Only a win will satisfy the Elfsborg supporters in this Borås Arena clash with Halmstad, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Allsvenskan table.
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Halmstad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Allsvenskan
Halmstad could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Allsvenskan game only four sleeps ago.
9 - 1 - 4 with 27-11. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Halmstad when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Halmstad play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg have collected 4 points from their Allsvenskan home games so far after 1-1-1.
A good away victory last time out for Elfsborg, who won 2-0 against Sirius (placed 8th). Midfielder Marokhy Ndione was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Ndione scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kalmar that ended 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elfsborg handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, eight draws and one defeat.
Elfsborg are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Malmö FF awaits in three days.
Elfsborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Elfsborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Halmstad form and stats
No Allsvenskan points yet away for Halmstad, from their first 3 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Halmstad's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Halmstad's last game was the home draw against Mjällby (1-1). Andreas Johansson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Johansson won 4 of 13 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Örebro wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.We have checked recent matches where Halmstad have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were three victories, zero draws and two defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Halmstad's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Halmstad in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elfsborg four wins, three draws and Halmstad three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndione 4 goals |   M. Antonsson 3 goals |  L. Väisänen 1 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Halmstad missing players
| Elfsborg | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.3 | 10.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 28% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 17% | 25% |
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Halmstad have lost all their away matches so far.
- Halmstad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Allsvenskan
- Halmstad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Allsvenskan
- Halmstad 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 | Djurgården | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Norrköping | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | AIK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Sirius | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Degerfors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Örebro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Halmstad | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Varberg BoIS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Häcken | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
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