Degerfors expected to fight losing battle when facing Hammarby

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 22.August
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: Tele2 Arena (40000 seats)

Hammarby are favourites to win this home fixture vs Degerfors, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Hammarby have the most clean sheets (10) in Allsvenskan
  • Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan

This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Degerfors's familiar surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf Degerfors have performed like this: Played twelve matches earning 5 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats with the goal production 19-26 (scored/conceded).

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.

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Hammarby form and stats

Hammarby are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Tele2 Arena. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.

The Hammarby goalkeeper Davor Blazevic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Allsvenskan.

Hammarby enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at IFK Göteborg's place. The match ended 1-0 with Trawally scoring. Hammarby goalkeeper Blažević did an outstanding job against IFK Göteborg with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Blažević, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.83 out of 10 in that game. Blažević saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Hammarby won a home game hosting GIF Sundsvall (3-0).

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 latest league matches highlights that 13 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Hammarby manager Corvillo has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Hammarby have conceded only 8 goals.

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Degerfors form and stats

Degerfors have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 1-0-8 (9 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Degerfors in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus GIF Sundsvall.

There were no winners in Degerfors's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Varberg (placed 12th). Goalkeeper Whiteman made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Varberg. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Norrköping's place.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Degerfors have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hammarby have been victorious in all of the 6 latest matches against this side. Something to take note of?

The teams have played each other before in this season, with the result Degerfors - Hammarby 0-1 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

HammarbyG. Ludwigson
G. Ludwigson
8 goals
HammarbyN. Besara
N. Besara
7 goals
DegerforsA. Saidi
A. Saidi
5 goals

Hammarby missing players

Degerfors missing players

Hammarby Degerfors
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 4 Played P 1 9 18
11 6 3 Won W 0 1 3
3 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 1 1 Lost L 1 8 12
35 22 9 Scored S 1 6 14
13 8 3 Conceded C 3 19 35
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
61% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 44%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 17%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
28% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 56%
56% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 44%
 
7.3 8.6 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.3 5.2
2.8 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.3 5.3
1.6 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
16.6 18.8 20.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.3 12.2
5.8 6.7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.6 3.3
33% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 19% 24%
 
8.4 7.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.7 16.6
3 2.5 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.9 6.1
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • All of Degerfors's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Degerfors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Degerfors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Degerfors have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
  • Degerfors have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Allsvenskan
  • Degerfors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hammarby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hammarby have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hammarby have scored more than double the goals of Degerfors.
  • Hammarby have the most clean sheets (10) in Allsvenskan
  • Hammarby have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 18 11 5 2 43 25 9 6 1 2 22 12 9 5 4 0 21 13 18 38
2 Djurgården 18 11 4 3 38 13 9 8 1 0 28 6 9 3 3 3 10 7 25 37
3 Hammarby 18 11 3 4 35 13 10 6 3 1 22 8 8 5 0 3 13 5 22 36
4 Malmö FF 18 10 3 5 26 16 9 7 1 1 19 6 9 3 2 4 7 10 10 33
5 AIK 18 9 5 4 26 22 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 3 3 3 15 17 4 32
6 IFK Göteborg 18 9 3 6 24 16 9 4 3 2 12 7 9 5 0 4 12 9 8 30
7 Kalmar 18 8 3 7 21 17 9 6 1 2 10 4 9 2 2 5 11 13 4 27
8 Mjallby 18 7 6 5 18 16 9 4 4 1 13 8 9 3 2 4 5 8 2 27
9 Sirius 18 7 4 7 20 25 8 5 0 3 10 8 10 2 4 4 10 17 -5 25
10 Elfsborg 18 5 8 5 32 25 9 4 4 1 21 13 9 1 4 4 11 12 7 23
11 Norrköping 18 5 5 8 19 22 9 3 2 4 12 10 9 2 3 4 7 12 -3 20
12 Varberg 18 5 4 9 15 31 9 3 2 4 7 13 9 2 2 5 8 18 -16 19
13 Varnamo 18 4 6 8 18 28 8 2 4 2 7 6 10 2 2 6 11 22 -10 18
14 Degerfors 18 3 3 12 14 35 9 2 3 4 8 16 9 1 0 8 6 19 -21 12
15 Helsingborg 18 2 5 11 12 28 10 2 3 5 6 12 8 0 2 6 6 16 -16 11
16 GIF Sundsvall 18 3 1 14 17 46 9 3 0 6 12 24 9 0 1 8 5 22 -29 10

Read more about Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.