Allsvenskan: We're previewing an appealing and crucial battle between Helsingborg and Varberg BoIS at Olympia. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals (20) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic game!
Helsingborg form and stats
Helsingborg's struggle is real here at Olympia with only 9 points collected from 12 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Helsingborg to get some points in this home game.
Muhsin was the last player to score a league goal for Helsingborg and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Helsingborg haven't scored in 226 minutes.
Helsingborg lost their last game at AIK (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfielder Khalili was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Khalili hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Kalmar.This is expected to be a close game, with Helsingborg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Helsingborg as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Helsingborg has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Helsingborg are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Norrköping awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Helsingborg here at Olympia in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 12 games). Helsingborg have conceded 15 in these home matches. Helsingborg has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
Varberg BoIS have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-2-8 (12 played). When Varberg BoIS is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Degerfors, Varberg BoIS, Norrköping, Sirius and GIF Sundsvall is teams we like to compare Helsingborg with. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Varberg's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Varberg BoIS lost away at Hammarby (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Hammarby was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. It is a concern for Varberg that their goalie Andersson pulled off eight saves in the Hammarby match, but still were unable to stop a defeat.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Häcken.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Varberg BoIS playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 5 Varberg BoIS wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Varberg BoIS are hosting Elfsborg in the Allsvenskan only four days away.
The attacking power of Varberg BoIS when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Varberg have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the teams faced each other previously this season; Varberg BoIS - Helsingborg 0-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Helsingborg victories, three draws and one Varberg BoIS win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Simovic 5 goals |   A. Muhsin 4 goals | T. Ali 3 goals |
Helsingborg missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Helsingborg | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 40 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 42 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 68% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 76% |
| 48% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 28% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 52% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 16% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 24% |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 9.5 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8.9 | 11.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 19% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 24% | 26% |
| 14 | 13.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 18.7 | 16.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 7 | 6.3 |
- Helsingborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Helsingborg have the fewest points (9) at home in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals (20) in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Varberg BoIS have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Varberg BoIS have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Häcken | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 54 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 48 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 46 |
| 4 | Kalmar | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | AIK | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 32 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Sirius | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Varberg BoIS | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 25 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 22 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 25 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -39 | 14 |
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