This could be an interesting match as Hammarby have their presumed home advantage while Elfsborg are ahead 7 points in the Allsvenskan table.
It's no vacation for neither Hammarby 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.
Hammarby form and stats
Overall Allsvenskan stats at home this season for Hammarby are 3-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Happy days for Hammarby in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at Norrköping (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that match, a win away at Djurgården.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Abdulrahman Khalili scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time.
Hammarby are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Hammarby have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Elfsborg form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (17) away in Allsvenskan, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Allsvenskan. Elfsborg have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Jesper Karlsson, Simon Olsson, Per Frick and Johan Larsson scored in Elfsborg's previous match, the home game against Falkenberg that ended 4-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Östersunds FK with the score of 1-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Falkenberg was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The travelling fans enjoy Elfsborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Elfsborg in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Elfsborg - Hammarby 2-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Hammarby, three draws and five wins for Elfsborg. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Karlsson 7 goals |  P. Frick 5 goals |  G. Ludwigson 4 goals |
Hammarby missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Hammarby | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 87% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 53% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 53% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 27% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 205 | 95 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 100 | 203 |
| 60 | 28 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 33 | 71 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 36% | 38% |
- Elfsborg has the most points (17) away
- Elfsborg has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
| 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 |
- Hammarby Fotboll
- Svenska Fans: Hammarby - (supporter blog)
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)