The path has mostly gone uphill for Degerfors so far, and you could say the same about GIF Sundsvall. The bottom dwellers pray for some vital points here.
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals (48) in Allsvenskan
This arena uses the playing surface grass, unlike GIF Sundsvall's home ground. The last 20 games by the away side on grass have produced 4 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses.
This could be an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Degerfors form and stats
Degerfors's results here at Stora Valla in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Holmberg led his Degerfors to a defeat away at Hammarby. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stora Valla. Degerfors were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The forward Mörfelt won the honour of being "man of the match" for Degerfors with a rating of 7.44/10. Mörfelt scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Varberg that ended 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Degerfors's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Degerfors after this match as they are travelling to Huddinge for a Svenska Cupen game in only three days.
Degerfors aren't scoring a lot here at Stora Valla in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. Degerfors has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
GIF Sundsvall form and stats
GIF Sundsvall have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 0-1-8 (9 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for GIF Sundsvall who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Värnamo was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Sundsvall's previous game was their home loss versus Helsingborg (1-2). Midfield player Corona was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Corona hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Malmö FF's place.The schedule is very tough for GIF Sundsvall now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Svenska Cupen game at Stocksund is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of GIF Sundsvall when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Sundsvall have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Degerfors and GIF Sundsvall have met earlier this season: GIF Sundsvall - Degerfors 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Degerfors victories, one draw and five GIF Sundsvall wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Ylätupa 5 goals |  P. Engblom 5 goals |
Degerfors missing players
GIF Sundsvall missing players
| Degerfors | GIF Sundsvall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 40 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 63% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 42% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 26% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 26% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 5.2 | 7.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 11.1 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 8.7 | 9.7 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | 30% |
| 16.4 | 16.4 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 19.6 | 19.4 |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
- Degerfors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Degerfors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Allsvenskan
- Degerfors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- GIF Sundsvall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- GIF Sundsvall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- GIF Sundsvall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- GIF Sundsvall have the fewest points (1) away in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals (48) in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Allsvenskan
- GIF Sundsvall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- GIF Sundsvall have yet to win a game away.
- GIF Sundsvall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- GIF Sundsvall is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Hammarby | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | AIK | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sirius | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Varberg | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | Värnamo | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 12 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -30 | 10 |
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