Home advantage could prove decisive in IFK Göteborg - Värnamo battle

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nya Ullevi (18800 seats)

It's a new beginning in Allsvenskan - the first match of the season. Read the full preview and see how IFK Göteborg and Värnamo did in their pre-season friendlies!

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

Last season, IFK Göteborg's league stats were 11 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, providing 8th spot in the Allsvenskan. During these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 39. Appearing as the home side in the previous season IFK Göteborg delivered 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from IFK Göteborg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won five matches, drawn two and lost one.

Göteborg have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 3 losses. In these games, IFK Göteborg have scored 6 goals and conceded 10 times.

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Värnamo form and stats

A job perfectly done for Värnamo last season as they secured promotion from Superettan. With a grand total of 18 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

Just as the home team, Värnamo have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Värnamo wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Head 2 Head

IFK Göteborg missing players

Värnamo missing players

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
11 6   Won W   7 18
8 3   Drew D   3 5
11 6   Lost L   5 7
42 23   Scored S   20 44
39 17   Conceded C   18 29
87% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
77% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 77%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 40%
33% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 20%
20% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
47% 40%   BTTS BTTS   40% 43%
33% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 40%
33% 27%   Failed to Score F T   40% 23%
 
5.1 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 6.2
4.9 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.7
1.4 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.6 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 10.8
4.2 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.4
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 34%
 
13.4 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 9.2
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.6

  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 Degerfors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Djurgården 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Elfsborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 GIF Sundsvall 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 Hammarby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Helsingborg 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 BoIS 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 Malmö FF 30 17 8 5 58 30 15 8 5 2 31 16 15 9 3 3 27 14 28 59
2 AIK 30 18 5 7 45 25 15 13 2 0 29 8 15 5 3 7 16 17 20 59
3 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 46 30 15 10 2 3 30 18 15 7 4 4 16 12 16 57
4 Elfsborg 30 17 4 9 51 35 15 8 3 4 26 17 15 9 1 5 25 18 16 55
5 Hammarby 30 15 8 7 54 41 15 11 3 1 35 19 15 4 5 6 19 22 13 53
6 Kalmar 30 13 8 9 41 39 15 6 5 4 18 15 15 7 3 5 23 24 2 47
7 Norrköping 30 13 5 12 45 41 15 8 4 3 28 17 15 5 1 9 17 24 4 44
8 IFK Göteborg 30 11 8 11 42 39 15 6 3 6 23 17 15 5 5 5 19 22 3 41
9 Mjallby 30 9 11 10 34 27 15 5 5 5 16 11 15 4 6 5 18 16 7 38
10 Varberg BoIS 30 9 10 11 35 38 15 5 5 5 15 17 15 4 5 6 20 21 -3 37
11 Sirius 30 10 7 13 39 53 15 7 2 6 21 19 15 3 5 7 18 34 -14 37
12 Häcken 30 9 9 12 46 46 15 6 3 6 29 21 15 3 6 6 17 25 0 36
13 Degerfors 30 10 4 16 34 51 15 7 1 7 23 22 15 3 3 9 11 29 -17 34
14 Halmstad 30 6 14 10 21 26 15 3 10 2 10 9 15 3 4 8 11 17 -5 32
15 Örebro 30 4 6 20 23 58 15 2 4 9 13 24 15 2 2 11 10 34 -35 18
16 Östersunds FK 30 3 5 22 24 59 15 3 2 10 18 23 15 0 3 12 6 36 -35 14
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 Värnamo 30 18 5 7 44 29 15 11 2 2 24 11 15 7 3 5 20 18 15 59
2 GIF Sundsvall 30 15 8 7 46 29 15 9 4 2 27 13 15 6 4 5 19 16 17 53
3 Helsingborg 30 13 9 8 47 29 15 7 3 5 24 14 15 6 6 3 23 15 18 48
4 Norrby 30 13 9 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 20 17 15 7 4 4 21 16 8 48
5 Oster 30 12 10 8 33 26 15 8 5 2 18 11 15 4 5 6 15 15 7 46
6 Landskrona 30 13 5 12 41 37 15 11 2 2 25 13 15 2 3 10 16 24 4 44
7 Trelleborg 30 11 10 9 42 39 15 8 3 4 24 16 15 3 7 5 18 23 3 43
8 Orgryte 30 9 14 7 39 39 15 4 9 2 20 17 15 5 5 5 19 22 0 41
9 AFC Eskilstuna 30 11 7 12 41 41 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 3 3 9 16 28 0 40
10 Brage 30 10 9 11 40 42 15 6 4 5 21 19 15 4 5 6 19 23 -2 39
11 Jonkopings Sodra 30 10 8 12 34 37 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 4 3 8 14 22 -3 38
12 Västerås SK 30 8 12 10 36 40 15 4 7 4 20 21 15 4 5 6 16 19 -4 36
13 Akropolis 30 9 8 13 28 44 15 6 4 5 14 17 15 3 4 8 14 27 -16 35
14 GAIS 30 10 4 16 31 40 15 5 2 8 18 24 15 5 2 8 13 16 -9 34
15 Vasalund 30 7 5 18 35 52 15 4 3 8 18 22 15 3 2 10 17 30 -17 26
16 Falkenberg 30 6 7 17 34 55 15 4 3 8 20 31 15 2 4 9 14 24 -21 25

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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.