IFK Göteborg will hope that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this gruelling dispute, against high-octane Halmstad.
- IFK Göteborg is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Halmstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
IFK Göteborg form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Allsvenskan this season. IFK Göteborg have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Gamla Ullevi. The Göteborg manager Stahre might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
An away draw last time out for IFK Göteborg, facing Elfsborg in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Carlen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Carlen scored one goal.
Preceding that match was the home game against Varberg that was lost 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with IFK Göteborg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with IFK Göteborg as a small favourite), we find 6 games. IFK Göteborg has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The IFK Göteborg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches.
Halmstad form and stats
4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Halmstad playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. A great winning streak in away games for Halmstad as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Elfsborg have they travelled home without three points.
Halmstad played 2-2 against Varnamo in their previous match. The match against Varnamo looked like a defeat for Halmstad, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Mohammed equalized in the 83rd minute. Ofosu-Ayeh was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Ofosu-Ayeh served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Norrköping at their stadium, the result 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Halmstad playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Halmstad win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visiting Halmstad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
IFK Göteborg have pulled off a streak of 14 consecutive matches without defeat (9-5-0) when playing Halmstad.The duelists have fought previously this season: Halmstad - Göteborg 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Granat 6 goals |  S. Ohlsson 4 goals |  M. Berg 3 goals |
IFK Göteborg missing players
Halmstad missing players
| IFK Göteborg | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 6 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.7 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 11.9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| 14.5 | 11.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.7 | 19.7 | 17.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.9 | 5.4 |
- All of Halmstad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Halmstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Halmstad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- IFK Göteborg have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Allsvenskan
- IFK Göteborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- IFK Göteborg is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Häcken | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Halmstad | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Varnamo | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -24 | 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 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 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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