There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Elfsborg leading Falkenberg by 15 points.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Elfsborg and Falkenberg.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Falkenberg's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Falkenberg have performed like this: Played 16 matches resulting in 2 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats with the goal stats 18-35 (scored/conceded).
Elfsborg form and stats
2-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Elfsborg so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Happy days for Elfsborg in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at Östersunds FK (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting AIK.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elfsborg as they are travelling to their away game against Hammarby in the Allsvenskan. That match is three days after this one.
Elfsborg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borås Arena with 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Elfsborg defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Falkenberg form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Falkenberg playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.
Falkenberg failed to get anything from their last game, a Allsvenskan home match vs Malmö FF (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hammarby that ended 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AIK in just three days.
Falkenberg have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Falkenberg have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Elfsborg victories, two draws and one Falkenberg win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Karlsson 6 goals |  E. Sylisufaj 5 goals | R. Alm 4 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Falkenberg missing players
| Elfsborg | Falkenberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 64% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 183 | 83 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 77 | 169 |
| 63 | 30 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 29 | 50 |
| 37% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 30% |
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Elfsborg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Falkenberg has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Falkenberg has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Norrköping | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Häcken | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sirius | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | AIK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Falkenberg | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Falkenbergs FF
- Svenska Fans: Falkenbergs FF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)