National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Umeå or GIF Sundsvall that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting GIF Sundsvall played their last game only four days ago, a Superettan match.
Umeå form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Svenska Cupen for Umeå, as the manager T. Nordström led his troops to eliminate IFK Luleå, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the group stage.Umeå travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sandviken that ended 1-1.
Before that, Umeå drew at home versus Dalkurd.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sylvia are coming to town in three days.
GIF Sundsvall form and stats
Sundsvall was sent out of Svenska Cupen in the group stage last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for GIF Sundsvall so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Sundsvall are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Superettan against AFC Eskilstuna.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Varnamo.The attacking power of Sundsvall when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, GIF Sundsvall have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous six meetings): Umeå won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and GIF Sundsvall have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / twoTop Goalscorers
  L. Hallenius 8 goals |  P. Engblom 7 goals |   O. Ali 5 goals |
Umeå missing players
GIF Sundsvall missing players
| Umeå | GIF Sundsvall | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 32 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Landskrona | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Helsingborg | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Norrby | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Trelleborg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 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 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | AFC Eskilstuna | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Oster | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Orgryte | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Brage | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | GAIS | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Akropolis | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Vasalund | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 15 |