IFK Göteborg favourites for feisty fight facing Värnamo

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gamla Ullevi (18800 seats)

The fresh new season is about to start and the regulars are trembling with excitement. It’s square one as IFK Göteborg welcome Värnamo for the opening game at Gamla Ullevi. Read more!

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

Last season, IFK Göteborg's league results were 14 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses, leading to 8th position in the Allsvenskan. Over these 30 matches they scored {42 goals} and gave away 39. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season IFK Göteborg delivered 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 18 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how IFK Göteborg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the IFK Göteborg friendly games in pre-season: IFK Göteborg played six friendlies, won 2, drew 3 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that IFK Göteborg scored {9 goals} and conceded 7 in these six games.

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Värnamo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Värnamo performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 17/29 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Värnamo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

It's a day of discovery for Värnamo as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Värnamo have played seven with the results W5-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Värnamo has scored {14 goals} and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the last three meetings): Göteborg won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Värnamo managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

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Total First Half Second Half
IFK Göteborg Värnamo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
IFK Göteborg Last season Värnamo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
14 7   Won W   4 9
3 3   Drew D   4 10
13 5   Lost L   7 11
42 19   Scored S   17 34
39 18   Conceded C   29 47
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 83%
80% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 73%
50% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 53%
30% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 33%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 27%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 27%
23% 13%   Failed to Score F T   40% 30%
 
5.3 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
6.2 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.6
1.8 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
11.8 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 11.1
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
14.9 12.3   Shots against (avg) S A   17.9 15.7
4.6 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brommapojkarna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Degerfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Djurgården 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Häcken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Halmstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hammarby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 IFK Göteborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kalmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mjallby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norrköping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sirius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Varberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Värnamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 18 10 2 69 37 15 9 4 2 38 21 15 9 6 0 31 16 32 64
2 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 55 25 15 11 1 3 38 11 15 6 5 4 17 14 30 57
3 Hammarby 30 16 8 6 60 27 15 9 5 1 37 13 15 7 3 5 23 14 33 56
4 Kalmar 30 15 6 9 41 27 15 10 2 3 20 7 15 5 4 6 21 20 14 51
5 AIK 30 14 8 8 45 36 15 8 4 3 21 11 15 6 4 5 24 25 9 50
6 Elfsborg 30 13 10 7 55 35 15 8 5 2 33 19 15 5 5 5 22 16 20 49
7 Malmö FF 30 13 7 10 44 34 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 5 3 7 19 21 10 46
8 IFK Göteborg 30 14 3 13 42 39 15 7 3 5 19 18 15 7 0 8 23 21 3 45
9 Mjallby 30 11 10 9 33 33 15 5 6 4 21 20 15 6 4 5 12 13 0 43
10 Värnamo 30 9 10 11 34 47 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 4 4 7 17 29 -13 37
11 Sirius 30 9 8 13 31 42 15 6 2 7 17 17 15 3 6 6 14 25 -11 35
12 Norrköping 30 8 10 12 40 42 15 5 4 6 24 20 15 3 6 6 16 22 -2 34
13 Degerfors 30 7 10 13 32 49 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 2 4 9 15 31 -17 31
14 Varberg 30 8 7 15 31 57 15 4 5 6 15 25 15 4 2 9 16 32 -26 31
15 Helsingborg 30 4 5 21 22 52 15 2 3 10 9 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -30 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 30 4 2 24 28 80 15 4 0 11 20 38 15 0 2 13 8 42 -52 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brommapojkarna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Degerfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Djurgården 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Häcken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Halmstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hammarby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 IFK Göteborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kalmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mjallby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norrköping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sirius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Varberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Värnamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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