Allsvenskan: Elfsborg anticipated to win home fixture vs IFK Göteborg

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Allsvenskan game only four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting IFK Göteborg have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-9-6 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.

Elfsborg form and stats

When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Elfsborg to get some points in this home game.

S. Holmén was the last player to score a league goal for Elfsborg and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Elfsborg haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Elfsborg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mjallby (0-4). Elfsborg were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Leo Väisänen was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.92 out of 10. The defender Väisänen won 11 of 14 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Malmö FF that was lost 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Elfsborg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn one and lost zero.

The Elfsborg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Elfsborg have conceded 13 goals.

IFK Göteborg form and stats

There's been little loot from IFK Göteborg's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. Recent form does not give Göteborg much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Elfsborg will be a tough nut to crack.

The attacking players of Göteborg have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 245 minutes.

Göteborg failed to get anything from their last game, a Allsvenskan home match vs Kalmar (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfielder Kevin Yakob was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Yakob hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hammarby wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Göteborg playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Göteborg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Göteborg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged result between these squads is the IFK Göteborg - Elfsborg 0-1 played earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Elfsborg, four draws and three wins for IFK Göteborg. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

P. Frick 6 goals

M. Ndione 5 goals

T. Sana 5 goals

Elfsborg missing players

IFK Göteborg missing players