Degerfors are welcoming Varberg BoIS for yet another key fixture following their 0-2 result vs 11th-placed Norrköping.
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!
Degerfors form and stats
With 2 Allsvenskan wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Degerfors are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Degerfors hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Degerfors, Varnamo, Norrköping, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Degerfors faced defeat in their previous match, away at Norrköping (0-2). Midfield player Lindell got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Lindell hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kalmar in a game that was won 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Degerfors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Degerfors have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Degerfors defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
There's been little loot from Varberg BoIS's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Allsvenskan. Varberg BoIS only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. When Varberg BoIS is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Varberg BoIS, Varnamo, Norrköping, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall is teams we like to compare Degerfors with.
The manager Persson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Påskbergsvallen. Varberg BoIS suffered a 0-4 loss to IFK Göteborg (placed 5th). Varberg lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Midfielder Roux was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.54. Roux hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against GIF Sundsvall with the score of 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Varberg BoIS playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 5 Varberg BoIS wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
The attacking power of Varberg BoIS when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Varberg manager Persson has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Varberg BoIS - Degerfors 2-1 was the score in these contenders' last head-to-head match, earlier this season. Degerfors-Varberg BoIS H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Degerfors three wins, Varberg BoIS five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Saidi 5 goals |   R. Simovic 3 goals |  D. Campos 2 goals |
Degerfors missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Degerfors | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 5.3 | 7.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 10.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 24% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 39% | 30% |
| 16.6 | 16.6 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 21.6 | 17.9 |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.6 | 6.1 |
- Degerfors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Degerfors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Degerfors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Varberg BoIS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Varberg BoIS have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Varberg BoIS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | AIK | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Sirius | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 18 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 17 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 11 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -27 | 10 |
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