Season ticket holders at Stora Valla haven’t enjoyed many wins this season, with Degerfors struggling in the 13th place. The guesting Värnamo will hope to defend their higher league place in this match.
- Degerfors have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Degerfors are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Värnamo is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!
Degerfors form and stats
The Allsvenskan statistics playing at home this season for Degerfors are 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Degerfors, who won 2-1 against Helsingborg (placed 15th). The victory against Helsingborg came after Đurđić's winning goal. The Degerfors manager Holmberg was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 58th minute. Lagerbielke, defender, was given a rating of 8.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Lagerbielke scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against IFK Göteborg.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Degerfors have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Degerfors are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Degerfors have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Värnamo form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Värnamo have produced an overall stat of 4-3-7 so far.
Värnamo's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norrköping that finished 1-1. Tihi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Tihi hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus GIF Sundsvall at their stadium, the result 2-1.Värnamo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 11 league matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Värnamo have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. The Värnamo manager Hellberg has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H meeting ended Värnamo - Degerfors 2-0, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Degerfors won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Värnamo managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 20 goals |   D. Campos 5 goals |  A. Saidi 5 goals |
Degerfors missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Degerfors | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 33 |
| 47 | 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 89% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 71% | 54% |
| 25% | 21% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 43% | 32% |
| 11% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 36% | 25% |
| 61% | 57% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 61% |
| 11% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 25% |
| 36% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 12.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 11.9 | 11.3 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 32% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 32% |
| 15.6 | 13.8 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 17.4 | 15.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- Degerfors have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Värnamo 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 | Häcken | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 60 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 54 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 50 |
| 4 | Kalmar | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | AIK | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Elfsborg | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 43 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Värnamo | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Sirius | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Varberg | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -24 | 28 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -25 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 38 | -47 | 14 |
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