Varberg Energi Arena: Varberg BoIS vs Norrköping Allsvenskan preview

Varberg's stadium, Varberg Energi Arena, has a grass surface. Norrköping have artifical turf 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 Norrköping when playing on grass; 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 27 goals in these games and conceded 22.

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.

Varberg BoIS form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Varberg BoIS have to build on here at Varberg Energi Arena in the Allsvenskan. When Varberg BoIS hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Degerfors, Varberg BoIS, Varnamo, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

The spoils were shared in Varberg BoIS's previous game, also at home. Visiting Djurgården (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Opportunity lost for Varberg BoIS in the Djurgården match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Varberg's goalie Andersson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Djurgården with a stunning twelve saves.

Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has contained three goals or more.

The manager Persson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ljungskile in only three days.

Varberg BoIS aren't scoring a lot here at Varberg Energi Arena in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Varberg BoIS defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Norrköping form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Norrköping so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Riddersholm was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Östgötaporten. Norrköping suffered a 2-4 loss to AIK (placed 4th). An insane fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Norrköping, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as refreshing? Sigurðsson has scored at least one goal for this team three fixtures in a row. The ability! Midfield player Sigurðsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.14/10. Sigurðsson scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's last 10 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

Norrköping have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Svenska Cupen fixture versus Taby. A demanding diary for them!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Norrköping as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Norrköping have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Norrköping - Varberg BoIS 0-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Varberg BoIS victories, zero draws and four Norrköping wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Nyman 6 goals

J. Levi 5 goals

R. Simovic 4 goals

Varberg BoIS missing players

Norrköping missing players