It's still early in the Allsvenskan season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Malmö FF - Varberg BoIS preview!
- Varberg BoIS have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Malmö FF form and stats
Only two Allsvenskan home games for Malmö FF so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Malmö faced defeat in their previous match, away at Djurgården (1-3). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Östersunds FK.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Malmö as they are travelling to their away game against AIK in the Allsvenskan. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Malmö FF at home in the league. 4 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
Four points from two away games for Varberg BoIS, meaning one draw and one victory in the Allsvenskan so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Varberg BoIS, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Östersunds FK (placed 8th) in the Allsvenskan last time out. A 1-3 loss hosting Djurgården before that.
The end of the last match, against Östersunds FK, was very satisfying as Oliver Stanisic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Varberg BoIS we find three games. Results are zero Varberg BoIS wins, one draw and two defeats.
After this away game Varberg BoIS return home for a Allsvenskan game against Hammarby. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Varberg BoIS has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Malmö zero wins, one draw and Varberg BoIS one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Krukow Rieks 2 goals |   O. Stanisic 2 goals |  J. Knudsen 1 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Malmö FF | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 12.5 | 13.8 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 24% |
- Varberg BoIS have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
| Malmö FF | Last season | Varberg BoIS | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 64 | 34 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 57% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | ||
| 37% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16.3 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | AIK | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Sirius | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Kalmar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Östersunds FK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Mjällby | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Varberg BoIS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Häcken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Örebro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 34 | 60 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 3 | Häcken | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Mjällby | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 47 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | Örebro | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | AIK | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Sirius | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
| 11 | Varberg BoIS | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 37 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -19 | 33 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -19 | 28 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -21 | 24 |
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