Allsvenskan: Värnamo are 5 points short of Elfsborg, but are psyched to go full force. Get this show on the road!
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Elfsborg have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-6-5 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
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.
Värnamo form and stats
2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Värnamo so far this season.
The home team returns to Finnvedsvallen after drawing with AIK (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The Värnamo goalkeeper Vojtekhnovich was crucial in the match against AIK last time out, making seven saves. The versatile forward Antonsson outdid all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Antonsson scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Djurgården that ended 0-0.Värnamo aren't scoring a lot here at Finnvedsvallen in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Värnamo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Finnvedsvallen in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Elfsborg form and stats
There's been little loot from Elfsborg's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Allsvenskan. Elfsborg only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. With three draws in a row for Elfsborg the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Elfsborg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norrköping that finished 1-1. Hult, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Hult hit two key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
Before that, Elfsborg travelled to Mjallby and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.
Elfsborg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Elfsborg have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Elfsborg have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Värnamo.The two combatants have played earlier this season: Elfsborg - Värnamo 4-1.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 11 goals |   R. Alm 6 goals | S. Gudjohnsen 4 goals |
Värnamo missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Värnamo | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 83% | 62% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 83% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 50% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 44% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 22% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 61% |
| 28% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 39% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 14 | 16.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 31% | 36% |
| 15.1 | 13.1 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | Häcken | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 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 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 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 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 19 |
| 13 | Värnamo | 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 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
