This match features two teams living in the basement of the Superettan, Västerås SK holding 12th place and Umeå lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Västerås nor Umeå as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Västerås SK form and stats
When playing at home in the Superettan, Västerås SK, who have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Superettan, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
The fans are hoping that Västerås will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Superettan game against Trelleborg (placed 8th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Brage.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Västerås handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and two defeats.
Västerås have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Solid Park Arena with 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Västerås defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Umeå form and stats
Umeå have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Superettan, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Umeå's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Orgryte that finished 2-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Jonkopings Sodra before that.
Umeå's last match (vs Orgryte) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Y. Embaye.
Umeå 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, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Umeå have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Umeå in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Västerås, two draws and five wins for Umeå. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Safari 4 goals |  B. Span 3 goals |  E. Ahmetovic 3 goals |
Västerås SK missing players
Umeå missing players
| Västerås SK | Umeå | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 127 | 64 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 46 | 94 |
| 55 | 28 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 25% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 133% | 33% | 34% |
- All of Västerås SK's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Umeå has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Umeå have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Umeå haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Västerås SK has the most conceded goals (11) at home
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Jonkopings Sodra | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | GIF Sundsvall | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Akropolis | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Brage | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Norrby | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Trelleborg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Orgryte | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 10 | Oster | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Dalkurd | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | GAIS | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Umeå | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Ljungskile | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | AFC Eskilstuna | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -14 | 8 |