Game week two of the Allsvenskan season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Varberg BoIS - Elfsborg preview:
Varberg BoIS and Elfsborg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Elfsborg's home stadium. The visitors last 26 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Seljmani was the last player to find the net.
Varberg travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mjällby that ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Djurgården.
Last season, Varberg BoIS's league statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Allsvenskan. Over these 30 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Varberg BoIS managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 22 conceded.
Elfsborg form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Allsvenskan home defeat versus Djurgården with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Falkenberg in the Svenska Cupen.
Let's have a look at how Elfsborg performed last season in the Allsvenskan: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 15 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 2 with 22/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Varberg BoIS won zero, Elfsborg won zero and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Varberg BoIS | Last season | Elfsborg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 57% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 14.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Halmstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sirius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Örebro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hammarby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Häcken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | 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 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)