Superettan preview: Can GIF Sundsvall edge out victory against Dalkurd?

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 27.June
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: NP3 Arena (8000 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Superettan table has to be read with caution. So far GIF Sundsvall find themselves in 1st position and Dalkurd are placed 3rd.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superettan.

Dalkurd play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Dalkurd when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.

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GIF Sundsvall form and stats

The hosts won their first Superettan game here at NP3 Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for GIF Sundsvall last season were 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 15 games.

A good away victory last time out for GIF Sundsvall, who won 2-1 against Brage (placed 15th). Ahead of that match, GIF Sundsvall won a home game hosting Umeå (3-1).

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 eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the GIF Sundsvall at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Dalkurd form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Superettan away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

184 minutes! That's how long the Dalkurd goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Dalkurd go into this game after a win, the home game against AFC Eskilstuna that ended 5-0. A 0-0 draw at Akropolis's stadium before that.

As you can tell from the results above, Dalkurd was very dominant against AFC Eskilstuna, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with J. Stenberg (2), I. Jašarević, P. Sejdiu and K. Cissoko providing the goals.

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

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Dalkurd has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Sundsvall won zero, Dalkurd won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SundsvallP. Engblom
P. Engblom
4 goals
DalkurdJ. Stenberg
J. Stenberg
2 goals
GIF SundsvallA. Palmlöv
A. Palmlöv
1 goals

GIF Sundsvall missing players

Dalkurd missing players

GIF Sundsvall Dalkurd
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 0 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
2.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 1.5
7 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1
2.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 7 0 Total Shots T S 0 4 4
9 5 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 3
56% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 167%
GIF Sundsvall Last season Dalkurd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
4 3   Won W   4 13
8 4   Drew D   4 5
18 8   Lost L   7 12
31 21   Scored S   17 43
50 27   Conceded C   20 47
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 90%
80% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 80%
53% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 60%
23% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 40%
10% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 20%
63% 80%   BTTS BTTS   53% 60%
10% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
33% 20%   Failed to Score F T   47% 30%
 
3.7 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.9
5.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
328 186   Total Shots T S   143 330
119 75   Shots on Target S O   63 145
26% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 GIF Sundsvall 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Öster 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Dalkurd 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4
4 Degerfors 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
5 Västerås SK 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Norrby 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Halmstad 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Jönköpings Södra 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Trelleborg 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Örgryte 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
11 GAIS 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
12 Akropolis 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Umeå 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
14 Ljungskile 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
15 Brage 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
16 AFC Eskilstuna 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djurgården 30 20 6 4 53 19 15 10 3 2 29 10 15 10 3 2 24 9 34 66
2 Malmö FF 30 19 8 3 56 16 15 12 2 1 34 7 15 7 6 2 22 9 40 65
3 Hammarby 30 20 5 5 75 38 15 13 2 0 49 15 15 7 3 5 26 23 37 65
4 AIK 30 19 5 6 47 24 15 11 2 2 21 7 15 8 3 4 26 17 23 62
5 Norrköping 30 16 9 5 54 26 15 10 3 2 32 10 15 6 6 3 22 16 28 57
6 Häcken 30 14 7 9 44 29 15 8 2 5 25 13 15 6 5 4 19 16 15 49
7 IFK Göteborg 30 13 9 8 46 31 15 8 5 2 26 7 15 5 4 6 20 24 15 48
8 Elfsborg 30 11 10 9 44 45 15 7 6 2 24 13 15 4 4 7 20 32 -1 43
9 Örebro 30 9 6 15 40 56 15 4 4 7 20 25 15 5 2 8 20 31 -16 33
10 Helsingborg 30 8 6 16 29 49 15 6 3 6 19 20 15 2 3 10 10 29 -20 30
11 Sirius 30 8 5 17 34 51 15 5 1 9 23 30 15 3 4 8 11 21 -17 29
12 Östersunds FK 30 5 10 15 27 52 15 4 5 6 19 20 15 1 5 9 8 32 -25 25
13 Falkenberg 30 6 7 17 25 62 15 5 4 6 11 20 15 1 3 11 14 42 -37 25
14 Kalmar 30 4 11 15 22 47 15 1 8 6 12 23 15 3 3 9 10 24 -25 23
15 GIF Sundsvall 30 4 8 18 31 50 15 3 4 8 21 27 15 1 4 10 10 23 -19 20
16 AFC Eskilstuna 30 4 8 18 23 55 15 3 6 6 15 23 15 1 2 12 8 32 -32 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mjallby 30 17 6 7 44 31 15 11 1 3 24 14 15 6 5 4 20 17 13 57
2 Varberg 30 15 10 5 49 27 15 9 5 1 28 9 15 6 5 4 21 18 22 55
3 Brage 30 16 6 8 54 33 15 9 2 4 27 13 15 7 4 4 27 20 21 54
4 Jönköpings Södra 30 15 7 8 52 31 15 8 4 3 25 14 15 7 3 5 27 17 21 52
5 Degerfors 30 15 6 9 46 34 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 6 4 5 21 17 12 51
6 Halmstad 30 14 4 12 45 34 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 6 1 8 15 17 11 46
7 Örgryte 30 12 10 8 43 37 15 7 6 2 21 13 15 5 4 6 22 24 6 46
8 Dalkurd 30 13 5 12 43 47 15 9 1 5 26 27 15 4 4 7 17 20 -4 44
9 Norrby 30 11 9 10 43 43 15 8 3 4 26 21 15 3 6 6 17 22 0 42
10 Västerås SK 30 8 10 12 41 40 15 4 6 5 21 19 15 4 4 7 20 21 1 34
11 Trelleborg 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 6 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 17 28 -13 32
12 GAIS 30 8 8 14 23 40 15 3 5 7 9 19 15 5 3 7 14 21 -17 32
13 Öster 30 6 11 13 32 43 15 4 6 5 18 16 15 2 5 8 14 27 -11 29
14 Frej 30 7 8 15 35 55 15 3 5 7 19 29 15 4 3 8 16 26 -20 29
15 Brommapojkarna 30 6 10 14 38 49 15 3 5 7 18 24 15 3 5 7 20 25 -11 28
16 Syrianska 30 6 7 17 29 60 15 3 4 8 16 30 15 3 3 9 13 30 -31 25

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.