Welcome to Borås Arena and this fixture between Elfsborg & Varberg BoIS in the Allsvenskan. Tipsway has everything you must know!
- Elfsborg have the most clean sheets (11) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the fewest scored goals (20) in Allsvenskan
Elfsborg's stadium, Borås Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Varberg BoIS 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 Varberg BoIS when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from eight matches. They have scored {8 goals} in these games and conceded 20.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Borås Arena. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
It's back home for Elfsborg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Halmstad away with the result 1-0. Abdulai found the net in that victory. Manager Thelin felt very clever after Abdulai scored the winning goal against Halmstad, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute. Defender Ibrahim got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Ibrahim won 10 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Kalmar (0-3).It should be added that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 12 games), Elfsborg's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Elfsborg have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
There's been little loot from Varberg BoIS's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Allsvenskan. Varberg BoIS only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Varberg BoIS's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Varberg have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Hammarby with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It is possibly a bad omen for Varberg BoIS that their goalie Olsson made nine saves in the Hammarby fixture, but still could not prevent a beating.
Preceding that game, the 0-7 loss visiting Sirius's place.Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Varberg BoIS have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Elfsborg have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Varberg BoIS.The last head-to-head encounter ended Varberg BoIS - Elfsborg 0-0, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okkels 9 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 7 goals | A. Bernhardsson 5 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Elfsborg | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 47 | 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 20 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 26 | 52 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 50% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 58% | 58% |
| 29% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 42% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.9 | 17.3 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 25% |
| 10.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.3 | 15.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6 |
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of Varberg BoIS.
- Elfsborg have the most clean sheets (11) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Varberg BoIS have the fewest scored goals (20) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the most conceded goals (52) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Varberg BoIS is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 52 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 26 | 51 |
| 3 | Häcken | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 47 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Värnamo | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -16 | 29 |
| 12 | AIK | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Brommapojkarna | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Sirius | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 32 | -28 | 23 |
| 16 | Varberg BoIS | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -32 | 14 |
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