Superettan match preview: Ljungskile believed to be the weaker party when Degerfors pays a visit

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Uddevalla Arena (8000 seats)

The visiting Degerfors side should be favourites in this visit to Ljungskile, as the away team holds a 37 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Ljungskile has the the worst goal difference (-23) in Superettan
  • Degerfors has the most scored goals (61) in Superettan

Ljungskile and Degerfors 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.

Ljungskile have had a bad season and will be relegated from Superettan. Degerfors are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Ljungskile form and stats

With 3 Superettan wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Ljungskile, who have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Superettan, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Ljungskile enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Öster's place. The match ended 1-0 with F. Karlin scoring. Preceding that match was a defeat to Jönköpings Södra (0-1).

L. Dahl was on the receiving end of a red card in the Ljungskile-Öster match, being sent off in the 70th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 1-0 victory.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ljungskile here at Uddevalla Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Ljungskile have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Degerfors form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (61) in Superettan, on their Superettan travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Degerfors might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. GIF Sundsvall proved too strong as Degerfors slumped to a 2-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Stora Valla. A 0-2 defeat away at AFC Eskilstuna before that.

As you can tell from the result, the match against GIF Sundsvall was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Degerfors are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Degerfors - Ljungskile 4-1. Ljungskile-Degerfors H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ljungskile two wins, Degerfors four wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DegerforsJ. Bertilsson
J. Bertilsson
18 goals
DegerforsV. Edvardsen
V. Edvardsen
15 goals
DegerforsV. Dahlström
V. Dahlström
10 goals

Ljungskile missing players

Degerfors missing players

Ljungskile Degerfors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
5 3 1 Won W 2 6 18
8 5 1 Drew D 3 6 6
16 6 2 Lost L 0 2 5
24 13 2 Scored S 10 24 61
47 18 4 Conceded C 3 12 30
86% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
69% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 79%
45% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 52%
28% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 41%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 34%
48% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 55%
24% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 31%
41% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.8 8.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.4 12.5 12.7
2.9 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.5 5.2
28% 30% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 38% 40%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Degerfors has the most scored goals (61) in Superettan
  • Degerfors has the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Superettan
  • Degerfors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Degerfors have scored more than double the goals of Ljungskile.
  • Ljungskile has the fewest points (14) at home in Superettan
  • Ljungskile has the fewest points from losing position (3) in Superettan
  • Ljungskile has the fewest scored goals (13) at home in Superettan
  • Ljungskile has the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Superettan
  • Ljungskile has the the worst goal difference (-23) 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 29 20 5 4 57 16 15 11 1 3 29 10 14 9 4 1 28 6 41 65
2 Degerfors 29 18 6 5 61 30 15 12 0 3 37 18 14 6 6 2 24 12 31 60
3 Jönköpings Södra 29 18 4 7 51 33 15 12 2 1 28 10 14 6 2 6 23 23 18 58
4 Öster 29 15 6 8 40 34 15 9 2 4 23 15 14 6 4 4 17 19 6 51
5 Akropolis 29 10 14 5 43 38 14 5 8 1 23 18 15 5 6 4 20 20 5 44
6 GIF Sundsvall 29 12 7 10 53 47 14 7 2 5 29 26 15 5 5 5 24 21 6 43
7 Västerås SK 29 10 6 13 38 43 14 7 3 4 24 21 15 3 3 9 14 22 -5 36
8 Brage 29 10 6 13 37 44 15 4 4 7 16 22 14 6 2 6 21 22 -7 36
9 Norrby 29 8 10 11 39 40 15 5 3 7 22 20 14 3 7 4 17 20 -1 34
10 AFC Eskilstuna 29 10 4 15 35 49 14 6 2 6 18 19 15 4 2 9 17 30 -14 34
11 GAIS 29 8 9 12 29 41 15 6 6 3 18 14 14 2 3 9 11 27 -12 33
12 Trelleborg 29 8 8 13 31 37 14 4 7 3 16 13 15 4 1 10 15 24 -6 32
13 Örgryte 29 9 5 15 33 42 14 7 1 6 21 18 15 2 4 9 12 24 -9 32
14 Dalkurd 29 6 11 12 33 41 14 3 8 3 19 15 15 3 3 9 14 26 -8 29
15 Umeå 29 5 11 13 24 46 15 3 6 6 14 21 14 2 5 7 10 25 -22 26
16 Ljungskile 29 5 8 16 24 47 14 3 5 6 13 18 15 2 3 10 11 29 -23 23

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.