Superettan preview: Can Norrby edge out victory against AFC Eskilstuna?

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Wed 29.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borås Arena (17800 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Norrby fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against AFC Eskilstuna.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Superettan match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Västerås SK, so at least Norrby are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Norrby form and stats

Norrby have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Superettan. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two draws in a row at home now for Norrby.

It's back home for Norrby, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Västerås SK away with the result 2-1. E. Montagna and O. Akpoveta found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at GIF Sundsvall that finished 0-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superettan game versus Jönköpings Södra in only four days. This game is also played here at Borås Arena.

The Norrby manager M. Khan has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Norrby's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AFC Eskilstuna form and stats

No Superettan points yet away for AFC Eskilstuna, from their first 3 matches. It's all red in the travel logs of Eskilstuna, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

O. Nnamani and F. Baptiste scored in Eskilstuna's previous match, the home game against GAIS that ended 2-0. A 1-2 defeat away at Halmstad before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Eskilstuna when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

A new game in only three days for Eskilstuna, the Superettan home match versus Öster. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Eskilstuna defense as they have conceded 9 goals in 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Norrby won zero, AFC Eskilstuna won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC EskilstunaO. Nnamani
O. Nnamani
3 goals
AFC EskilstunaF. Baptiste
F. Baptiste
3 goals
NorrbyA. Krasnici
A. Krasnici
2 goals

Norrby missing players

AFC Eskilstuna missing players

Norrby AFC Eskilstuna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 2 Played P 0 3 8
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 6
10 6 5 Scored S 0 2 9
9 3 2 Conceded C 0 9 17
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 88%
62% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
12% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 25%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 62%
38% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
5.9 6.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.7 2.6
4.2 3.7 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.7 6.8
1.8 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
69 36 24 Total Shots T S 0 13 39
26 16 11 Shots on Target S O 0 3 12
38% 38% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 75%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • AFC Eskilstuna has the fewest points (0) away
  • AFC Eskilstuna has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
  • AFC Eskilstuna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have lost all their away matches so far.
  • AFC Eskilstuna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AFC Eskilstuna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AFC Eskilstuna's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Norrby's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Norrby have created more than twice as many corners as AFC Eskilstuna.
  • Norrby have not yet lost a game at home.

  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 8 5 2 1 12 6 4 3 0 1 6 2 4 2 2 0 6 4 6 17
2 Halmstad 8 5 1 2 14 5 5 3 0 2 10 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 9 16
3 GIF Sundsvall 8 4 4 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 6 3 7 16
4 Akropolis 8 3 4 1 12 9 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 3 13
5 Öster 8 3 4 1 8 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 13
6 Brage 8 4 1 3 11 12 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 3 0 2 7 8 -1 13
7 Jönköpings Södra 8 4 0 4 12 11 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 3 5 8 1 12
8 Norrby 8 3 3 2 10 9 3 1 2 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 4 6 1 12
9 Trelleborg 8 3 2 3 10 8 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 11
10 Umeå 8 2 3 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 0 9
11 Västerås SK 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 9
12 GAIS 8 2 2 4 6 12 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 9 -6 8
13 Dalkurd 8 1 4 3 12 12 3 1 1 1 7 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 0 7
14 Örgryte 8 2 1 5 8 16 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 5 9 -8 7
15 AFC Eskilstuna 8 2 0 6 9 17 5 2 0 3 7 8 3 0 0 3 2 9 -8 6
16 Ljungskile 8 1 2 5 12 17 4 1 1 2 7 8 4 0 1 3 5 9 -5 5

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.