Match guide: Halmstad the front runner when Dalkurd come to town

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Örjans Vall (15500 seats)

Halmstad should be expected winners of this home game versus Dalkurd, if the league table is to be trusted. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Halmstad is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superettan
  • Dalkurd have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Superettan

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Halmstad form and stats

Halmstad have performed here at Örjans Vall this season with 6 wins from 8 Superettan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Halmstad has won four games in a row. The Landskrona match was the last time out without a victory.

Halmstad enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Trelleborg's place. The match ended 4-0 with Johansson, Dahlström and Johansson scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Halmstad played a great game against Trelleborg and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Ahead of that match, Halmstad won a home game hosting Landskrona (2-1).

Halmstad are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 2.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Halmstad's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Halmstad have conceded only 7 goals.

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Dalkurd form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dalkurd so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Dalkurd won their last game, 2-1 versus Norrby played at home. Abdulla came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Norrby last time out, making the manager Azrafshan feel like a tactical genius.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AFC Eskilstuna that ended 0-0.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dalkurd's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dalkurd have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought before this season: Dalkurd - Halmstad 0-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Halmstad wins - draws - Dalkurd wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HalmstadA. Johansson
A. Johansson
9 goals
HalmstadJ. Baffoe
J. Baffoe
7 goals
DalkurdA. Kabashi
A. Kabashi
5 goals

Halmstad missing players

Dalkurd missing players

Halmstad Dalkurd
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
12 6 2 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 3
3 2 1 Lost L 1 4 9
38 17 6 Scored S 0 4 15
16 7 2 Conceded C 5 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 88%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 38% 59%
76% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 47%
35% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 24%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 18%
65% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 29%
35% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 24%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 59%
 
6.9 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5
5 5.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.8 6.8
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.9 12.9 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 9.3
4.9 4.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.6 3.2
45% 44% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 28%
 
7.9 7.9 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.5 12.4
2.6 1.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.5 5.4
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • All of Halmstad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dalkurd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dalkurd have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Superettan
  • Dalkurd have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Superettan
  • Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Halmstad have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Halmstad have scored more than double the goals of Dalkurd.
  • Halmstad have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Superettan
  • Halmstad have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Superettan
  • Halmstad have the the best goal difference (+22) in Superettan
  • Halmstad have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Halmstad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Halmstad is in the best form (5-0-1) in Superettan

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Halmstad 17 12 2 3 38 16 8 6 0 2 17 7 9 6 2 1 21 9 22 38
2 Brage 17 9 5 3 31 16 9 5 2 2 16 7 8 4 3 1 15 9 15 32
3 Brommapojkarna 17 8 5 4 38 27 9 7 2 0 27 11 8 1 3 4 11 16 11 29
4 Oster 17 8 5 4 30 22 8 4 1 3 15 13 9 4 4 1 15 9 8 29
5 Skövde AIK 17 8 5 4 24 21 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 5 2 2 15 13 3 29
6 Trelleborg 17 8 4 5 27 27 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 4 1 3 14 15 0 28
7 AFC Eskilstuna 17 8 3 6 35 27 9 6 1 2 21 11 8 2 2 4 14 16 8 27
8 Utsikten 17 7 3 7 27 25 8 3 3 2 13 10 9 4 0 5 14 15 2 24
9 Örebro 17 7 2 8 19 22 9 5 1 3 12 11 8 2 1 5 7 11 -3 23
10 Landskrona 17 5 6 6 22 27 8 3 3 2 13 13 9 2 3 4 9 14 -5 21
11 Västerås SK 17 4 6 7 23 30 8 2 4 2 13 14 9 2 2 5 10 16 -7 18
12 Norrby 17 5 3 9 17 26 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 2 0 6 9 17 -9 18
13 Dalkurd 17 5 3 9 15 26 9 4 0 5 11 13 8 1 3 4 4 13 -11 18
14 Jonkopings Sodra 17 4 4 9 24 32 9 3 1 5 16 17 8 1 3 4 8 15 -8 16
15 Orgryte 17 2 8 7 22 30 9 1 5 3 12 14 8 1 3 4 10 16 -8 14
16 Östersunds FK 17 1 6 10 11 29 7 1 3 3 6 11 10 0 3 7 5 18 -18 9

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.