It's advantage Häcken so far with their 5th position in the Allsvenskan table, welcoming Varberg BoIS who are placed 9th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Häcken form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Allsvenskan games here at Bravida Arena for Häcken. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Häcken enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Varberg BoIS's place. The match ended 3-1 with Alexander Faltsetas, Ahmed Yasin and Leo Bengtsson scoring. Preceding that match was the home game against Kalmar that was lost 0-2.
Goals decide football matches and Häcken are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Defensively Häcken have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Varberg BoIS so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Varberg, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Varberg BoIS's previous game was their home loss versus Häcken (1-3). Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Sirius.
Varberg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. As for defending, Varberg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Varberg BoIS - Häcken 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Häcken two wins, zero draws and Varberg BoIS zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Seljmani 7 goals |   A. Toft Søderlund 5 goals | L. Bengtsson 4 goals |
Häcken missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Häcken | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 40% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 13% |
| 53% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 60% |
| 40% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 20% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 | 141 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 76 | 161 |
| 84 | 55 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 28 | 58 |
| 32% | 31% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | 38% |
- Häcken has the most clean sheets (5) at home
- Häcken has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
- Häcken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Varberg BoIS 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Häcken | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Sirius | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Östersunds FK | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Kalmar | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | AIK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
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