Vasteras v Brage
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Sunday 3rd July – 12:00PM KO
Under the management of Thomas Askebrand, Vasteras will be pleased with another season of mid-table mediocrity in the Superettan. They finished twelfth in the table last year and have started the 2022 campaign in fairly indifferent form with just three victories in their opening 11 matches.
That lack of wins is not helped by a poor defence. Only two sides, Jonkopings Sodra and OIS, have conceded more than the 21 goals that the home team have left in so far this season. Despite that, they have begun to turn the tide on their form and come into this on the back of a four-match unbeaten run of form which was extended by a comfortable 2-0 win away at Skovde last weekend.
They now face a Brage side that finished the 2021 season with three successive victories and by doing that, they finished a couple of points and places above Vasteras in the table. This time around, though, they are looking to sustain a genuine challenge for promotion at the top end of the table.
The visitors come into this on the back of a surprise 1-0 defeat away to Utsiktens, though. That defeat means they have won just one of their last four matches either side of the international break. The only reason they have not begun to panic is because league leaders Halmstad have taken just a solitary point in their last two matches.
Brage have been very solid defensively, letting in just ten goals in their opening 11 matches. On the road they have played five matches and conceded just seven goals. However, the underlying data is more representative of their current dip in form whereby they have been projected to concede more than five goals than what they actually have done.
These two sides were evenly matched last season but sit at different ends of the table. However, with Vasteras’ recent improvement and Brage’s dip, as well as their poor underlying data, there should be value in backing the home win.
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Prediction: Vasteras Draw no Bet, 1.57 on Betfair (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
AFC Eskilstuna v Brommapojkarna
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Sunday 3rd July – 2:00PM KO
Despite having recorded some of the lowest average attendances in Sweden’s first and second divisions, AFC Eskilstuna remain a team that will consistently believe their place of belonging is in the Allsvenskan. Under the management of Jawad Al Jebouri, they will be expecting to mount a serious and sustained promotion challenge in 2022.
They come into this weekend’s round of fixtures on the back of a shock but characteristically entertaining 3-2 defeat away to struggling Dalkurd last weekend. They sit just outside of the top three in the table after a very strong start has since faded – they have lost five of their last six matches.
Their inconsistent start to the season of six wins and five defeats has been characterised by high-scoring clashes. In their 11 games so far this season, there has been a combined total of 46 goals.
They now face a Brommapojkarna side that were once European entrants in the mid-2010’s but have since drifted. The visitors have, though, some ambitions of finishing in the top three and gaining promotion into the Swedish top-flight once more. They come into this on the back of a run of just one defeat in their last seven matches.
Their form is also characterised by entertaining, high-scoring encounters. Their 11 matches this season has seen both teams score on nine occasions and there has been a combined total of 42 goals.
These are two evenly matched sides that sit level on points in the Swedish second-tier with just a place separating them and they will both be confident in their own ability to hurt the other’s back-line.
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Prediction: Both Teams to Score, 1.44 on Betfair (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
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