National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vasalund or Brage that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Vasalund nor Brage 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.
Vasalund's stadium, Skytteholms IP, has a artifical turf surface. Brage have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Brage when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 21 goals in these games and conceded 14.
Vasalund form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Svenska Cupen for Vasalund, as the manager D. Savic led his troops to eliminate Stocksund, and reach the 2nd Round. Vasalund was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Svenska Cupen.This stadium, Skytteholms IP, has been a fortress for Vasalund in the Division 1: North so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-1-0. Vasalund haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Brommapojkarna, 84 days ago. The Vasalund fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Skytteholms IP and will expect new points from this game. Vasalund has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Vasalund enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Örebro Syrianska's place. The match ended 2-1 with M. Traore and Fabio scoring. Previous to that game, a Division 1: North home match hosting IF Karlstad in a game that was won 3-0.
Vasalund always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Skytteholms IP with 41 goals in 11 league games. Vasalund have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Brage form and stats
Brage's mission in Svenska Cupen last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Superettan travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Brage in their previous game, as they lost their Superettan-match, hosting Oster, 1-2. Ahead of that match was the Superettan away draw versus Dalkurd that ended 1-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brage manager K. Saarenpää as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Orgryte.
Brage find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Brage struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Vasalund-Brage H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vasalund three wins, Brage three wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Traore 14 goals | E. Bulut 12 goals | M. Nikolic 9 goals |
Vasalund missing players
Brage missing players
| Vasalund | Brage | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 70 | 43 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 195 | 107 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 242 | ||
| 103 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 97 | ||
| 61% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasalund | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 43 | 50 |
| 2 | Haninge | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Brommapojkarna | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Sylvia | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Sollentuna | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Sandviken | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | Taby | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 31 |
| 8 | Gefle | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Frej | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | IFK Luleå | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 23 |
| 11 | IF Karlstad | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 12 | Örebro Syrianska | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 13 | Team Thoren | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 32 | -26 | 20 |
| 14 | Karlslund | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Nykoping | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -32 | 10 |
| 16 | Berga | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -24 | 9 |
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 31 | 46 |
| 2 | Halmstad | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | Jonkopings Sodra | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Oster | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Akropolis | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | GIF Sundsvall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Brage | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Orgryte | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Norrby | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | GAIS | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Trelleborg | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Dalkurd | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | AFC Eskilstuna | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 19 |
| 15 | Umeå | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Ljungskile | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 15 |