Match preview: Häcken favourite to defeat Mjällby at Bravida Arena

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bravida Arena (6500 seats)

The hosting team, Häcken, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Mjällby have displayed both talent and heroism. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (31) in Allsvenskan
  • Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Allsvenskan

Häcken and Mjällby should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Häcken form and stats

Home games in the Allsvenskan have been a walk in the park for Häcken so far, with 15 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Kalmar game Häcken has been unbeatable here at Bravida Arena producing four straight wins.

A good away victory last time out for Häcken, who won 2-0 against Varberg BoIS (placed 16th). Gustafson was on the receiving end of a red card in the Häcken-Varberg BoIS match, being sent off in the 41st minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-0 victory. Lunddal was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.11 out of 10. The defender Lunddal hit three key passes and won 14 of 18 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting IFK Göteborg in a game that was won 4-1.

Häcken 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 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 1 and lost 1.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Häcken is on fire here. A stunning 21 from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Häcken have conceded 8 goals.

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Mjällby form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Mjällby, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus IFK Göteborg (placed 14th) last time out. Stahl got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Stahl scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 0-2 loss hosting Halmstad before that.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Goals are few and far between in Mjällby's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. It's not easy to score on Mjällby as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Häcken have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (3-3-0) when playing Mjällby.

Top Goalscorers

HäckenB. Traore
B. Traore
11 goals
HäckenL. Larsen
L. Larsen
5 goals
HäckenE. Hovland
E. Hovland
3 goals

Häcken missing players

Mjällby missing players

Häcken Mjällby
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 5 11
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 1 Lost L 2 2 4
31 21 4 Scored S 0 2 9
13 8 4 Conceded C 4 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 55%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 18%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 9%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 55%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 55%
 
6.2 7.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.3
5.2 6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.3
0.8 0.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.9 19.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.4 12.1
6.7 7.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.9
39% 45% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 21%
 
13.2 12.7 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.4 11.7
4 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.6
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • All of Häcken's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Häcken have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Mjällby.
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (21) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (31) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Häcken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Allsvenskan
  • Mjällby have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Allsvenskan
  • Mjällby have the most matches under the total-line (9) 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 Malmö FF 11 9 1 1 28 9 6 5 1 0 18 5 5 4 0 1 10 4 19 28
2 Elfsborg 11 8 2 1 26 9 6 4 1 1 17 4 5 4 1 0 9 5 17 26
3 Häcken 12 8 1 3 31 13 6 5 0 1 21 8 6 3 1 2 10 5 18 25
4 Djurgården 12 6 2 4 17 15 6 6 0 0 11 2 6 0 2 4 6 13 2 20
5 Brommapojkarna 11 6 1 4 15 14 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 4 0 2 9 9 1 19
6 Kalmar 11 5 3 3 15 12 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 3 18
7 Norrköping 11 5 2 4 16 13 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 17
8 Halmstad 11 5 1 5 11 16 6 3 1 2 5 4 5 2 0 3 6 12 -5 16
9 Mjällby 11 4 3 4 9 9 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 0 15
10 Hammarby 12 3 4 5 15 20 5 3 1 1 9 6 7 0 3 4 6 14 -5 13
11 Värnamo 11 4 0 7 9 13 5 2 0 3 4 4 6 2 0 4 5 9 -4 12
12 Sirius 11 2 5 4 13 18 5 1 1 3 7 10 6 1 4 1 6 8 -5 11
13 Degerfors 12 3 2 7 13 32 7 3 2 2 11 10 5 0 0 5 2 22 -19 11
14 IFK Göteborg 11 1 4 6 11 14 6 1 2 3 8 5 5 0 2 3 3 9 -3 7
15 AIK 11 1 4 6 8 15 5 1 3 1 5 6 6 0 1 5 3 9 -7 7
16 Varberg BoIS 11 0 5 6 7 22 6 0 3 3 2 12 5 0 2 3 5 10 -15 5

Read more about Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.