Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lund & Elfsborg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
This football stadium has grass, which is not Elfsborg's regular surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass Elfsborg have performed like this: Played 24 matches with the results 14 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats with the goal production 49-26 (scored/conceded).
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Allsvenskan.
Lund form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Svenska Cupen for Lund, as the manager Kontinen led his troops to eliminate Höllviken, and reach the 2nd Round. Lund participated in Svenska Cupen the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Olympic last time out and are looking for a victory here. A disappointing finish for Lund in their match versus Olympic as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Falkenberg (0-2).There will be little rest for Lund after this match as they are travelling to Vanersborgs IF for a Division 1: South game in only three days.
Elfsborg form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the 2nd round.Elfsborg's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Elfsborg collect 22 points from their 10 away matches in the Allsvenskan. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Baidoo and Guðjohnsen scored in Elfsborg's previous match, the home game against Mjällby that ended 2-0. Baidoo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Baidoo scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hammarby's place.Elfsborg have the goal stats of 20-10 (for/against) from 10 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okkels 8 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 7 goals |  A. Djitteye 6 goals |
Lund missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Lund | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 16.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 8.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | Varnamo | 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 |
