Halmstad should be favourites to win this home game against Värnamo, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Värnamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Halmstad form and stats
When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Halmstad are returning here after visiting Norrköping and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Granath and Mohammed scored the goal(s). The victory against Norrköping came after Mohammed's winning goal. The Halmstad manager Haglund was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 32nd minute. Midfield player Ammari got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Ammari signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 67 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Varberg.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Halmstad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Halmstad aren't scoring a lot here at Örjans Vall in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Halmstad have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Värnamo form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan.
Värnamo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Djurgården proved too strong as Värnamo slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Finnvedsvallen. Attacker Thern got a player rating of 7.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Thern served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Degerfors.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Värnamo in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Värnamo, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
9 goals have been conceded by Värnamo in these games.
Head 2 Head
Halmstad-Värnamo H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Halmstad three wins, Värnamo two wins, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Granat 6 goals |   G. Engvall 5 goals | E. Ahlstrand 3 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Halmstad | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 86% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 43% | 14% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.7 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 14 | 11.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 18% | 21% |
| 17.6 | 15.6 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 5.4 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
- 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 | Elfsborg | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | Häcken | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 32 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Halmstad | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Värnamo | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Sirius | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -21 | 14 |
| 14 | AIK | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Varberg | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
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