After the first game it's Varberg BoIS - Elfsborg 1-0 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second Allsvenskan match of the season?
It should be mentioned that Elfsborg play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Elfsborg on grass are 14 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 50-26. You can compare this with overall results below.
This could be an appealing match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Varberg BoIS form and stats
Last season, Varberg BoIS's league stats were 9 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses, providing 10th spot in the Allsvenskan. In these 30 matches they scored {35 goals} and conceded 38. Appearing at home in the last season Varberg BoIS produced 5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 17 conceded.
Varberg BoIS drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mjällby (placed 7th). Varberg BoIS salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Mjällby, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Al-Hamlawi equalizing. The hometeam coach Persson made a successful contribution in the game against Mjällby, bringing on Al-Hamlawi who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Silverholt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Silverholt hit two key passes and won 2 of 6 duels.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against AIK in the Svenska Cupen.
Elfsborg form and stats
Let's have a look at how Elfsborg performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {35 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 22/16 goals scored/conceded.
Elfsborg's previous game was their home loss versus Häcken (0-2). Elfsborg goalkeeper Valdimarsson was glad for a terrific day at work vs Häcken, but even with managing six saves the beating could not be helped. Midfield player Rømer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Rømer dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 63 total).
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Midtjylland in the Atlantic Cup.
Head 2 Head
Elfsborg have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) versus Varberg BoIS.Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Al Hamlawi 1 goals | ![]() ?. Pektas 1 goals |
Varberg BoIS missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Varberg BoIS | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Varberg BoIS | Last season | Elfsborg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 22 | 55 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 17% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 16.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 12.5 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hammarby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Häcken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Halmstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Värnamo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Varberg BoIS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Norrköping | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sirius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | AIK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Kalmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Brommapojkarna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Elfsborg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Häcken | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 30 | 57 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 56 |
| 4 | Kalmar | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
| 5 | AIK | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 6 | Elfsborg | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 49 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 46 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 45 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 43 |
| 10 | Värnamo | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -13 | 37 |
| 11 | Sirius | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 35 |
| 12 | Norrköping | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Varberg BoIS | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -26 | 31 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -30 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 28 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 42 | -52 | 14 |
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