A quick peek at the Allsvenskan table imply an upper hand to Djurgården when they come to Varberg BoIS. Yet; let's play the game before we hand out the points!
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Djurgården is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
Varberg's stadium, Påskbergsvallen, has a grass surface. Djurgården have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Djurgården when playing on grass; 12 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 26 matches. They have scored 35 goals in these games and conceded 25.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Varberg BoIS so far this season. Varberg BoIS are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Påskbergsvallen, having lost their two previous games here.
The Varberg manager Persson and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Degerfors (placed 14th). Midfield player Sissé got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Sissé hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against IFK Göteborg that was lost 0-4.Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has seen at least three goals.
Varberg BoIS aren't scoring a lot here at Påskbergsvallen in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Varberg have conceded 13 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Djurgården form and stats
3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Djurgården, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in Allsvenskan, in their Allsvenskan matches away.
The regulars enjoyed Djurgården's previous match versus APOEL, a Europa Conference League win (3-0) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Kalmar.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Djurgården manager Lagerlöf as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against APOEL.
The visiting Djurgården have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Djurgården are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met previously this season: Djurgården - Varberg 4-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (Varberg BoIS wins - draws - Djurgården wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Asoro 6 goals |  V. Edvardsen 6 goals |   R. Simovic 4 goals |
Varberg BoIS missing players
Djurgården missing players
| Varberg BoIS | Djurgården | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 67% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 56% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 17% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 44% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 28% |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 6.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 14.2 | 15.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 26% | 37% |
| 17.6 | 14.6 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| 5.9 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
- Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Djurgården have scored more than double the goals of Varberg BoIS.
- Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the most points from losing position (11) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården have the the best goal difference (+25) in Allsvenskan
- Djurgården is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
- Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | AIK | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Sirius | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 19 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 18 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 12 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -29 | 10 |
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