The visiting Elfsborg side should be favourites in this visit to Falkenberg, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Elfsborg play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Elfsborg on grass are 10 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-37. You can compare this with overall results below.
Relegation threatens Falkenberg who should definitely be looking for some points here. Elfsborg are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Falkenberg form and stats
Falkenberg's struggle is real here at Falcon Alkoholfri Arena with only 13 points collected from 13 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6. Two home wins in a row for Falkenberg bring valid hopes of a third.
Falkenberg's last game was hosting Djurgården (placed 3rd) and winning 3-2. 0-0 away at Kalmar before that.
Falkenberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Elfsborg form and stats
5-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Elfsborg in their Allsvenskan matches away.
Impressive finishing from Simon Olsson and Per Frick secured the home win 2-1 against Norrköping in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Varberg.
The visiting Elfsborg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. Elfsborg have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Elfsborg - Falkenberg 4-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Falkenberg victory, two draws and seven Elfsborg wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Frick 9 goals |   E. Sylisufaj 7 goals | R. Alm 6 goals |
Falkenberg missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Falkenberg | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 41 |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 85% | 88% |
| 81% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 69% | 69% |
| 58% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 46% | 50% |
| 27% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 12% | 15% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 65% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 62% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 38% | 31% |
| 27% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 23% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 320 | 164 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 172 | 369 |
| 106 | 50 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 52 | 118 |
| 27% | 32% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | 35% |
- Elfsborg has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Allsvenskan
- Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Häcken | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 40 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Sirius | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 8 | Örebro | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Östersunds FK | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | AIK | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Varberg | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 23 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -13 | 22 |
| 16 | Kalmar | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -18 | 21 |
- Falkenbergs FF
- Svenska Fans: Falkenbergs FF - (supporter blog)
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)