 8 1 3 4 7 14 -11 17
15 Vasalund 16 5 1 10 21 29 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 1 0 7 10 19 -8 16
16 Falkenberg 16 3 3 10 15 30 8 2 2 4 9 15 8 1 1 6 6 15 -15 12

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.