Football news and preview: Djurgården odds-on when Värnamo visit

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tele2 Arena (40000 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Djurgården supporters are hoping that the difference between 2nd and Värnamo's 13th place in the table will be revealed on the grass.

Insights:
  • Djurgården have the most scored goals (28) in Allsvenskan
  • Värnamo have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Allsvenskan

This football field has artifical turf, unlike Värnamo's home stadium. The previous ten games by the visitors on artifical turf have seen 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!

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Djurgården form and stats

Home games in the Allsvenskan have been a walk in the park for Djurgården so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterström not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Djurgården, who won 2-0 against Helsingborg (placed 16th). The gifted forward Edvardsen edged out all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.61 out of 10. Edvardsen scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hammarby.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both sides.

Djurgården are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Tele2 Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. Djurgården have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Värnamo form and stats

There's been little loot from Värnamo's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Allsvenskan. Värnamo only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Värnamo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Värnamo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against GIF Sundsvall (placed 14th) in their previous match. Attacker Antonsson got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Antonsson scored one goal.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Varberg wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Värnamo has managed 7 goals and let in 14 from 7 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VärnamoM. Antonsson
M. Antonsson
6 goals
DjurgårdenJ. Asoro
J. Asoro
5 goals
DjurgårdenV. Edvardsen
V. Edvardsen
5 goals

Djurgården missing players

Värnamo missing players

Djurgården Värnamo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 0 7 13
8 6 3 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
3 0 0 Lost L 0 5 6
28 20 11 Scored S 0 7 12
10 4 4 Conceded C 0 14 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 85%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 69%
50% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 38%
43% 71% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 15%
36% 43% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 46%
43% 57% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 31%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 38%
 
4.9 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 5.7
3.6 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 4.5
1.6 1.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.4 18.6 21.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.6 11.9
5.9 7.1 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.6
34% 40% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 26%
 
9.6 11.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.9 13.5
2.7 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.9 4.5
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Djurgården have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Djurgården have scored more than double the goals of Värnamo.
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most points (19) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most points from losing position (8) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most scored goals (20) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most scored goals (28) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the the best goal difference (+18) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Djurgården is in the best form (5-0-1) in Allsvenskan
  • Värnamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Värnamo have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Allsvenskan
  • Värnamo 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 Häcken 13 8 4 1 27 18 6 4 1 1 15 10 7 4 3 0 12 8 9 28
2 Djurgården 14 8 3 3 28 10 7 6 1 0 20 4 7 2 2 3 8 6 18 27
3 AIK 14 7 4 3 20 17 7 5 1 1 8 3 7 2 3 2 12 14 3 25
4 Hammarby 13 7 3 3 24 11 7 4 3 0 15 6 6 3 0 3 9 5 13 24
5 Malmö FF 14 7 3 4 17 12 7 5 1 1 13 4 7 2 2 3 4 8 5 24
6 Kalmar 13 6 3 4 16 11 7 4 1 2 8 4 6 2 2 2 8 7 5 21
7 Elfsborg 13 5 5 3 26 15 7 4 2 1 16 8 6 1 3 2 10 7 11 20
8 IFK Göteborg 13 6 2 5 15 14 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 3 0 4 6 9 1 20
9 Mjallby 13 5 4 4 13 12 7 3 3 1 10 6 6 2 1 3 3 6 1 19
10 Sirius 13 5 3 5 15 20 5 3 0 2 6 6 8 2 3 3 9 14 -5 18
11 Norrköping 13 4 4 5 16 15 6 2 2 2 10 6 7 2 2 3 6 9 1 16
12 Varberg 13 4 2 7 11 22 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 1 1 5 4 16 -11 14
13 Värnamo 13 3 4 6 12 17 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 1 1 5 7 14 -5 13
14 GIF Sundsvall 13 3 1 9 14 31 7 3 0 4 10 16 6 0 1 5 4 15 -17 10
15 Degerfors 13 2 2 9 10 27 7 1 2 4 5 14 6 1 0 5 5 13 -17 8
16 Helsingborg 14 1 3 10 11 23 8 1 2 5 5 12 6 0 1 5 6 11 -12 6

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.