Superettan match prediction: Little separates Norrby and Degerfors in quality

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borås Arena (16899 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Norrby in 6th and Degerfors in 8th place.

It's no vacation for neither Norrby nor Degerfors as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Degerfors play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Degerfors when playing on artificial turf are 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.

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Norrby form and stats

Norrby are steadily winning games and points here at Borås Arena. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Norrby has recorded two wins in a row here at Borås Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Norrby's last game was hosting Degerfors and winning 1-0. Before that, Norrby played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Mjällby.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Norrby have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 1.

A decent goal production from Norrby in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 matches. Norrby have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Degerfors form and stats

Playing away, Degerfors have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season.

Two away games in a row for Degerfors, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Norrby in the Superettan. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Varberg.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Degerfors in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Degerfors, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Degerfors have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. Degerfors have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Norrby - Degerfors 1-0. Norrby-Degerfors H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Norrby 3 wins, Degerfors 3 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

E. Björndahl
8 goals
Richard Yarsuvat
6 goals / 1 assists
R. Alm
5 goals / 3 assists

Norrby missing players

Degerfors missing players

Norrby Degerfors
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played 2 10 19
8 6 0 Won 0 3 7
6 1 1 Drew 1 3 4
5 2 1 Lost 1 4 8
25 15 0 Scored 0 12 25
23 12 1 Conceded 3 11 23
84% 89% 50% Over 0.5 50% 90% 89%
63% 67% 0% Over 1.5 50% 60% 63%
42% 56% 0% Over 2.5 50% 40% 53%
32% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 26%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 21%
53% 44% 0% BTTS 0% 40% 53%
37% 44% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 20% 21%
26% 22% 100% Failed To Score 100% 50% 37%
 
4.7 4.7 3 Corners For (avg) 4.5 5.2 5.7
5.9 5.4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.3 4.7
2.3 1.8 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 0.8 0.8
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Norrby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Norrby
20-07-19 SU Brommapojkarna 3 - 1 Norrby
24-07-19 SU GAIS 1 - 0 Norrby
27-07-19 SU Norrby 3 - 1 Öster
01-08-19 SU Mjällby 1 - 1 Norrby
10-08-19 SU Norrby 1 - 0 Degerfors
17-08-19 SU Syrianska 14:00 Norrby
21-08-19 SC Eskilsminne 16:30 Norrby
26-08-19 SU Norrby 17:00 Brage
01-09-19 SU Dalkurd 15:30 Norrby
15-09-19 SU Norrby 15:30 Varberg
Degerfors
10-07-19 SU Varberg 1 - 0 Degerfors
20-07-19 SU Degerfors 0 - 1 GAIS
27-07-19 SU Jönköpings Södra 1 - 1 Degerfors
03-08-19 SU Degerfors 3 - 1 Varberg
10-08-19 SU Norrby 1 - 0 Degerfors
17-08-19 SU Degerfors 16:00 Trelleborg
21-08-19 SC Sollentuna 16:30 Degerfors
25-08-19 SU Frej 11:00 Degerfors
31-08-19 SU Degerfors 11:30 Halmstad
17-09-19 SU Degerfors 17:00 Mjällby

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Varberg 19 11 4 4 33 21 9 7 1 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 15 13 12 37
2 Mjällby 18 11 2 5 24 17 10 7 1 2 14 7 8 4 1 3 10 10 7 35
3 Brage 18 10 3 5 27 15 9 5 1 3 12 6 9 5 2 2 15 9 12 33
4 Örgryte 18 9 5 4 26 17 9 5 3 1 13 6 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 32
5 Jönköpings Södra 18 9 4 5 30 15 9 6 2 1 14 5 9 3 2 4 16 10 15 31
6 Norrby 19 8 6 5 25 23 9 6 1 2 15 12 10 2 5 3 10 11 2 30
7 Dalkurd 19 8 3 8 24 30 9 5 0 4 13 19 10 3 3 4 11 11 -6 27
8 Degerfors 19 7 4 8 25 23 9 4 1 4 13 12 10 3 3 4 12 11 2 25
9 Halmstad 19 7 3 9 22 22 10 4 3 3 17 11 9 3 0 6 5 11 0 24
10 Trelleborg 18 5 7 6 22 24 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 2 3 4 12 16 -2 22
11 Västerås SK 18 4 9 5 24 20 8 1 5 2 8 9 10 3 4 3 16 11 4 21
12 Syrianska 18 5 5 8 20 30 9 2 3 4 9 17 9 3 2 4 11 13 -10 20
13 GAIS 18 5 4 9 14 26 9 2 2 5 5 15 9 3 2 4 9 11 -12 19
14 Frej 19 3 7 9 20 36 9 1 5 3 12 17 10 2 2 6 8 19 -16 16
15 Öster 18 2 9 7 15 24 10 1 6 3 8 11 8 1 3 4 7 13 -9 15
16 Brommapojkarna 18 3 5 10 23 31 10 2 2 6 13 17 8 1 3 4 10 14 -8 14