It's the first fixture of the new season for Djurgården and Degerfors. The canvas is empty, the opportunities infinite.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Degerfors have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-1-7 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!
Djurgården form and stats
Last season, Djurgården's league stats were 17 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 3rd spot in the Allsvenskan. During these 30 matches they scored 46 goals and gave away 30. Performing as the host team in the previous season Djurgården delivered 10-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 18 conceded.
Djurgården are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 14 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew four and lost two.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Djurgården, who have participated in five training matches. Djurgården have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Degerfors form and stats
Let's have a look at how Degerfors performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 11/29 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Degerfors as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Degerfors have played six with the results W3-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Degerfors has scored 16 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Djurgården wins - draws - Degerfors wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Djurgården missing players
Degerfors missing players
| Djurgården | Degerfors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Djurgården | Last season | Degerfors | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 46 | 30 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 51 | ||
| 90% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 47% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 57% | ||
| 30% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 40% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 40% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 32% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AIK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Degerfors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | GIF Sundsvall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Häcken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Helsingborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kalmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Malmö FF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mjällby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Norrköping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sirius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Varberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Varnamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Varberg | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Sirius | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -14 | 37 |
| 12 | Häcken | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Halmstad | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 15 | Örebro | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 34 | -35 | 18 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 36 | -35 | 14 |
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