A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Hammarby club members are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Värnamo's 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Hammarby have not yet lost a game at home.
- Värnamo have the most conceded goals (19) away in Allsvenskan
Hammarby's stadium, Tele2 Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Värnamo have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Värnamo when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 18.
This could be an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!
Hammarby form and stats
Hammarby are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Tele2 Arena. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tele2 Arena.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Hammarby, as their goalkeeper Davor Blazevic has completely shut out the opponents for 292 minutes in the Allsvenskan.
Happy days for Hammarby in their previous game, a fixture away at Varberg BoIS (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. It's strange, but the exact result 3-0 has been on "repeat" three league matches in a row. Ludwigson, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.85 (out of 10). Ludwigson scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting IFK Göteborg in a game that was won 3-0.Hammarby are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 13 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal from each side.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Hammarby's attacking play is working. Hammarby have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Värnamo form and stats
Värnamo have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 1-1-6 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Värnamo's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The manager Hellberg was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Finnvedsvallen. Värnamo suffered a 2-3 loss to AIK (placed 3rd). Wenderson got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Wenderson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Värnamo manager Hellberg faced defeat when travelling to Djurgården and losing 0-5.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Värnamo as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Värnamo manager Hellberg has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent game: Värnamo - Hammarby 1-0. Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Hammarby, two draws and two wins for Värnamo. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ludwigson 8 goals |   M. Antonsson 7 goals | N. Besara 6 goals |
Hammarby missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Hammarby | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 30 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 25 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 73% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 27% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 27% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 27% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 16.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 39% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 8.5 | 8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 14.8 | 14.3 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
- Hammarby have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 Värnamo.
- Hammarby have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Värnamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Värnamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Värnamo have the most conceded goals (19) away in Allsvenskan
- Värnamo 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 | Djurgården | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | Häcken | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | AIK | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 30 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Sirius | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 13 | Värnamo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Degerfors | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 8 |
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