It's early days in the Superettan and both Norrby and Akropolis are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Akropolis play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Akropolis when playing on artifical turf are 14 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 21 matches. They have scored 49 goals and conceded 28 times in these games.
Norrby form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Norrby's two home games in the Superettan so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Borås Arena.
In their previous game, the manager M. Khan led his Norrby to a defeat in the Superettan match away at Halmstad. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Borås Arena. In the match before that, Norrby hosted Ljungskile and drew the game 2-2.
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 Norrby have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.
Norrby has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Akropolis form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Superettan for Akropolis with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
There were no winners in Akropolis's previous match, a Superettan home game that ended 2-2 vs Trelleborg (placed 14th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jonkopings Sodra wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Akropolis's last match (vs Trelleborg) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 88th minute equalizer by M. Albornoz. As mentioned above, Akropolis drew the match against Trelleborg. Manager G. Christopoulos brought on M. Albornoz to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
We have checked recent matches where Akropolis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.
It's early days yet, but Akropolis has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Krasnici 2 goals | R. Örqvist 2 goals |  D. Rexhepi 2 goals |
Norrby missing players
Akropolis missing players
| Norrby | Akropolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4.4 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 24 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 33 |
| 15 | 11 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 47% | 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 40% |
- Akropolis have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Akropolis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Akropolis have yet to win a game away.
- All of Akropolis's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Norrby's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Norrby have not yet lost a game at home.
- Norrby have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Norrby haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Norrby | Last season | Akropolis | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 12 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 37 | 77 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 70% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 63% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 37% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 3% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 303 | 165 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 295 | ||
| 128 | 73 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 155 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Öster | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Halmstad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Degerfors | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Norrby | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Brage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | GAIS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Akropolis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Västerås SK | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Jonkopings Sodra | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Örgryte | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Dalkurd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Umeå | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Trelleborg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Ljungskile | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 3 |