Football betting preview: Östersunds FK with moderate expectations before welcoming Elfsborg

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jämtkraft Arena (8466 seats)

The visiting Elfsborg team should be front runners at Östersunds FK, as the visitors have a 27 point lead from their 18 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Östersunds FK is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Elfsborg have the most points (16) away 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.

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Östersunds FK form and stats

Östersunds FK's struggle is real here at Jämtkraft Arena with only 7 points collected from 9 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. All in all it has been a very rough period for Östersunds FK who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Sirius, 119 days ago.

Stress levels are on the rise for Östersunds's attacking players as they have now played 292 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Karlsson was their last goal scorer.

Östersunds are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sirius. Noah Sonko Sundberg, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Sundberg hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels. Östersunds's goalkeeper Aly Keita was extremely busy against Sirius, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Prior to that, an away loss at Norrköping.

The manager A. Azrafshan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Örebro in only three days.

A decent goal production from Östersunds in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Östersunds have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Elfsborg form and stats

Elfsborg have an excellent away record in the Allsvenskan so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. Things are running smoothly for Elfsborg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Malmö FF.

Elfsborg won their last game, 4-2 versus Häcken played at home. Attacker Per Frick got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Frick scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. A loony match with plenty of goals last time out for Elfsborg, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this match be as exciting?

Prior to that result Elfsborg won their away game at Kalmar. The scoreline was 3-0.

A new game in only three days for Elfsborg, the Allsvenskan home match versus Malmö FF. Busy days.

Elfsborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Elfsborg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Elfsborg - Östersunds FK 3-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Östersunds won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Elfsborg got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

ElfsborgP. Frick
P. Frick
6 goals
ÖstersundsB. Turgott
B. Turgott
5 goals
ElfsborgM. Ndione
M. Ndione
5 goals

Östersunds FK missing players

Elfsborg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Östersunds FK Elfsborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
2 2 0 Won W 1 5 11
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
13 6 2 Lost L 0 2 4
16 14 2 Scored S 1 13 33
31 12 4 Conceded C 0 5 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 78%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 56%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 28%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
39% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 44%
50% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
5.3 5.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.8 5.4
8.3 8.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.4 6.1
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 8.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.6 13.4
2.6 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.8 4.6
34% 47% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 43% 40%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Elfsborg have scored more than double the goals of Östersunds FK.
  • Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Allsvenskan
  • Elfsborg have the most points (16) away in Allsvenskan
  • Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Allsvenskan
  • Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Östersunds FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Östersunds FK have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Allsvenskan
  • Östersunds FK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Östersunds FK is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 18 11 4 3 30 14 10 7 2 1 21 8 8 4 2 2 9 6 16 37
2 AIK 18 11 4 3 26 14 10 8 2 0 17 5 8 3 2 3 9 9 12 37
3 Elfsborg 18 11 3 4 33 17 10 6 2 2 20 12 8 5 1 2 13 5 16 36
4 Malmö FF 18 10 4 4 38 22 9 6 2 1 22 11 9 4 2 3 16 11 16 34
5 Norrköping 18 8 3 7 25 19 8 4 2 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 11 6 27
6 Hammarby 18 7 6 5 30 26 9 5 3 1 18 11 9 2 3 4 12 15 4 27
7 Kalmar 18 7 6 5 20 20 10 4 3 3 11 10 8 3 3 2 9 10 0 27
8 Varberg 18 7 5 6 23 23 9 4 2 3 10 11 9 3 3 3 13 12 0 26
9 Sirius 18 6 5 7 18 27 9 5 1 3 9 7 9 1 4 4 9 20 -9 23
10 Häcken 18 6 4 8 29 29 8 4 1 3 18 12 10 2 3 5 11 17 0 22
11 IFK Göteborg 18 5 7 6 23 23 10 3 3 4 14 13 8 2 4 2 9 10 0 22
12 Halmstad 18 4 8 6 13 16 8 2 6 0 6 4 10 2 2 6 7 12 -3 20
13 Degerfors 18 5 3 10 18 33 8 4 1 3 12 10 10 1 2 7 6 23 -15 18
14 Mjällby 18 3 7 8 13 19 8 2 3 3 3 5 10 1 4 5 10 14 -6 16
15 Örebro 18 3 4 11 12 34 9 1 4 4 6 14 9 2 0 7 6 20 -22 13
16 Östersunds FK 18 2 3 13 16 31 9 2 1 6 14 12 9 0 2 7 2 19 -15 9

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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 Djurgården 18 11 4 3 30 14 10 7 2 1 21 8 8 4 2 2 9 6 16 37
2 AIK 18 11 4 3 26 14 10 8 2 0 17 5 8 3 2 3 9 9 12 37
3 Elfsborg 18 11 3 4 33 17 10 6 2 2 20 12 8 5 1 2 13 5 16 36
4 Malmö FF 18 10 4 4 38 22 9 6 2 1 22 11 9 4 2 3 16 11 16 34
5 Norrköping 18 8 3 7 25 19 8 4 2 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 11 6 27
6 Hammarby 18 7 6 5 30 26 9 5 3 1 18 11 9 2 3 4 12 15 4 27
7 Kalmar 18 7 6 5 20 20 10 4 3 3 11 10 8 3 3 2 9 10 0 27
8 Varberg 18 7 5 6 23 23 9 4 2 3 10 11 9 3 3 3 13 12 0 26
9 Sirius 18 6 5 7 18 27 9 5 1 3 9 7 9 1 4 4 9 20 -9 23
10 Häcken 18 6 4 8 29 29 8 4 1 3 18 12 10 2 3 5 11 17 0 22
11 IFK Göteborg 18 5 7 6 23 23 10 3 3 4 14 13 8 2 4 2 9 10 0 22
12 Halmstad 18 4 8 6 13 16 8 2 6 0 6 4 10 2 2 6 7 12 -3 20
13 Degerfors 18 5 3 10 18 33 8 4 1 3 12 10 10 1 2 7 6 23 -15 18
14 Mjällby 18 3 7 8 13 19 8 2 3 3 3 5 10 1 4 5 10 14 -6 16
15 Örebro 18 3 4 11 12 34 9 1 4 4 6 14 9 2 0 7 6 20 -22 13
16 Östersunds FK 18 2 3 13 16 31 9 2 1 6 14 12 9 0 2 7 2 19 -15 9

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