The home team ticketholders look for three points in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive against a stumbling visitor. Halmstad are in 7th place while the guesting Varberg BoIS stress at 16th.
- Varberg BoIS have the fewest scored goals (11) in Allsvenskan
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Halmstad form and stats
When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Three draws in a row here at Örjans Vall for Halmstad, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
The Halmstad coach Haglund and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus IFK Göteborg (placed 15th). Johansson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Johansson won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that, Halmstad drew at home versus Varnamo.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Halmstad handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Halmstad aren't scoring a lot here at Örjans Vall in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. From these home matches, Halmstad have conceded only 6 goals.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
There's been little loot from Varberg BoIS's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Allsvenskan. Varberg BoIS only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Varberg play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Kalmar (placed 6th). Júnior, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.52. Júnior hit two key passes.
A loss against AIK was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Varberg BoIS have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Varberg when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Varberg BoIS struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged scoreline featuring both these sides is the Varberg BoIS - Halmstad 1-2 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Halmstad wins - draws - Varberg BoIS wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Granat 6 goals | E. Ahlstrand 3 goals |  D. Krasniqi 3 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Halmstad | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 81% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 69% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 81% |
| 44% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 25% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 9.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.5 | 12.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 33% | 37% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| 17 | 15.5 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 17.5 | 14.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Varberg BoIS have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Varberg BoIS have the fewest scored goals (11) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 39 |
| 2 | Häcken | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Halmstad | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Mjallby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | AIK | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -25 | 14 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Varberg BoIS | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 8 |
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