Home advantage could prove decisive in Djurgården - Elfsborg battle

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 18.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tele2 Arena (40000 seats)

A total of 22 rounds of games have gone by and both Djurgården and Elfsborg are doing great. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
  • Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Djurgården form and stats

Djurgården are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Tele2 Arena. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Djurgården after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The fans are hoping that Djurgården will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Allsvenskan game against AIK (placed 2nd). Jacob Widell Zetterström had a busy but productive day in the AIK match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie Jacob Widell Zetterström was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Zetterström stopped the opponent with six saves.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Östersunds FK with a 3-0 scoreline.

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 Djurgården have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.

Djurgården can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Djurgården have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Elfsborg form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Elfsborg are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two travels in a row for Elfsborg, whose manager J. Thelin could celebrate last time after the Svenska Cupen win against Stockholm Internazionale.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan.

Elfsborg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and one defeat. From a total of eight matches.

Elfsborg find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Elfsborg have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the result Elfsborg - Djurgården 0-2 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Djurgården five wins, four draws and Elfsborg one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ElfsborgP. Frick
P. Frick
6 goals
DjurgårdenE. Chilufya
E. Chilufya
5 goals
DjurgårdenA. Fonn Witry
A. Fonn Witry
5 goals

Djurgården missing players

Elfsborg missing players

Djurgården Elfsborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 10 22
13 8 2 Won W 0 5 12
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 7
37 24 5 Scored S 1 14 35
18 10 5 Conceded C 3 12 25
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 73%
45% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
32% 45% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 32%
18% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
41% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 41%
45% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 41%
27% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 18%
 
6.2 7.5 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.6 5.5
4.1 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.9 5.6
1.1 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
16 19.2 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 13.3 13.4
4.7 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.1 4.5
36% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 35%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Djurgården have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Djurgården have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 13 5 4 37 18 11 8 2 1 24 10 11 5 3 3 13 8 19 44
2 AIK 22 13 5 4 32 18 12 10 2 0 21 6 10 3 3 4 11 12 14 44
3 Malmö FF 22 12 5 5 45 25 12 7 3 2 28 14 10 5 2 3 17 11 20 41
4 Norrköping 22 12 3 7 37 23 11 7 2 2 21 10 11 5 1 5 16 13 14 39
5 Elfsborg 22 12 3 7 35 25 12 7 2 3 21 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 10 39
6 Kalmar 22 10 7 5 27 22 12 5 4 3 15 12 10 5 3 2 12 10 5 37
7 Hammarby 22 9 7 6 36 30 11 7 3 1 22 11 11 2 4 5 14 19 6 34
8 Häcken 22 7 7 8 33 32 10 4 3 3 19 13 12 3 4 5 14 19 1 28
9 Varberg 22 7 7 8 25 27 11 4 4 3 11 12 11 3 3 5 14 15 -2 28
10 Sirius 22 7 6 9 24 36 10 5 1 4 11 11 12 2 5 5 13 25 -12 27
11 Mjallby 22 5 9 8 18 19 10 3 4 3 7 5 12 2 5 5 11 14 -1 24
12 Halmstad 22 4 11 7 15 19 11 2 8 1 8 7 11 2 3 6 7 12 -4 23
13 IFK Göteborg 22 5 7 10 24 32 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 2 4 5 10 17 -8 22
14 Degerfors 22 6 4 12 23 39 10 5 1 4 15 13 12 1 3 8 8 26 -16 22
15 Örebro 22 4 4 14 16 44 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 2 0 9 7 28 -28 16
16 Östersunds FK 22 3 4 15 20 38 11 3 1 7 17 16 11 0 3 8 3 22 -18 13

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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.