5th place in the Allsvenskan table for Värnamo at present, a strong performance. The home team fans hope for more joy as 6th-placed Hammarby visit Finnvedsvallen.
Värnamo can neither be promoted or relegated from Allsvenskan. For Hammarby most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season. Hammarby play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. Up to date data for Hammarby when featuring on grass are 11 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 26 matches. They have created {32 goals} and conceded 21 times on these occasions.
Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
Värnamo form and stats
Overall Allsvenskan stats playing at home this season for Värnamo are 6-1-7 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Värnamo are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Happy days for Värnamo in their previous game, a fixture away at Kalmar (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Värnamo goalkeeper Rasheed did an outstanding job against Kalmar with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The forward Engvall was announced as "man of the match" for Värnamo with the rating of 8.0/10. Engvall scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Värnamo had a home game versus IFK Göteborg which ended with a victory 3-1.Värnamo aren't scoring a lot here at Finnvedsvallen in the league, with only {13 goals} from 14 games. Värnamo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hammarby form and stats
There's been little loot from Hammarby's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Allsvenskan. Hammarby only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. The Hammarby manager Corvillo is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 40 days.
Hammarby delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sirius (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. It looked so good for Hammarby vs Sirius, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. The attacker Đukanović got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Đukanović scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Djurgården that ended 0-0.The attacking power of Hammarby when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Hammarby have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the teams met previously this season; Hammarby - Värnamo 0-2. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Värnamo, two draws and four wins for Hammarby. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Engvall 10 goals |   V. Đukanović 10 goals | N. Besara 8 goals |
Värnamo missing players
Hammarby missing players
| Värnamo | Hammarby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 36 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 39 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 79% | 86% |
| 64% | 36% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 75% |
| 46% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 50% |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 21% | 36% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 11% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 54% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 29% |
| 29% | 43% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | 5 |
| 27% | 25% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 21% | 28% |
| 13.3 | 11.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 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 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 36 | 61 |
| 3 | Häcken | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 54 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Värnamo | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 42 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 42 |
| 8 | Norrköping | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Sirius | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 36 |
| 11 | AIK | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Halmstad | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -17 | 32 |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Brommapojkarna | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 58 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36 | -31 | 25 |
| 16 | Varberg | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -39 | 15 |
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