Elfsborg open their doors to Halmstad for another engrossing Allsvenskan game here at Borås Arena.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Halmstad have lost all their away matches so far.
Elfsborg's stadium, Borås Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Halmstad have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Halmstad when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from eleven matches. They have scored {9 goals} in these games and conceded 13.
It's no vacation for neither Elfsborg nor Halmstad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Elfsborg form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Elfsborg's two home games in the Allsvenskan so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Borås Arena.
It's back home for Elfsborg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mjällby away with the result 1-0. Lagerbielke found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Thelin when Lagerbielke scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Valdimarsson, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.12 out of 10 in that game. Valdimarsson topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Degerfors with a 2-1 scoreline.Early season league goal statistics from Elfsborg's 2 home games: {5 goals}, 2 conceded.
Halmstad form and stats
No Allsvenskan points yet away for Halmstad, from their first 2 matches.
Halmstad are looking to quickly end their 200 minutes long goal drought in the Allsvenskan.
Home advantage was not enough for Halmstad in their previous game as they lost hosting Brommapojkarna, 0-2. Midfield player Ammari was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Ammari hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, the Halmstad manager Haglund faced defeat when travelling to Kalmar and losing 0-2.A quick return to home after this game, as Halmstad are hosting Häcken in the Allsvenskan only four days away.
{1 goals} so far away for Halmstad, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Elfsborg-Halmstad H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Elfsborg five wins, Halmstad two wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bernhardsson 3 goals | J. Ondrejka 2 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 2 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Halmstad missing players
| Elfsborg | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.4 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 17 | 14.6 |
| 3.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 4 |
- All of Elfsborg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Halmstad's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Halmstad have lost all their away matches so far.
- Halmstad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Elfsborg | Last season | Halmstad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 57% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16.7 | 18.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 48% | ||
| 11.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Kalmar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Djurgården | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Varnamo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Halmstad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Brommapojkarna | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Sirius | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | AIK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Varberg | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | IFK Göteborg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
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