Elfsborg have delivered excellent football this season, sitting at 2nd place in the table. Värnamo have an outlook both up and down from their 9th position.
- Elfsborg have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of Värnamo.
It should be mentioned that Värnamo play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Värnamo on artifical turf are 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-18. You can compare this with overall results below.
Elfsborg and Värnamo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Allsvenskan games here at Borås Arena.
Elfsborg are returning here after visiting Sirius and winning with a 4-3 scoreline. Love, Guðjohnsen, Ondrejka and Larsson scored the goal(s). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ondrejka (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.41/10. Ondrejka scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Halmstad in a game that was won 6-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Elfsborg home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
It's goals goals goals for Elfsborg who have scored 11 goals from 3 league home games.
Värnamo form and stats
Värnamo are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Allsvenskan, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Värnamo are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Varberg BoIS (placed 16th). Goalkeeper Rasheed was absolutely vital in the Värnamo victory against Varberg BoIS, making seven saves. Attacker Engvall got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Engvall scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
A 0-1 loss hosting Brommapojkarna before that.You'll want to know how Värnamo managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 4 home wins.
Värnamo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Elfsborg have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Värnamo.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ondrejka 5 goals | A. Bernhardsson 3 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 3 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Elfsborg | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 11 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 10.3 | 8.4 |
| 4.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.4 | 22.7 | 25.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.3 | 12.6 |
| 7.4 | 10 | 12.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| 10.4 | 10 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
- 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 Värnamo.
- Elfsborg have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Värnamo have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Värnamo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Värnamo 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Häcken | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Djurgården | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Brommapojkarna | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Värnamo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Halmstad | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Degerfors | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Sirius | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | AIK | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Varberg BoIS | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
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