Betting preview: Degerfors vs Mjällby should be interesting

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stora Valla (7500 seats)

Develop their own game plan or focus more on the opponent? Both Degerfors and Mjällby need to try something different than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Degerfors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjällby have the fewest scored goals (11) in Allsvenskan

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Degerfors form and stats

The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Degerfors at their home stadium (Stora Valla) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Degerfors lost their last game at Malmö FF (placed 2nd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Adam Carlen got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Carlen dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that match, a Svenska Cupen win away at Sleipner.

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 Degerfors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.

A decent goal production from Degerfors in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Degerfors's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mjällby form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mjällby so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Mjällby are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Östersunds FK fixture.

M. Moro was the last player to score for the away team. Mjällby haven't scored a league goal in the last 186 minutes.

Mjällby has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Djurgården for a Allsvenskan game that ended a draw (0-0). Goalkeeper Carljohan Eriksson got the top player rating of the team with 8.33/10. Eriksson stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Qviding FIF.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Mjällby in our archives, and the results are: one win for Mjällby, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Mjällby have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged result featuring both these participants is the Mjällby - Degerfors 1-0 played not long ago this season. Degerfors-Mjällby H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Degerfors four wins, Mjällby five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DegerforsV. Edvardsen
V. Edvardsen
8 goals
DegerforsJ. Bertilsson
J. Bertilsson
3 goals
DegerforsA. Saidi
A. Saidi
3 goals

Degerfors missing players

Mjällby missing players

Degerfors Mjällby
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 9 16
5 4 2 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
8 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
17 12 6 Scored S 5 8 11
27 8 1 Conceded C 7 14 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
81% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
50% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 25%
25% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 19%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 6%
31% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 38%
25% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
50% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 50%
 
4.5 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 5.9
6 5.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 5.8
1.6 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.9 11.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.9 11.9
3.3 3.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 3
32% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 23%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Degerfors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Degerfors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mjällby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mjällby have the fewest scored goals (11) in Allsvenskan
  • Mjällby have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djurgården 16 10 4 2 26 12 9 6 2 1 17 7 7 4 2 1 9 5 14 34
2 Malmö FF 16 10 3 3 36 19 8 6 1 1 21 10 8 4 2 2 15 9 17 33
3 AIK 16 10 3 3 24 14 9 7 2 0 15 5 7 3 1 3 9 9 10 33
4 Elfsborg 16 9 3 4 26 15 9 5 2 2 16 10 7 4 1 2 10 5 11 30
5 Hammarby 16 6 6 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 16 10 8 2 3 3 11 11 6 24
6 Kalmar 16 6 6 4 16 16 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 3 3 2 9 10 0 24
7 Norrköping 16 7 2 7 21 18 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 4 0 5 11 10 3 23
8 Halmstad 16 4 8 4 13 13 8 2 6 0 6 4 8 2 2 4 7 9 0 20
9 Varberg BoIS 16 5 5 6 19 23 8 3 2 3 9 11 8 2 3 3 10 12 -4 20
10 Häcken 16 5 4 7 24 23 7 3 1 3 15 10 9 2 3 4 9 13 1 19
11 IFK Göteborg 16 4 7 5 19 20 9 2 3 4 12 13 7 2 4 1 7 7 -1 19
12 Degerfors 16 5 3 8 17 27 7 4 1 2 12 8 9 1 2 6 5 19 -10 18
13 Sirius 16 4 5 7 16 27 7 3 1 3 7 7 9 1 4 4 9 20 -11 17
14 Örebro 16 3 4 9 12 29 8 1 4 3 6 11 8 2 0 6 6 18 -17 13
15 Mjällby 16 2 6 8 11 19 7 2 2 3 3 5 9 0 4 5 8 14 -8 12
16 Östersunds FK 16 2 3 11 16 27 9 2 1 6 14 12 7 0 2 5 2 15 -11 9

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.