A quick look at the Allsvenskan table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Djurgården - IFK Göteborg preview!
- Djurgården is in the best form (4-1-1)
- IFK Göteborg have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Allsvenskan
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
7-8-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for IFK Göteborg when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 21 matches are 33-33 (scored/conceded).
Djurgården form and stats
Perfect Allsvenskan season at home so far for Djurgården, who have the the best goal difference (+7) in Allsvenskan, 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The home team returns to Tele2 Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Hammarby (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Allsvenskan game ended 2-2. Midfielder Hampus Finndell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Finndell scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Östersunds FK.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 Djurgården's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
Djurgården can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Defensively Djurgården have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
IFK Göteborg, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Allsvenskan, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Allsvenskan, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). IFK Göteborg has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 26 days ago, in the Degerfors fixture.
Göteborg's last game was the home draw against Sirius (2-2). Marek Hamšík got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Hamšík scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total). Giannis Anestis had red hot gloves after the game against Sirius, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kalmar that ended 0-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Göteborg when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
Göteborg are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. The Göteborg defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Djurgården, one draw and zero wins for IFK Göteborg. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Fonn Witry 3 goals |  N. Bärkroth 3 goals |  H. Finndell 2 goals |
Djurgården missing players
IFK Göteborg missing players
| Djurgården | IFK Göteborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 19.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.7 | 11.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 31% |
- Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the the best goal difference (+7) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have won all their matches at home so far.
- Djurgården haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Djurgården is in the best form (4-1-1)
- IFK Göteborg have not yet lost a game away.
- IFK Göteborg have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg have the most clean sheets (2) away in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | AIK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Elfsborg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Sirius | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Degerfors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Varberg BoIS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Örebro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Häcken | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
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