Evenly matched teams: Öster vs Helsingborg match preview

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Visma Arena (12173 seats)

Superettan: Two sides in reasonably good form get together for this fixture. Helsingborg could have a tiny edge with their 2nd place in the table?

Insights:
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals (17) in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most scored goals (32) in Superettan

Öster and Helsingborg 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.

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Öster form and stats

Öster, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in Superettan, have played 11 Superettan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Öster goalkeeper Mattias Nilsson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 223 minutes without conceding a goal in the Superettan.

A good away victory last time out for Öster, who won 2-0 against Falkenberg (placed 16th).

Ahead of that match, Öster won a home game hosting Varnamo (2-0).

Öster are traveling soon after this match as the Superettan match at AFC Eskilstuna awaits in four days.

Öster have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Öster have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Helsingborg form and stats

Playing away, Helsingborg, who have the most scored goals (32) in Superettan, have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Superettan this season.

Impressive finishing from A. van den Hurk, A. Kaied and B. Hendriksson secured the home win 3-0 against Jönköpings Södra in their previous game.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Trelleborg.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Superettan trip to Norrby.

Helsingborg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Helsingborg as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Helsingborg - Öster 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Öster wins - draws - Helsingborg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HelsingborgA. van den Hurk
A. van den Hurk
11 goals
ÖsterN. Mortensen
N. Mortensen
5 goals
HelsingborgB. Hendriksson Olsen
B. Hendriksson Olsen
4 goals

Öster missing players

Helsingborg missing players

Öster Helsingborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
7 4 1 Won W 1 5 11
6 5 2 Drew D 2 4 6
8 2 1 Lost L 0 1 4
17 10 2 Scored S 3 14 32
17 7 2 Conceded C 2 6 15
81% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 86%
52% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 57%
19% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 43%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
29% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 29%
48% 55% 75% Clean Sheets C S 67% 70% 57%
43% 36% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 29%
 
5 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.2
4.7 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 6.3
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.9 11
3.4 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4.8
24% 29% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 34% 32%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Helsingborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Helsingborg have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most clean sheets (12) in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most clean sheets (7) away in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most points (19) away in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most scored goals (32) in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the the best goal difference (+17) in Superettan
  • Helsingborg have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals (17) in Superettan
  • Öster have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 Varnamo 21 12 4 5 25 15 11 8 2 1 14 4 10 4 2 4 11 11 10 40
2 Helsingborg 21 11 6 4 32 15 11 6 2 3 18 9 10 5 4 1 14 6 17 39
3 Trelleborg 21 10 7 4 28 21 10 7 2 1 14 6 11 3 5 3 14 15 7 37
4 GIF Sundsvall 20 10 4 6 29 21 11 7 2 2 20 11 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 34
5 Norrby 21 9 7 5 28 21 10 5 3 2 14 8 11 4 4 3 14 13 7 34
6 Landskrona 21 10 4 7 29 23 11 8 2 1 18 8 10 2 2 6 11 15 6 34
7 Jönköpings Södra 20 9 3 8 27 26 9 6 2 1 18 9 11 3 1 7 9 17 1 30
8 Öster 21 7 6 8 17 17 11 4 5 2 10 7 10 3 1 6 7 10 0 27
9 Orgryte 21 6 9 6 23 26 10 3 5 2 11 9 11 3 4 4 12 17 -3 27
10 AFC Eskilstuna 20 7 5 8 28 24 11 7 3 1 23 9 9 0 2 7 5 15 4 26
11 GAIS 20 7 2 11 22 25 9 3 1 5 10 13 11 4 1 6 12 12 -3 23
12 Västerås SK 21 5 8 8 23 30 11 3 5 3 13 16 10 2 3 5 10 14 -7 23
13 Brage 21 5 6 10 25 33 10 3 2 5 11 16 11 2 4 5 14 17 -8 21
14 Vasalund 21 6 3 12 27 36 10 4 1 5 15 16 11 2 2 7 12 20 -9 21
15 Akropolis 21 5 6 10 20 35 10 3 2 5 8 15 11 2 4 5 12 20 -15 21
16 Falkenberg 21 5 4 12 23 38 11 3 3 5 13 20 10 2 1 7 10 18 -15 19

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.