Allsvenskan preview with statistics: Värnamo welcomes Häcken to Finnvedsvallen

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Finnvedsvallen (5000 seats)

A quick peek at the Allsvenskan standings imply an edge to Häcken when they come to Värnamo. Yet; let's await the match before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (42) in Allsvenskan

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game, against The New Saints, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Häcken.

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Värnamo form and stats

Värnamo's struggle is real here at Finnvedsvallen with only 6 points collected from 7 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-5. With Värnamo having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Hellberg.

Värnamo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Halmstad that ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Värnamo in their match versus Halmstad as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Midfield player Johansson got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Johansson hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Djurgården that was lost 1-2.

Värnamo aren't scoring a lot here at Finnvedsvallen in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Värnamo have conceded 9 in these home matches. When Värnamo hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Degerfors, AIK, Varberg, IFK Göteborg and Sirius), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Häcken form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Häcken, who have the most scored goals (42) in Allsvenskan, playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.

Two travels in a row for Häcken, whose manager Høgmo could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against The New Saints.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Brommapojkarna in the Allsvenskan.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this side's 15 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Häcken are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent fixtures involving these teams have all ended as Häcken victories. Will history repeat itself?

Värnamo and Häcken have duelled already this season: Häcken - Värnamo 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

VärnamoG. Engvall
G. Engvall
7 goals
HäckenE. Hovland
E. Hovland
5 goals

Värnamo missing players

Häcken missing players

Värnamo Häcken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
5 2 0 Won W 3 4 11
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
9 5 2 Lost L 0 2 3
15 6 2 Scored S 8 14 42
20 9 5 Conceded C 2 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 43% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
40% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 75%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 62%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 31%
40% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 69%
27% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 19%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
6.7 5.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 6
5.2 4.9 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 5
1.1 0.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 0.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12 9.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 19 15.4 17.2
4.5 3.1 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 5.8 6.8
22% 27% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 39%
 
12.5 10.7 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 14.6 14.3
4.7 4.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.1 4.5
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Häcken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Häcken have scored more than double the goals of Värnamo.
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (42) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Häcken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Häcken is in the best form (5-1-0) in Allsvenskan
  • Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Värnamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elfsborg 15 11 3 1 35 11 8 5 2 1 20 5 7 6 1 0 15 6 24 36
2 Häcken 16 11 2 3 42 18 8 7 0 1 28 10 8 4 2 2 14 8 24 35
3 Malmö FF 15 11 1 3 35 14 8 6 1 1 22 7 7 5 0 2 13 7 21 34
4 Djurgården 16 9 3 4 25 18 9 8 1 0 17 4 7 1 2 4 8 14 7 30
5 Halmstad 15 7 3 5 17 20 8 3 3 2 7 6 7 4 0 3 10 14 -3 24
6 Norrköping 15 6 4 5 23 20 7 2 2 3 9 10 8 4 2 2 14 10 3 22
7 Kalmar 15 6 4 5 19 21 7 4 1 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 8 10 -2 22
8 Hammarby 16 6 4 6 22 25 7 5 1 1 14 8 9 1 3 5 8 17 -3 22
9 Mjallby 15 5 4 6 13 16 8 2 3 3 9 8 7 3 1 3 4 8 -3 19
10 Brommapojkarna 15 6 1 8 19 24 7 2 1 4 7 9 8 4 0 4 12 15 -5 19
11 Sirius 15 4 5 6 19 23 7 2 1 4 10 12 8 2 4 2 9 11 -4 17
12 Värnamo 15 5 1 9 15 20 7 2 0 5 6 9 8 3 1 4 9 11 -5 16
13 Degerfors 16 4 2 10 16 40 9 3 2 4 11 15 7 1 0 6 5 25 -24 14
14 AIK 15 3 4 8 14 20 7 1 3 3 7 10 8 2 1 5 7 10 -6 13
15 IFK Göteborg 15 1 6 8 13 19 7 1 2 4 9 7 8 0 4 4 4 12 -6 9
16 Varberg 15 1 5 9 11 29 8 0 3 5 4 16 7 1 2 4 7 13 -18 8

Read more about Allsvenskan

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.