A vital fixture as both participants are fighting for the top league positions. With Häcken in 2nd position and Elfsborg located at 1st, this has all the looks of a thriling meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Häcken have the most scored goals (42) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Allsvenskan
This football pitch has grass, unlike Elfsborg's home arena. The former 26 games by the away side on grass have ended with 16 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses.
The hosts Häcken saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at KI, so at least Häcken are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Häcken form and stats
Häcken have been outstanding at home so far in the Allsvenskan with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Häcken has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Bravida Arena. We remember; it was Kalmar.
The Häcken manager Høgmo and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus KI in the Champions League.
A Allsvenskan defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Varnamo.This is expected to be a close game, with Häcken perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Häcken as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Häcken has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league games with this club has had three or more goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as KI are coming to town in four days.
Häcken always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Bravida Arena with 28 goals in 8 league games. On the other hand, Häcken have conceded 10 goals.
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 22 points collected from 8 Allsvenskan games. 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Elfsborg as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.
It's the second away game in a row for Elfsborg, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Djurgården (placed 4th) last time out. As mentioned above, Elfsborg was the only team on the pitch versus Djurgården in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Okkels got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Okkels scored two goals and served one assist.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against IFK Göteborg.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Elfsborg playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Elfsborg wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Elfsborg are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head game ended Elfsborg - Häcken 0-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Häcken victories, five draws and three Elfsborg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Traore 12 goals |   J. Okkels 7 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 6 goals |
Häcken missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Häcken | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | 28 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 39 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 59% | 88% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 65% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6.1 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.1 | 19 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.5 | 16.6 |
| 6.7 | 7.8 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 37% | 45% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | 38% |
| 14.2 | 14 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
- All of Häcken's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game away.
- Elfsborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most points (22) away in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most scored goals (19) away in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+28) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Häcken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Häcken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Häcken have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Häcken have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the most scored goals (28) at home in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the most scored goals (42) in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Allsvenskan
- Häcken have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Häcken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 39 |
| 2 | Häcken | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Halmstad | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Mjallby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | AIK | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -25 | 14 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Varberg | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 8 |
- Häcken
- Svenska Fans: Häcken - (supporter blog)
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
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- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
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