Game week two of the Superettan season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Västerås SK - Degerfors preview:
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superettan.
Degerfors play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Degerfors when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.
Västerås SK form and stats
Happy days for Västerås SK in their previous game, a Superettan match away at AFC Eskilstuna (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Svenska Cupen match versus Sirius with a 3-0 scoreline.
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 Västerås have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.
Last season, Västerås SK's league statistics were 8 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Ettan: North. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Västerås SK managed 4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 19 conceded.
Degerfors form and stats
Degerfors won their last game, 4-1 versus Brage played at home. Prior to that result Degerfors won their away game at Dalkurd. The scoreline was 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Degerfors in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Degerfors, two draws and four defeats.
Let's have a look at how Degerfors performed last season in the Superettan: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 21/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Västerås SK, zero draws and six wins for Degerfors. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
![]() V. Edvardsen 2 goals | ![]() A. Awad 1 goals | ![]() J. Bertilsson 1 goals |
Västerås SK missing players
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| Västerås SK | Degerfors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Västerås SK | Last season | Degerfors | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 57% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 362 | 185 | Total Shots | T S | 150 | 380 | ||
| 147 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 152 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Orgryte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Oster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | GAIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trelleborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Akropolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dalkurd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ljungskile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Norrby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | AFC Eskilstuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Halmstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Jonkopings Sodra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Umeå | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Brage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mjallby | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 57 |
| 2 | Varberg | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Brage | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Jonkopings Sodra | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Degerfors | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 51 |
| 6 | Halmstad | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 46 |
| 7 | Orgryte | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Dalkurd | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 44 |
| 9 | Norrby | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Trelleborg | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | GAIS | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 32 |
| 13 | Oster | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Frej | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -20 | 29 |
| 15 | Brommapojkarna | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 28 |
| 16 | Syrianska | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -31 | 25 |