Soccer betting preview: Falkenberg welcomes Norrby in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falcon Alkoholfri Arena (5500 seats)

16 points separate the teams so far this season, Norrby having performed best. Can Falkenberg strike back?

Insights:
  • Falkenberg have the most conceded goals (25) in Superettan
  • Norrby have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Superettan

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.

8-13-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Norrby when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 34 matches are 37-47 (scored/conceded).

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Falkenberg form and stats

With 2 Superettan wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Falkenberg, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Superettan, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Falkenberg has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Tuvesson and the players.

In their previous game, the manager T. Tuvesson led his Falkenberg to a defeat in the Superettan match away at Helsingborg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Falcon Alkoholfri Arena. Falkenberg were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Jonkopings Sodra that was lost 2-3.

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

Falkenberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Falkenberg are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).

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Norrby form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (13) away in Superettan, are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superettan.

Norrby are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Superettan against Västerås SK (placed 12th). It's hard not to mention D. Vukojevic's lethal finishing against Västerås SK. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Akropolis at their stadium, the result 3-0.

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

Norrby find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Falkenberg won one, Norrby won one and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorrbyD. Vukojevic
D. Vukojevic
6 goals
NorrbyB. Jobe
B. Jobe
4 goals
FalkenbergA. Bergmark-Wiberg
A. Bergmark-Wiberg
3 goals

Falkenberg missing players

Norrby missing players

Falkenberg Norrby
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 7 13
3 2 0 Won W 3 4 8
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
12 7 0 Scored S 6 9 20
25 13 3 Conceded C 1 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 85%
69% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 38%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
15% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 38%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 57% 46%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
6.5 7.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 6.4
3.8 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 4.6
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.7 11.2
3.3 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 4.3
28% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 36%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Falkenberg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Falkenberg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Falkenberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Falkenberg have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the most conceded goals (25) in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Superettan
  • Falkenberg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Norrby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Norrby have the most points (13) away in Superettan
  • Norrby have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Superettan
  • Norrby 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 Landskrona 13 8 4 1 24 12 8 6 2 0 15 6 5 2 2 1 9 6 12 28
2 Norrby 13 8 2 3 20 10 6 4 1 1 11 5 7 4 1 2 9 5 10 26
3 Varnamo 13 8 2 3 14 8 7 6 0 1 8 2 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 26
4 Trelleborg 13 6 4 3 19 17 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 3 2 2 12 12 2 22
5 Helsingborg 12 6 3 3 19 9 7 4 0 3 12 7 5 2 3 0 7 2 10 21
6 Jonkopings Sodra 13 6 3 4 20 13 6 4 2 0 14 4 7 2 1 4 6 9 7 21
7 GIF Sundsvall 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 2 1 4 6 8 3 20
8 AFC Eskilstuna 13 5 3 5 15 10 7 5 2 0 14 3 6 0 1 5 1 7 5 18
9 Oster 13 5 3 5 11 12 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 4 6 -1 18
10 GAIS 13 4 2 7 11 16 7 2 1 4 8 12 6 2 1 3 3 4 -5 14
11 Orgryte 13 3 5 5 13 19 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 2 2 3 9 14 -6 14
12 Västerås SK 13 3 5 5 10 17 7 2 4 1 6 8 6 1 1 4 4 9 -7 14
13 Brage 13 3 3 7 11 15 6 1 1 4 3 7 7 2 2 3 8 8 -4 12
14 Akropolis 13 2 5 6 10 20 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 0 3 4 4 12 -10 11
15 Vasalund 12 3 1 8 14 23 5 2 1 2 4 6 7 1 0 6 10 17 -9 10
16 Falkenberg 13 3 1 9 12 25 6 2 0 4 7 13 7 1 1 5 5 12 -13 10

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.