Evenly matched teams: Västerås SK vs Norrby match preview

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Iver Arena

Having a home game feels safe and nice for Västerås SK, but Norrby are fully set and able to win this one. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Västerås SK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norrby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Västerås SK form and stats

When playing at home in the Superettan, Västerås SK have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Västerås, their manager K. Karlsson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Västerås SK drew their last game, 1-1 away at Oster (placed 11th).

Before that game, the home loss against Falkenberg with the scoreline 1-3.

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 seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.

Västerås are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Norrby form and stats

Playing away, Norrby have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Superettan this season.

There were no winners in Norrby's previous match, a Superettan home game that ended 0-0 vs Vasalund (placed 16th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Örgryte that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Norrby in our archives, and the results are: one win for Norrby, two draws and four defeats.

The visiting Norrby have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Norrby have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other before this match year: Norrby - Västerås 4-1. Previous five meetings between these contenders: Västerås SK won zero, Norrby were winners in five and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NorrbyD. Vukojevic
D. Vukojevic
10 goals
NorrbyB. Jobe
B. Jobe
4 goals
VästeråsS. Johansson
S. Johansson
3 goals

Västerås SK missing players

Norrby missing players

Västerås SK Norrby
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 4 10 19
4 3 1 Won W 2 4 9
7 4 1 Drew D 2 3 5
8 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
20 12 3 Scored S 5 13 26
29 15 5 Conceded C 1 12 19
84% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 89%
63% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 79%
53% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 42%
37% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 16%
16% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
58% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 47%
21% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 40% 37%
37% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 26%
 
5.4 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.4 6.4
5.7 5.5 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 3.9
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 12.1 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.9 11.3
4.1 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 4.3
26% 24% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 32%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Norrby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Västerås SK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 Norrby 19 9 5 5 26 19 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 4 3 3 13 12 7 32
4 Trelleborg 18 9 5 4 23 18 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 3 3 3 12 13 5 32
5 Landskrona 19 9 4 6 27 21 10 7 2 1 16 7 9 2 2 5 11 14 6 31
6 GIF Sundsvall 18 8 4 6 26 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 2 2 4 7 9 6 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 Örgryte 19 5 8 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 8 8 10 3 3 4 11 16 -5 23
10 Brage 19 5 6 8 23 26 9 3 2 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 13 14 -3 21
11 Oster 19 5 6 8 13 17 10 3 5 2 8 7 9 2 1 6 5 10 -4 21
12 Akropolis 19 5 6 8 19 30 9 3 2 4 8 13 10 2 4 4 11 17 -11 21
13 GAIS 18 6 2 10 17 22 9 3 1 5 10 13 9 3 1 5 7 9 -5 20
14 Västerås SK 19 4 7 8 20 29 10 3 4 3 12 15 9 1 3 5 8 14 -9 19
15 Falkenberg 19 5 4 10 22 34 10 3 3 4 13 18 9 2 1 6 9 16 -12 19
16 Vasalund 19 5 3 11 24 33 9 4 1 4 14 14 10 1 2 7 10 19 -9 18

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.