Djurgården are located at 4th, while Värnamo are hanging back 11 points behind in the table. Can they trim the gap?
- Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Värnamo have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
Värnamo play their home games on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. Up to date results for Värnamo when featuring on artifical turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from nine matches. They have scored {11 goals} and conceded 16 times in these games.
Djurgården and Värnamo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Djurgården form and stats
Home games in the Allsvenskan have been a walk in the park for Djurgården so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A good away victory last time out for Djurgården, who won 2-0 against Norrköping (placed 6th). Danielson, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Danielson won 3 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Djurgården won a home game hosting Degerfors (4-1).Djurgården have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tele2 Arena with 21 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Djurgården have conceded only 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Värnamo form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Värnamo are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
270 minutes! That's how long the Värnamo goalkeeper Jonathan Rasheed and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Värnamo go into this game after a win, the home game against Elfsborg that ended 1-0. Midfield player Ademi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Ademi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).
A draw for Värnamo before that, at their own venue hosting Halmstad (0-0).Some info for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
Värnamo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Värnamo have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders met earlier this season; Värnamo - Djurgården 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Djurgården two wins, one draw and Värnamo zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Engvall 7 goals |   M. Danielsson 4 goals |  H. Finndell 3 goals |
Djurgården missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Djurgården | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 33 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 59% |
| 45% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 32% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 45% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 45% | 41% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 32% |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 15.5 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.3 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 39% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 10.5 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.4 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
- Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Djurgården have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Djurgården haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Värnamo have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | Elfsborg | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 28 | 48 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Häcken | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Mjallby | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Värnamo | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Halmstad | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 29 |
| 11 | Brommapojkarna | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -25 | 23 |
| 14 | AIK | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Sirius | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Varberg BoIS | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -24 | 14 |
- Djurgården
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- Allsvenskan official site
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