Delightful dogfight as daring GIF Sundsvall duels with determined Brage

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Mon 02.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: NP3 Arena (8000 seats)

13 rounds of fixtures have been played and GIF Sundsvall are 8 points ahead of Brage. What happens today?

Insights:
  • GIF Sundsvall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

It should be mentioned that Brage play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Brage on artifical turf are 7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-17. You can compare this with overall results below.

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GIF Sundsvall form and stats

13 points is a decent return from 6 Superettan games here at NP3 Arena for GIF Sundsvall. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at NP3 Arena.

Sundsvall haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 246 minutes ago. L. Hallenius scored that one.

Sundsvall faced defeat in their previous match, away at Landskrona (0-2).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AFC Eskilstuna (0-2).

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 GIF Sundsvall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost three.

A decent goal production from Sundsvall in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Sundsvall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Brage form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superettan travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superettan home defeat versus Trelleborg with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus GAIS at their stadium, the result 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Brage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were four victories, three draws and four defeats.

The visiting Brage have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Brage in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings between the teams: Sundsvall won six, Brage won one and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SundsvallP. Engblom
P. Engblom
5 goals
GIF SundsvallJ. Bengtsson
J. Bengtsson
4 goals
BrageL. Pllana
L. Pllana
4 goals

GIF Sundsvall missing players

Brage missing players

GIF Sundsvall Brage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
6 4 2 Won W 2 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 7
17 11 4 Scored S 4 8 11
14 6 2 Conceded C 1 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 54%
31% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 38%
15% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
8% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 46%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 23%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 38%
 
6 7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.3 5
4.7 3.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 4.5
0.8 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.8 11.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.1 10.1
3.5 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.2
37% 46% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 20%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Brage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brage haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • GIF Sundsvall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • GIF Sundsvall have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • GIF Sundsvall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Jonkopings Sodra 12 6 3 3 20 12 6 4 2 0 14 4 6 2 1 3 6 8 8 21
6 GIF Sundsvall 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 2 1 4 6 8 3 20
7 Helsingborg 11 5 3 3 15 9 6 3 0 3 8 7 5 2 3 0 7 2 6 18
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 12 4 3 5 10 12 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 1 3 4 6 -2 15
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 12 3 1 8 12 21 6 2 0 4 7 13 6 1 1 4 5 8 -9 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.