Allsvenskan preview: Can Värnamo edge out victory against Halmstad?

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Finnvedsvallen (5000 seats)

Get set for Värnamo - Halmstad! Despite the season performances so far, this match should be cracking!

Insights:
  • Värnamo have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
  • Halmstad is in the worst form (0-2-4)

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Svenska Cupen game only four days ago. That game, against IFK Hassleholm, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Halmstad.

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Värnamo form and stats

Värnamo's results here at Finnvedsvallen in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 3 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Värnamo are returning here after guesting Berga in a Svenska Cupen game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Allsvenskan match versus Varberg with a 3-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Värnamo handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Värnamo have scored {7 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Halmstad form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. With the Halmstad losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Two travels in a row for Halmstad, whose boss Haglund could celebrate last time after the Svenska Cupen win against IFK Hassleholm.

It was a Allsvenskan defeat before that one as the away game against Brommapojkarna wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Halmstad have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Halmstad find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Värnamo and Halmstad have duelled already this season: Halmstad - Värnamo 2-2. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Värnamo victories, two draws and three Halmstad wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VärnamoG. Engvall
G. Engvall
7 goals
HalmstadV. Granat
V. Granat
6 goals
VärnamoO. Johansson
O. Johansson
3 goals

Värnamo missing players

Halmstad missing players

Värnamo Halmstad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
8 3 2 Won W 1 4 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
11 6 1 Lost L 2 5 9
22 7 4 Scored S 3 11 19
24 10 2 Conceded C 5 20 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
65% 33% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 75%
40% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 70% 55%
25% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
35% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 45%
35% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 30%
30% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 40%
 
6.2 6.3 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.3 4.5
5.3 5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.4 5.8
1.1 0.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 11.1 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11 10.5
4.5 3.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 3.5
24% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 27%
 
12.8 11 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 17.4 16.4
4.6 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 6.3 5.6
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Halmstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Halmstad is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Värnamo have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
  • Värnamo 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 20 14 3 3 43 15 10 7 2 1 23 5 10 7 1 2 20 10 28 45
2 Häcken 20 14 2 4 50 22 11 10 0 1 36 13 9 4 2 3 14 9 28 44
3 Malmö FF 20 13 3 4 41 16 11 8 2 1 28 8 9 5 1 3 13 8 25 42
4 Norrköping 20 10 4 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 16 11 10 5 2 3 18 13 10 34
5 Djurgården 20 10 4 6 27 24 10 8 1 1 17 8 10 2 3 5 10 16 3 34
6 Hammarby 20 8 5 7 25 27 9 7 1 1 17 9 11 1 4 6 8 18 -2 29
7 Mjällby 20 8 4 8 20 21 10 3 3 4 10 9 10 5 1 4 10 12 -1 28
8 Kalmar 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 5 3 2 13 12 10 2 3 5 8 15 -6 27
9 Brommapojkarna 20 8 2 10 25 31 10 4 1 5 11 12 10 4 1 5 14 19 -6 26
10 Värnamo 20 8 1 11 22 24 9 3 0 6 7 10 11 5 1 5 15 14 -2 25
11 Halmstad 20 7 4 9 19 34 10 3 3 4 8 14 10 4 1 5 11 20 -15 25
12 Sirius 20 5 5 10 26 31 10 3 1 6 15 16 10 2 4 4 11 15 -5 20
13 Degerfors 20 6 2 12 20 43 11 4 2 5 14 17 9 2 0 7 6 26 -23 20
14 IFK Göteborg 20 4 7 9 19 24 10 3 3 4 13 8 10 1 4 5 6 16 -5 19
15 AIK 20 4 7 9 19 26 9 1 5 3 9 12 11 3 2 6 10 14 -7 19
16 Varberg 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 0 3 7 4 22 10 2 2 6 12 16 -22 11

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.