Season ticket holders at Borås Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Norrby languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Brage will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Brage play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Brage on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 13 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-14. You can compare this with overall results below.
Norrby are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Brage are struggling to avoid relegation.
Norrby form and stats
With 3 Superettan wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Norrby are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for Norrby in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Västerås SK game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
It's back home for Norrby, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Akropolis away with the result 3-1. O. Akpoveta and A. Saidi (2) found the net in that victory. Before that game, the home loss against Halmstad with the scoreline 0-2.
Norrby are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 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. Norrby have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Brage form and stats
5-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brage in their Superettan matches away. It's a growing despair in Brage as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Superettan home defeat versus Jonkopings Sodra with 1-4 on the scoreboard. A loss against Ljungskile was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visiting Brage have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brage have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Brage - Norrby 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Norrby, two draws and one win for Brage. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Norrby missing players
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| Norrby | Brage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 35 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 84% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 83% | 76% |
| 48% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 52% |
| 28% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 24% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 56% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 64% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 17% | 20% |
| 32% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 269 | 145 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 118 | 258 |
| 98 | 55 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 46 | 102 |
| 31% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 30% |
- Brage haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Jonkopings Sodra | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | Oster | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 45 |
| 5 | GIF Sundsvall | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 40 |
| 6 | Akropolis | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Brage | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Dalkurd | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Västerås SK | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 10 | Orgryte | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | GAIS | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -12 | 29 |
| 12 | Norrby | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | AFC Eskilstuna | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 28 |
| 14 | Trelleborg | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Umeå | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Ljungskile | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -22 | 19 |