Varberg BoIS v Malmö FF preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Thu 04.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Varberg Energi Arena (5000 seats)

Varberg BoIS greet Malmö FF for another engaging Allsvenskan fixture here at Varberg Energi Arena.

Insights:
  • Varberg BoIS have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Malmö FF have the the best goal difference (+8) in Allsvenskan

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Varberg BoIS form and stats

Three Allsvenskan home games done for Varberg BoIS, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Varberg BoIS are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 263 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Alfonsi).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Varberg, who played 0-0 against Kalmar. That match was also played at this venue (Varberg Energi Arena). Lindner was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Lindner hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Varberg BoIS lost 0-2 at Hammarby's place.

Varberg BoIS has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 3 games. As for guarding their own goal, Varberg have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Malmö FF form and stats

Malmö FF are yet to lose a point on their Allsvenskan travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Malmö FF won their last game, 4-2 versus Hammarby played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hammarby was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Thelin's lethal finishing against Hammarby. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Thelin got a player rating of 9.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Thelin scored three goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Norrköping.

A quick return to home after this game, as Malmö FF are hosting AIK in the Allsvenskan only three days away.

Malmö FF have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Malmö FF have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Varberg BoIS.

Top Goalscorers

Malmö FFI. Thelin
I. Thelin
8 goals
Malmö FFS. Vecchia Holmquist
S. Vecchia Holmquist
2 goals
VarbergO. Alfonsi
O. Alfonsi
1 goals

Varberg BoIS missing players

Malmö FF missing players

Varberg BoIS Malmö FF
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 2 Played P 2 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 2 2 5
4 3 2 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored S 3 3 11
5 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 3
60% 33% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 40%
40% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 60%
60% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 8.4
6.2 6.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.8
3 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 16.4
2.2 1.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 6.8
27% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 32%
 
14.2 8.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 8.8
5 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.2
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Malmö FF have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Malmö FF have scored more than double the goals of Varberg BoIS.
  • Malmö FF have the the best goal difference (+8) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF have won all their games so far.
  • Malmö FF have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Malmö FF haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Malmö FF is in the best form (5-0-0) in Allsvenskan
  • Varberg BoIS have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Varberg BoIS have yet to win a game.
Varberg BoIS Last season Malmö FF
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   15 30
2 1   Won W   5 13
0 0   Drew D   3 7
0 0   Lost L   7 10
4 2   Scored S   19 44
2 1   Conceded C   21 34
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 77%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 57%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 23%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 10%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 37%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
4.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6.1
5.5 6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4
3 4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10 12   Shots (avg) S (   15.7 16.7
4.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.3
44% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 28%
 
12.5 16   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.2
3.5 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Malmö FF 5 5 0 0 11 3 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 8 15
2 Häcken 5 4 0 1 13 6 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 12
3 Elfsborg 5 3 1 1 8 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 10
4 Kalmar 5 3 1 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 10
5 Norrköping 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
6 Mjallby 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
7 Djurgården 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 0 7
8 Hammarby 5 2 0 3 8 10 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 3 3 9 -2 6
9 Degerfors 5 2 0 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
10 Varnamo 5 2 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 6
11 Halmstad 5 2 0 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 6
12 Brommapojkarna 5 2 0 3 6 10 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 8 -4 6
13 Varberg BoIS 5 0 4 1 3 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 4
14 AIK 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 4
15 Sirius 5 0 4 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 -3 4
16 IFK Göteborg 4 0 0 4 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0

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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.