Struggling Västerås SK will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Halmstad in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Västerås and Halmstad.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Halmstad's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Halmstad have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 23-14 (scored/conceded).
Västerås SK form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Västerås SK have to build on here at Solid Park Arena in the Superettan.
The Västerås SK fans got no joy from their last match, a Superettan game also here at Solid Park Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Norrby (placed 8th). Prior to that, an away loss at Akropolis.
A decent goal production from Västerås SK in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Västerås defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Halmstad form and stats
The seven points Halmstad have gathered from their first three away trips in the Superettan is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
The manager M. Haglund was unhappy after their last game, a Superettan match played at their home ground Örjans Vall. Halmstad suffered a 2-3 loss to Akropolis (placed 4th). Before that, Halmstad secured a home win against AFC Eskilstuna with the score 2-1.
Halmstad were so close to getting something from the game against Akropolis, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal seven minutes into overtime.
The schedule is very tough for Halmstad now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superettan game at Ljungskile is waiting in only three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Halmstad have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. The Halmstad defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (0 goals in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Västerås zero wins, two draws and Halmstad one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wiedesheim-Paul 7 goals |  K. Safari 3 goals | S. Kroon 3 goals |
Västerås SK missing players
Halmstad missing players
| Västerås SK | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 62% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 48 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 35 | 93 |
| 40 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 36 |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 40% | 39% |
- All of Västerås SK's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Halmstad has the fewest conceded goals (0) away
- Halmstad has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Halmstad has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Halmstad has the most clean sheets (5)
- Halmstad has the most scored goals (14)
- Halmstad has the most scored goals in the second half (10)
- Halmstad has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- Halmstad has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Halmstad have not yet lost a game away.
- Halmstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Västerås SK have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Västerås SK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Västerås SK have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Västerås SK have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Västerås SK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | GIF Sundsvall | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Akropolis | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Öster | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Brage | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Jönköpings Södra | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Norrby | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Trelleborg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Umeå | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Västerås SK | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | GAIS | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Dalkurd | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Örgryte | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 15 | AFC Eskilstuna | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Ljungskile | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 5 |