Home advantage could prove decisive in GIF Sundsvall - Akropolis battle

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Wed 16.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: NP3 Arena (8000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as GIF Sundsvall have their presumed home advantage while Akropolis are ahead 3 points in the Superettan table.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Superettan match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at GAIS.

13 - 5 - 3 with 45-28. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Akropolis when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Akropolis play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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GIF Sundsvall form and stats

4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superettan numbers at home for GIF Sundsvall so far this season. It's trouble wherever Sundsvall are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

GIF Sundsvall are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus GAIS. Preceding that match was a defeat to Öster (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sundsvall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Sundsvall's attacking play is working. On the other hand, GIF Sundsvall have conceded 11 goals.

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Akropolis form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Akropolis playing as the away team in the Superettan this season.

There were no winners in Akropolis's previous match, a Superettan home game that ended 2-2 vs Öster (placed 5th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ljungskile's place.

Drawing 2-2 against Öster after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager G. Christopoulos needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Akropolis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Halmstad in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Akropolis have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Akropolis have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Akropolis - Sundsvall 1-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

SundsvallP. Engblom
P. Engblom
13 goals
AkropolisN. Vasic
N. Vasic
8 goals
GIF SundsvallJ. Blomberg
J. Blomberg
5 goals

GIF Sundsvall missing players

Akropolis missing players

GIF Sundsvall Akropolis
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
6 4 0 Won W 0 3 6
6 2 0 Drew D 2 3 9
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 2
30 17 2 Scored S 2 11 24
25 11 6 Conceded C 2 11 19
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
59% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 41%
41% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
24% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
76% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 71%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 29%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
6.1 6 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.8 3.9
4.4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.8
1.1 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
178 99 24 Total Shots T S 14 50 120
69 40 11 Shots on Target S O 6 26 58
43% 42% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 41%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Akropolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Akropolis have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Akropolis haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • GIF Sundsvall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 17 11 4 2 37 15 9 7 0 2 22 8 8 4 4 0 15 7 22 37
2 Halmstad 17 10 4 3 27 12 9 5 1 3 14 9 8 5 3 0 13 3 15 34
3 Jönköpings Södra 17 9 2 6 28 23 9 6 2 1 17 8 8 3 0 5 11 15 5 29
4 Akropolis 17 6 9 2 24 19 9 3 6 0 13 8 8 3 3 2 11 11 5 27
5 Öster 17 7 6 4 24 19 8 4 2 2 14 9 9 3 4 2 10 10 5 27
6 Brage 17 7 4 6 23 23 8 3 3 2 11 8 9 4 1 4 12 15 0 25
7 Örgryte 17 7 4 6 22 22 9 6 1 2 15 9 8 1 3 4 7 13 0 25
8 GIF Sundsvall 17 6 6 5 30 25 8 4 2 2 17 11 9 2 4 3 13 14 5 24
9 Norrby 17 5 7 5 21 21 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 2 4 3 8 12 0 22
10 Trelleborg 17 5 4 8 18 21 9 3 3 3 10 8 8 2 1 5 8 13 -3 19
11 Västerås SK 17 5 4 8 21 26 8 4 2 2 14 11 9 1 2 6 7 15 -5 19
12 GAIS 17 4 7 6 15 24 9 4 4 1 10 6 8 0 3 5 5 18 -9 19
13 Dalkurd 17 3 8 6 22 23 8 2 5 1 13 8 9 1 3 5 9 15 -1 17
14 Umeå 17 3 8 6 16 19 8 1 5 2 9 9 9 2 3 4 7 10 -3 17
15 Ljungskile 17 3 4 10 20 36 8 3 2 3 11 12 9 0 2 7 9 24 -16 13
16 AFC Eskilstuna 17 3 3 11 16 36 9 3 1 5 12 16 8 0 2 6 4 20 -20 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.