Home advantage could prove decisive in Öster - Västerås SK battle

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Mon 06.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Visma Arena (12173 seats)

Get ready for Öster - Västerås SK! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!

Insights:
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals (12) in Superettan
  • Västerås SK is in the worst form (1-1-4)

This could be an action-packed match with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Västerås SK have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-7-17 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.

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Öster form and stats

3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Superettan numbers at home for Öster, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Superettan, so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Öster.

N. Mortensen was the last player to score a league goal for Öster and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Öster haven't scored in 180 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager D. Velic led his Öster to a defeat in the Superettan match away at Trelleborg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Visma Arena.

Before that, Öster drew at home versus Orgryte.

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 Öster have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won five times, drawn six and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Öster here at Visma Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Öster are not conceding a lot of goals here at Visma Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Västerås SK form and stats

Västerås SK have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Superettan, after 1-2-5 (8 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Västerås SK in their previous game, as they lost their Superettan-match, hosting Falkenberg, 1-3.

Before that, Västerås travelled to Brage and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Västerås SK are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Västerås SK rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Västerås SK - Öster 0-0 was the end result in these sides' previous h2h fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Öster victories, six draws and one Västerås SK win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ÖsterN. Mortensen
N. Mortensen
4 goals
Västerås SKS. Johansson
S. Johansson
3 goals
Västerås SKV. Prodell
V. Prodell
3 goals

Öster missing players

Västerås SK missing players

Öster Västerås SK
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
8 2 1 Lost L 2 5 8
12 7 3 Scored S 0 7 19
16 6 3 Conceded C 2 13 28
78% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
44% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 61%
22% 22% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 56%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
28% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
44% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 22%
50% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 39%
 
5.1 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 5.4
4.6 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6 5.7
2.1 2.4 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.8 9.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.1 10.8
2.9 2.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 4.2
23% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 25%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Västerås SK haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Västerås SK is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Öster have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals (12) in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Superettan
  • Öster have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) 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 18 11 3 4 22 12 9 7 1 1 11 3 9 4 2 3 11 9 10 36
2 Helsingborg 18 10 4 4 26 12 9 5 1 3 14 8 9 5 3 1 12 4 14 34
3 Trelleborg 18 9 5 4 23 18 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 3 3 3 12 13 5 32
4 Landskrona 18 9 4 5 27 20 10 7 2 1 16 7 8 2 2 4 11 13 7 31
5 Norrby 18 9 4 5 26 19 8 5 1 2 13 7 10 4 3 3 13 12 7 31
6 GIF Sundsvall 17 8 4 5 26 19 9 6 2 1 19 10 8 2 2 4 7 9 7 28
7 Jonkopings Sodra 17 8 3 6 25 20 8 5 2 1 16 8 9 3 1 5 9 12 5 27
8 AFC Eskilstuna 18 7 4 7 25 20 9 7 2 0 20 5 9 0 2 7 5 15 5 25
9 Öster 18 5 5 8 12 16 9 3 4 2 7 6 9 2 1 6 5 10 -4 20
10 GAIS 18 6 2 10 17 22 9 3 1 5 10 13 9 3 1 5 7 9 -5 20
11 Orgryte 18 4 8 6 18 24 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 2 3 4 10 16 -6 20
12 Akropolis 18 5 5 8 16 27 9 3 2 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 8 14 -11 20
13 Brage 18 4 6 8 22 26 8 2 2 4 9 12 10 2 4 4 13 14 -4 18
14 Västerås SK 18 4 6 8 19 28 10 3 4 3 12 15 8 1 2 5 7 13 -9 18
15 Falkenberg 18 5 3 10 19 31 9 3 2 4 10 15 9 2 1 6 9 16 -12 18
16 Vasalund 18 5 2 11 24 33 9 4 1 4 14 14 9 1 1 7 10 19 -9 17

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.