Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between AFC Eskilstuna (3rd, 40 pts) and Umeå (13th, 23 pts). Recent form flatters Umeå's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Umeå ran at 1.24 scored and 1.76 conceded, AFC Eskilstuna at 1.71 and 1.29.
Umeå had been beaten in three straight games. Defeat had not touched AFC Eskilstuna in 7 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 4/15 points for Umeå, 13/15 for AFC Eskilstuna.
5 meetings are on record — 3 won by Umeå, 2 by AFC Eskilstuna, 0 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 80% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Umeå Energi Arena SOL staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Umeå: Stefan Lindmark (1') · AFC Eskilstuna: Albin Daniel Flodkvist (44'), Ibrahim Ahmed (74'), Sixten Sköldqvist (78')
Key stats
Possession: Umeå 46% · AFC Eskilstuna 54% · Total shots: 9-18 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 2-6