Djurgården should be favourites to win this home game against Mjällby, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Djurgården have the most clean sheets (8) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have yet to win a game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Mjällby play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Mjällby on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 28-25. You can compare this with overall results below.
Djurgården form and stats
Djurgården have performed here at Tele2 Arena this season with 6 wins from 8 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
It's back home for Djurgården, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Karlslund away with the result 4-0. A. Ademi (2) and H. Ekdal (2) found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Djurgården played a great game against Karlslund and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, an away victory in the Allsvenskan match versus Mjällby with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Djurgården home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Djurgården are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Djurgården are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tele2 Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Mjällby form and stats
There's been little loot from Mjällby's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Allsvenskan. Mjällby only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Mjällby are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Östersunds FK fixture.
Two travels in a row for Mjällby, whose manager C. Järdler could celebrate last time after the Svenska Cupen win against Qviding FIF.
A 0-1 loss hosting Djurgården before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mjällby played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Mjällby are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mjällby's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Djurgården and Mjällby have faced each other previously this season: Mjällby - Djurgården 0-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Djurgården won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Mjällby have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  N. Bärkroth 4 goals |  H. Finndell 3 goals |  E. Chilufya 3 goals |
Djurgården missing players
Mjällby missing players
| Djurgården | Mjällby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 53% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 27% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 20% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 40% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 47% |
| 5.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.5 | 21.2 | 22.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 23% |
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Mjällby.
- Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the most clean sheets (8) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the the best goal difference (+10) at home 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.
- Mjällby have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Mjällby have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mjällby have yet to win a game away.
- Mjällby haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | AIK | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Häcken | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Degerfors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Örebro | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 12 |
| 15 | Mjällby | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
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