Elfsborg - IFK Göteborg. 1st spot versus 15th spot. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive match preview here!
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Allsvenskan
Elfsborg's stadium, Borås Arena, has a artifical turf surface. IFK Göteborg 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 IFK Göteborg when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from eleven matches. They have scored {9 goals} in these games and conceded 21.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg have performed here at Borås Arena this season with 5 wins from 7 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson not having conceded a league goal in 186 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Elfsborg, who won 4-0 against Kalmar (placed 6th). As mentioned above, Elfsborg "killed" Kalmar in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Okkels got a match rating of 9.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Okkels scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hammarby.Elfsborg are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 1.
Elfsborg are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Borås Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 19 goals in 7 matches. Elfsborg have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
There's been little loot from IFK Göteborg's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Göteborg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Varberg proved too strong as IFK Göteborg slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Nya Ullevi.
Before that, IFK Göteborg travelled to Halmstad and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.There's been a serious shortage of goals from IFK Göteborg's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Göteborg have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest fixtures featuring these two teams have all ended as Elfsborg wins. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  J. Ondrejka 6 goals |  J. Okkels 5 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 5 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
IFK Göteborg missing players
| Elfsborg | IFK Göteborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 34 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17.1 | 18.1 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9 | 10.4 |
| 6.7 | 7.4 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 37% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 14% | 23% |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 17.4 | 14.5 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
- All of Elfsborg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of IFK Göteborg.
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+24) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Elfsborg is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- IFK Göteborg have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | Häcken | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 32 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Halmstad | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Värnamo | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Sirius | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -21 | 14 |
| 14 | AIK | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Varberg | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Fans: IFK Göteborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
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- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
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