The home crowds hope for a victory in this fixture, and the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Värnamo are in 8th spot while the guesting IFK Göteborg sweat at 12th.
- IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Värnamo form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. That’s what Värnamo have to build on here at Finnvedsvallen in the Allsvenskan.
The Värnamo followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Norrköping and win 2-1. Zeljkovic, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.3 (out of 10). Zeljkovic scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Mjallby and winning 3-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Värnamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Värnamo aren't scoring a lot here at Finnvedsvallen in the league, with only {10 goals} from 13 games. Värnamo have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
There's been little loot from IFK Göteborg's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws.
Göteborg's previous game was their home loss versus Sirius (0-1). Until that defeat this side had taken at least a draw from seven league fixtures in a row. Attacker Mucolli got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Mucolli hit two key passes.
Before that, IFK Göteborg travelled to Hammarby and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by IFK Göteborg in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for IFK Göteborg, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting IFK Göteborg as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Göteborg in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head game ended IFK Göteborg - Värnamo 0-1, played this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Värnamo victory, zero draws and three IFK Göteborg wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Engvall 8 goals |  A. Zeljkovic 6 goals |   A. Muçolli 6 goals |
Värnamo missing players
IFK Göteborg missing players
| Värnamo | IFK Göteborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 28 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 96% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 62% | 31% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 62% |
| 42% | 31% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 35% |
| 23% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 38% | 31% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 42% |
| 35% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 27% |
| 31% | 46% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 46% | 42% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 12.3 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| 13.3 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.9 | 13.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Elfsborg | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 30 | 57 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 30 | 55 |
| 3 | Häcken | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 51 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Värnamo | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Sirius | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | AIK | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 13 | Halmstad | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -17 | 30 |
| 14 | Brommapojkarna | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 27 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 35 | -29 | 24 |
| 16 | Varberg | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -34 | 14 |
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