Elfsborg have outdone Mjällby so far this season, but every fixture opens at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need before kickoff:
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Allsvenskan
Mjällby play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Up to date statistics for Mjällby when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from eleven matches. They have created {12 goals} and conceded 6 times in these games.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Borås Arena. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Elfsborg lost their last game at Hammarby (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Defender Larsson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Larsson won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sirius.Elfsborg are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 1.
Elfsborg are traveling soon after this match as the Svenska Cupen match at Lund awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Elfsborg's attacking play is working. Elfsborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borås Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Mjällby form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mjällby playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. Having won their last three away games Mjällby has no reason to fear anyone.
249 minutes! That's how long the Mjällby goalkeeper Noel Törnqvist and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Johansson scored in Mjällby's previous match, the home game against Malmö FF that ended 1-0. Mjällby goalie Tornqvist was high and low in the Malmö FF game, contributing nine saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Tornqvist got the top player rating of the team with 9.4/10. Tornqvist topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Varberg BoIS.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mjällby played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 2 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 0 times.
Take note: 14 of the latest 18 league matches involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mjällby manager Torstensson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Olympic.
Mjällby have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Mjällby have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered result featuring both these sides is the Mjällby - Elfsborg 0-1 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Elfsborg won four, Mjällby were winners in three and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okkels 8 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 6 goals | A. Bernhardsson 5 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Mjällby missing players
| Elfsborg | Mjällby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 41 | 21 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 53% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 37% |
| 32% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 16% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 6 | 6.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.3 | 11.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 27% |
| 10.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of Mjällby.
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mjällby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Häcken | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 41 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 41 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Mjällby | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 | Halmstad | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 25 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 23 |
| 11 | Värnamo | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Sirius | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -22 | 20 |
| 14 | AIK | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Varberg BoIS | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -19 | 11 |
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