Häcken will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Elfsborg.
It's no vacation for neither Häcken nor Elfsborg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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 9 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 30-35. You can compare this with overall results below.
Häcken form and stats
Häcken have collected seven points from their first three Allsvenskan games here at Bravida Arena, a promising start. Two home wins in a row for Häcken bring valid hopes of a third.
Häcken are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Mjällby. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hammarby.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Häcken have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost four.
The manager A. Alm will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Östersunds FK in only three days.
Häcken have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bravida Arena with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Häcken have only let in 1 goal at home.
Elfsborg form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (8) away in Allsvenskan, on their Allsvenskan travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Elfsborg, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Kalmar (placed 14th) in the Allsvenskan last time out. A loss against IFK Göteborg (after extra-time) was the result prior to that, in a Svenska Cupen home game.
Samuel Holmén came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kalmar last time out, making the manager J. Thelin feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Kalmar, was very satisfying as Samuel Holmén scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Elfsborg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of six matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Elfsborg are hosting Djurgården in the Allsvenskan only three days away.
Elfsborg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Elfsborg's manager J. Thelin has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Häcken, one draw and five wins for Elfsborg. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Irandust 2 goals |  A. Toft Søderlund 2 goals |   P. Frick 2 goals |
Häcken missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Häcken | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 | 52 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 38 | 85 |
| 28 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 32% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
- Elfsborg has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Elfsborg has the most points (8) away
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game.
- Elfsborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Häcken has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Häcken have not yet lost a 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 | Norrköping | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Mjällby | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Sirius | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Varberg BoIS | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Häcken | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Malmö FF | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Örebro | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | AIK | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Hammarby | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Falkenberg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
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