Early sportsbook lines insinuate Mjällby edge against GIF Sundsvall

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Strandvallen (6500 seats)

It's time for Mjällby - GIF Sundsvall! Even with their varied results, this match could be great fun!

Insights:
  • Mjällby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals (57) in Allsvenskan

This football stadium uses the playing surface grass, unlike GIF Sundsvall's home arena. The previous 22 games by the visitors on grass have produced 4 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses.

GIF Sundsvall have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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!

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Mjällby form and stats

The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Mjällby at their home stadium (Strandvallen) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Mjällby travelled for their previous game, a trip to Degerfors that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Brolin got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.42 out of ten. Brolin topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against IFK Göteborg with the scoreline 1-4.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 16 league matches, 13 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Mjällby has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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GIF Sundsvall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for GIF Sundsvall so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-10 (win-draw-lose).

GIF Sundsvall are looking to quickly end their 263 minutes long goal drought in the Allsvenskan.

The manager Clarhaut was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium NP3 Arena. GIF Sundsvall suffered a 0-2 loss to Elfsborg (placed 9th). It is worrying for GIF Sundsvall that their goalkeeper Andersson made six saves in the Elfsborg fixture, but still could not hinder a beating.

Prior to that match, the Sundsvall manager Clarhaut faced defeat when travelling to AIK and losing 0-4.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where GIF Sundsvall played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

Observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting GIF Sundsvall as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Sundsvall concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

As it happens, the last time GIF Sundsvall kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opposition, 14 league games ago (GIF Sundsvall - Mjällby 2-0). Mjällby-GIF Sundsvall H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Mjällby three wins, GIF Sundsvall three wins, three draws. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MjällbyS. Nwankwo
S. Nwankwo
7 goals
GIF SundsvallP. Engblom
P. Engblom
6 goals
GIF SundsvallS. Ylätupa
S. Ylätupa
5 goals

Mjällby missing players

GIF Sundsvall missing players

Mjällby GIF Sundsvall
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
8 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
8 5 2 Drew D 0 1 1
6 2 0 Lost L 3 10 18
21 15 6 Scored S 2 6 19
21 13 4 Conceded C 7 29 57
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 91%
23% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 64%
5% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 45%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 23%
45% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 59%
36% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 32%
 
5 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.4 3.5
5.4 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.7 7.4
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 11.6 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.3 9.8
3.4 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 3.2
28% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 21% 27%
 
13 11.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 19.5 19.4
4.8 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6.6 7.1
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • GIF Sundsvall have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • GIF Sundsvall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • GIF Sundsvall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • GIF Sundsvall have the fewest points (1) away in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals (29) away in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals (57) in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Allsvenskan
  • GIF Sundsvall have yet to win a game away.
  • GIF Sundsvall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • GIF Sundsvall is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Mjällby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjällby have scored at least twice as many goals at home as GIF Sundsvall have scored away.
  • Mjällby have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Mjällby 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 22 13 6 3 43 16 10 9 1 0 30 7 12 4 5 3 13 9 27 45
2 Häcken 21 13 6 2 50 28 11 7 2 2 28 15 10 6 4 0 22 13 22 45
3 Hammarby 22 12 5 5 43 20 12 7 4 1 27 9 10 5 1 4 16 11 23 41
4 AIK 22 11 6 5 36 28 11 7 3 1 17 7 11 4 3 4 19 21 8 39
5 Malmö FF 22 11 4 7 31 22 11 8 1 2 21 8 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 37
6 IFK Göteborg 21 11 3 7 30 18 10 5 3 2 14 7 11 6 0 5 16 11 12 36
7 Kalmar 21 11 3 7 24 17 11 8 1 2 12 4 10 3 2 5 12 13 7 36
8 Mjällby 22 8 8 6 21 21 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 6 8 0 32
9 Elfsborg 22 7 9 6 39 30 10 5 4 1 24 15 12 2 5 5 15 15 9 30
10 Sirius 22 7 4 11 22 32 11 5 0 6 12 13 11 2 4 5 10 19 -10 25
11 Värnamo 22 6 7 9 26 37 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 3 2 7 15 28 -11 25
12 Norrköping 22 6 6 10 27 30 11 4 2 5 18 15 11 2 4 5 9 15 -3 24
13 Varberg BoIS 22 6 6 10 20 35 12 4 4 4 12 16 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 24
14 Degerfors 22 4 5 13 20 43 11 3 4 4 11 17 11 1 1 9 9 26 -23 17
15 Helsingborg 21 3 5 13 16 33 11 2 3 6 6 13 10 1 2 7 10 20 -17 14
16 GIF Sundsvall 22 3 1 18 19 57 11 3 0 8 13 28 11 0 1 10 6 29 -38 10

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.