Open game expected at Studenternas IP: Dalkurd vs Västerås SK preview

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Studenternas IP (6300 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Superettan, Dalkurd holding 12th place and Västerås SK lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Västerås SK's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Västerås SK have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 7 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 30-36 (scored/conceded).

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Dalkurd form and stats

When playing at home in the Superettan, Dalkurd have managed 1 win, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Dalkurd has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.

Dalkurd lost their last game at Brage (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Dalkurd drew at home versus Halmstad.

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

A decent goal production from Dalkurd in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Dalkurd have conceded 6 goals.

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Västerås SK form and stats

Västerås SK have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Superettan, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Västerås has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jönköpings Södra for a Superettan game that ended a draw (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Umeå.

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

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Västerås SK have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Dalkurd victories, one draw and three Västerås SK wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DalkurdK. Cissoko
K. Cissoko
5 goals
Västerås SKK. Safari
K. Safari
5 goals
DalkurdJ. Stenberg
J. Stenberg
4 goals

Dalkurd missing players

Västerås SK missing players

Dalkurd Västerås SK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 7 14
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 4
7 4 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 4 6
19 10 5 Scored S 1 4 17
20 6 0 Conceded C 0 9 20
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 79%
64% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 57%
29% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 29%
14% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
79% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 64%
21% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 21%
14% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 21%
 
4.4 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 4.6
5.7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.1 4.4
2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
128 53 0 Total Shots T S 15 69 142
56 22 0 Shots on Target S O 8 30 61
34% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 13% 28%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Dalkurd has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
  • Dalkurd have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Västerås SK have scored away.
  • Västerås SK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Degerfors 14 9 4 1 29 10 7 6 0 1 18 4 7 3 4 0 11 6 19 31
2 Halmstad 14 8 4 2 21 8 8 5 1 2 13 5 6 3 3 0 8 3 13 28
3 GIF Sundsvall 14 6 6 2 26 17 7 4 2 1 16 9 7 2 4 1 10 8 9 24
4 Akropolis 14 5 8 1 20 15 7 2 5 0 10 6 7 3 3 1 10 9 5 23
5 Jönköpings Södra 14 7 2 5 21 19 8 5 2 1 14 8 6 2 0 4 7 11 2 23
6 Brage 14 6 3 5 21 21 7 3 3 1 11 7 7 3 0 4 10 14 0 21
7 Öster 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 2 3 2 6 7 1 20
8 Trelleborg 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 3 3 1 10 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 1 19
9 Orgryte 14 5 4 5 16 20 7 4 1 2 9 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 -4 19
10 Norrby 14 3 7 4 16 18 6 1 3 2 8 8 8 2 4 2 8 10 -2 16
11 Västerås SK 14 4 4 6 17 20 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 1 2 4 4 9 -3 16
12 Dalkurd 14 2 7 5 19 20 6 1 4 1 10 6 8 1 3 4 9 14 -1 13
13 GAIS 14 2 7 5 9 18 7 2 4 1 5 4 7 0 3 4 4 14 -9 13
14 Umeå 14 2 6 6 14 18 7 1 4 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 12
15 Ljungskile 14 2 4 8 18 30 7 2 2 3 9 11 7 0 2 5 9 19 -12 10
16 AFC Eskilstuna 14 2 3 9 13 28 7 2 1 4 9 11 7 0 2 5 4 17 -15 9

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.