Balanced ball game between IFK Göteborg and Hammarby expected

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gamla Ullevi (18800 seats)

Hammarby travel to IFK Göteborg and Gamla Ullevi packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hammarby have the most points from losing position (9) in Allsvenskan

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Hammarby's home stadium. The visitors last 26 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what IFK Göteborg have to build on here at Gamla Ullevi in the Allsvenskan.

The IFK Göteborg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Norrköping here at Gamla Ullevi in a Allsvenskan match. Oscar Wendt, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Wendt hit three key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Varberg BoIS.

This is expected to be a close game, with 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 eight games. IFK Göteborg has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.

IFK Göteborg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gamla Ullevi with 11 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Göteborg defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hammarby form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Hammarby has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Östersunds FK for a Allsvenskan game that ended a draw (1-1). Defender Bjørn Paulsen was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Paulsen served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Norrköping.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Hammarby in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Hammarby, one draw and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Hammarby's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Hammarby have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (IFK Göteborg wins - draws - Hammarby wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HammarbyG. Ludwigson
G. Ludwigson
6 goals
IFK GöteborgK. Sigþórsson
K. Sigþórsson
4 goals
HammarbyA. Amoo
A. Amoo
4 goals

IFK Göteborg missing players

Hammarby missing players

IFK Göteborg Hammarby
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 6 13
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 3 1 Lost L 1 3 3
15 11 2 Scored S 1 9 25
16 11 1 Conceded C 2 9 17
77% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 54%
31% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
23% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 23%
54% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 77%
31% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
38% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
5 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 5.4
4.3 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.7 5.2
1.4 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 13.6 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 12.9
3.8 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.5
30% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 41% 42%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • All of Hammarby's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hammarby have the most points from losing position (9) in Allsvenskan
  • Hammarby have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Allsvenskan
  • Hammarby haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • IFK Göteborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • IFK Göteborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 9 3 1 24 8 7 6 1 0 16 3 6 3 2 1 8 5 16 30
2 Malmö FF 13 9 2 2 31 16 6 5 1 0 16 7 7 4 1 2 15 9 15 29
3 AIK 13 7 3 3 17 12 8 6 2 0 13 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 24
4 Elfsborg 13 7 2 4 19 13 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 3 1 2 8 5 6 23
5 Hammarby 13 6 4 3 25 17 7 4 3 0 16 8 6 2 1 3 9 9 8 22
6 Norrköping 13 6 2 5 17 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 0 4 8 7 4 20
7 Kalmar 13 4 5 4 12 14 7 3 2 2 6 5 6 1 3 2 6 9 -2 17
8 Häcken 13 4 4 5 18 18 6 2 1 3 10 10 7 2 3 2 8 8 0 16
9 IFK Göteborg 13 3 6 4 15 16 7 2 2 3 11 11 6 1 4 1 4 5 -1 15
10 Halmstad 13 3 6 4 10 11 6 1 5 0 4 3 7 2 1 4 6 8 -1 15
11 Degerfors 13 4 3 6 14 21 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 1 2 4 5 13 -7 15
12 Sirius 13 4 3 6 15 25 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 1 2 4 8 19 -10 15
13 Varberg BoIS 13 3 4 6 16 22 6 2 1 3 8 11 7 1 3 3 8 11 -6 13
14 Örebro 13 3 2 8 9 25 6 1 2 3 3 8 7 2 0 5 6 17 -16 11
15 Mjällby 13 2 4 7 9 16 6 2 2 2 3 4 7 0 2 5 6 12 -7 10
16 Östersunds FK 13 2 3 8 15 19 7 2 1 4 13 9 6 0 2 4 2 10 -4 9

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.