Superettan prediction and preview: Jönköpings Södra modest favorites to beat Västerås SK

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadsparksvallen (6261 seats)

The league table in Superettan tells a story about these teams so far, with Jönköpings Södra leading Västerås SK by 7 points. Match preview to follow:

Jönköpings Södra and Västerås SK should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has grass, which is not Västerås SK's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Västerås SK have performed like this: Played 24 matches resulting in 7 wins, 4 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 29-35 (scored/conceded).

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Jönköpings Södra form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 Superettan games here at Stadsparksvallen for Jönköpings Södra. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Jönköpings Södra has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadsparksvallen, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The fans are hoping that Jönköpings Södra will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Superettan game against Örgryte (placed 8th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Dalkurd.

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 Jönköpings have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost one.

Jönköpings Södra have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadsparksvallen with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Jönköpings have conceded 7 goals.

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Västerås SK form and stats

Västerås SK have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Superettan, after 1-1-4 (6 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Västerås in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Oster.

Västerås won their last game, 2-0 versus Umeå played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Trelleborg before that.

Västerås are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

Goals are few and far between in Västerås's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. As opposed to that, Västerås have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between the teams: Jönköpings Södra won two, Västerås SK won two and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JönköpingsA. Al-Ammari
A. Al-Ammari
4 goals
Västerås SKK. Safari
K. Safari
4 goals
Jönköpings SödraE. Hamidovic
E. Hamidovic
3 goals

Jönköpings Södra missing players

Västerås SK missing players

Jönköpings Södra Västerås SK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 6 13
7 5 3 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
20 13 5 Scored S 1 3 16
18 7 2 Conceded C 5 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
77% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 77%
62% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 62%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 31%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
54% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 62%
15% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 23%
 
5.2 6.6 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.7 4.8
4.3 3.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 4.2
1.7 2.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
143 61 26 Total Shots T S 18 63 136
53 25 11 Shots on Target S O 5 27 58
38% 52% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 11% 28%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Jönköpings Södra has the most points from losing position (13)
  • Jönköpings Södra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Västerås SK have scored away.
  • Jönköpings Södra have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Jönköpings Södra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Västerås SK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Degerfors 13 9 3 1 28 9 7 6 0 1 18 4 6 3 3 0 10 5 19 30
2 Halmstad 13 7 4 2 20 8 7 4 1 2 12 5 6 3 3 0 8 3 12 25
3 GIF Sundsvall 13 6 6 1 26 16 7 4 2 1 16 9 6 2 4 0 10 7 10 24
4 Akropolis 13 5 7 1 19 14 6 2 4 0 9 5 7 3 3 1 10 9 5 22
5 Jönköpings Södra 13 7 1 5 20 18 7 5 1 1 13 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 2 22
6 Trelleborg 13 5 3 5 16 15 6 3 2 1 9 4 7 2 1 4 7 11 1 18
7 Brage 13 5 3 5 19 20 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 3 0 4 10 14 -1 18
8 Örgryte 13 5 3 5 16 20 7 4 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 7 11 -4 18
9 Oster 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 1 3 2 4 7 -1 17
10 Norrby 13 3 6 4 15 17 6 1 3 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 7 9 -2 15
11 Västerås SK 13 4 3 6 16 19 7 3 2 2 13 11 6 1 1 4 3 8 -3 15
12 Dalkurd 13 2 7 4 18 18 6 1 4 1 10 6 7 1 3 3 8 12 0 13
13 GAIS 13 2 6 5 9 18 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 0 3 4 4 14 -9 12
14 Umeå 13 2 5 6 13 17 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 11
15 Ljungskile 13 2 4 7 18 28 6 2 2 2 9 9 7 0 2 5 9 19 -10 10
16 AFC Eskilstuna 13 2 2 9 12 27 7 2 1 4 9 11 6 0 1 5 3 16 -15 8

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.