Halmstad vs AFC Eskilstuna preview: Guests in for a grim task at Örjans Vall

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Örjans Vall (15500 seats)

The Halmstad & AFC Eskilstuna head coaches Haglund and Jebouri are both afraid of and looking forward to this crucial game in the higher regions of the Superettan standings.

Insights:
  • Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most scored goals (18) in Superettan

Halmstad's stadium, Örjans Vall, has a grass surface. AFC Eskilstuna have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for AFC Eskilstuna when playing on grass; 6 wins, 3 draws and 15 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 51.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Halmstad form and stats

Only two Superettan home games for Halmstad so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Halmstad has won their last four matches.

Halmstad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Skövde AIK's place. The match ended 3-1 with Johansson, Kroon and Karim scoring.

Ahead of that match, Halmstad won a home game hosting Östersunds FK (2-0).

Halmstad has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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AFC Eskilstuna form and stats

AFC Eskilstuna are yet to lose a point on their Superettan travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. AFC Eskilstuna has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Eskilstuna go into this game after a win, the home game against Västerås SK that ended 5-2. What a finish in the last match, as AFC Eskilstuna came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Berhane's goal in the 90th minute. Muhsin has scored for the away side three games in a row. The talent!

A loss against Skövde AIK was the result prior to that, in a home game.

6 goals so far away for AFC Eskilstuna, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - two - four (Halmstad wins - draws - AFC Eskilstuna wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC EskilstunaA. Muhsin
A. Muhsin
6 goals
HalmstadJ. Baffoe
J. Baffoe
2 goals
HalmstadS. Kroon
S. Kroon
2 goals

Halmstad missing players

AFC Eskilstuna missing players

Halmstad AFC Eskilstuna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 0 2 6
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 3 0 Scored S 0 6 18
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 83%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 67%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 83%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 2.8
6.2 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 8.5
5.8 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.7
31% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 82%
 
6.8 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 7.3
2.8 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4.3
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • AFC Eskilstuna have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most points from losing position (6) in Superettan
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most scored goals (18) in Superettan
  • AFC Eskilstuna have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Superettan
  • AFC Eskilstuna have won all their away games so far.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • AFC Eskilstuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • AFC Eskilstuna is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superettan
  • All of AFC Eskilstuna's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • All of Halmstad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Halmstad have created more than twice as many corners as AFC Eskilstuna.
  • Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Halmstad have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Halmstad have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Halmstad 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 AFC Eskilstuna 6 5 0 1 18 11 4 3 0 1 12 7 2 2 0 0 6 4 7 15
2 Brage 6 4 1 1 15 6 4 3 0 1 11 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 9 13
3 Öster 6 4 1 1 11 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 0 0 7 1 7 13
4 Halmstad 6 4 1 1 11 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 3 1 0 8 3 6 13
5 Skövde AIK 7 4 1 2 13 11 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 8 8 2 13
6 Utsikten 6 4 0 2 13 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 5 1 7 12
7 Brommapojkarna 6 3 1 2 13 12 4 3 1 0 10 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 10
8 Örebro 6 3 0 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 9
9 Trelleborg 6 2 2 2 9 11 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 5 8 -2 8
10 Landskrona 6 2 1 3 8 11 2 1 0 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -3 7
11 Norrby 6 2 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 7
12 Dalkurd 7 2 0 5 5 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 6
13 Östersunds FK 6 1 2 3 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 5
14 Västerås SK 6 1 2 3 7 13 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 0 1 2 4 8 -6 5
15 Jönköpings Södra 6 1 0 5 10 16 3 0 0 3 6 10 3 1 0 2 4 6 -6 3
16 Örgryte 6 0 1 5 7 16 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 5 11 -9 1

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.