Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Halmstad welcomes Norrby

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Örjans Vall (15500 seats)

The Superettan league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Halmstad and Norrby are placed 3rd and 5th respectively.

It's no vacation for neither Halmstad nor Norrby as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This pitch has grass, which is not Norrby's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Norrby have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 7 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 27-41 (scored/conceded).

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Halmstad form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Halmstad's two home games in the Superettan so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Örjans Vall.

Halmstad are confident in defense, having played 285 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Halmstad manager M. Haglund and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Brage (placed 14th) in the Superettan. Ahead of that match, Halmstad won a home game hosting Jönköpings Södra (3-0).

There will be little rest for Halmstad after this match as they are travelling to Umeå for a Superettan game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Halmstad at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Norrby form and stats

Things could have gone better for Norrby in their Superettan away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in Norrby's previous match, a Superettan home game that ended 2-2 vs Ljungskile (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Degerfors with the score of 1-0.

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

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Halmstad, zero draws and two wins for Norrby. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

HalmstadR. Wiedesheim-Paul
R. Wiedesheim-Paul
4 goals
NorrbyA. Krasnici
A. Krasnici
2 goals
NorrbyR. Örqvist
R. Örqvist
2 goals

Halmstad missing players

Norrby missing players

Halmstad Norrby
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 2 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 2 2 7
1 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 4
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.2 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.5 6.2
4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 3.5
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
32 14 0 Total Shots T S 8 8 32
14 9 0 Shots on Target S O 2 2 13
43% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 54%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Halmstad has the the best goal difference (+5)
  • Norrby has the most scored goals in the second half (6)
Halmstad Last season Norrby
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
14 8   Won W   3 11
4 3   Drew D   6 9
12 4   Lost L   6 10
45 30   Scored S   17 43
34 17   Conceded C   22 43
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
73% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 67%
53% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
27% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 37%
13% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
43% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
37% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
23% 13%   Failed to Score F T   33% 27%
 
5.8 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.8
3.1 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.9
1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
366 174   Total Shots T S   138 303
142 72   Shots on Target S O   55 128
32% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%

  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 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
2 Öster 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
3 Halmstad 4 2 1 1 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 5 7
4 Degerfors 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
5 Norrby 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 7
6 Jönköpings Södra 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 6
7 Örgryte 4 2 0 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 6
8 Dalkurd 4 1 2 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 5
9 Västerås SK 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
10 Umeå 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
11 Akropolis 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 5
12 Ljungskile 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
13 Trelleborg 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 4
14 Brage 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 4
15 GAIS 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
16 AFC Eskilstuna 4 0 0 4 2 11 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 7 -9 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 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.