This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Allsvenskan game of the season. Both Elfsborg and Djurgården are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Elfsborg and Djurgården 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.
Elfsborg form and stats
This is expected to be a close game, with Elfsborg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Elfsborg as a small favourite), we find five games. Elfsborg has won three of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Elfsborg have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and nine practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Elfsborg scored 14 goals and let in 10 goals during these nine games.
Last season, Elfsborg's league statistics were 12 wins, 15 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Allsvenskan. Over these 30 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Elfsborg managed 6-8-1 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 20 conceded.
Djurgården form and stats
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Djurgården playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one Djurgården win, one draw and zero defeats.
Djurgården played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these six matches Djurgården scored 19 and conceded 7 goals.
Let's have a look at how Djurgården performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 21/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elfsborg one win, five draws and Djurgården four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Elfsborg missing players
Djurgården missing players
Elfsborg | Djurgården | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Elfsborg | Last season | Djurgården | |||||
Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
15 | 8 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
49 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | ||
53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 27% | ||
20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 10% | ||
67% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | ||
17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
14.6 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14 | ||
4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% |
Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
1 | AIK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Degerfors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Djurgården | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Häcken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Halmstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Hammarby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | IFK Göteborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kalmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Malmö FF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Mjallby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Norrköping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Örebro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Östersunds FK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Sirius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Varberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
1 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 34 | 60 |
2 | Elfsborg | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
3 | Häcken | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 49 |
4 | Djurgården | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
5 | Mjallby | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 47 |
6 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 46 |
7 | Örebro | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
8 | Hammarby | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
9 | AIK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
10 | Sirius | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
11 | Varberg | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 37 |
12 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
13 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -19 | 33 |
14 | Kalmar | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -19 | 28 |
15 | Helsingborg | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -15 | 26 |
16 | Falkenberg | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -21 | 24 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Djurgården
- Svenska Fans: Djurgården - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)