Allsvenskan: The average league table spots tell a story of the journey Värnamo and Mjällby have been on uptil now. Both contenders are eager to play; bring it!
- Mjällby have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Allsvenskan
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Värnamo form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Värnamo have to build on here at Finnvedsvallen in the Allsvenskan. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Finnvedsvallen.
A nice win for Värnamo last time playing, versus Varberg. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Antonsson scoring for the victors. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Antonsson, having bagged a goal in four matches in a row. Goalkeeper Vojtekhnovich got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.44 out of ten. Vojtekhnovich topped it up with a clean sheet.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sirius and winning 3-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Värnamo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Värnamo has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Värnamo have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mjällby form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Mjällby delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against GIF Sundsvall (placed 16th) in their previous game. Gracia was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Gracia scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that, Mjällby travelled to Degerfors and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mjällby playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Mjällby wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Few goals the story here? 14 of this club's latest 17 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The newest archived meeting involving both these squads is the Mjällby - Värnamo 1-1 played previously this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Värnamo victory, one draw and one Mjällby win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 17 goals |   S. Nwankwo 7 goals | A. Magashy 4 goals |
Värnamo missing players
Mjällby missing players
| Värnamo | Mjällby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 37 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 87% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 74% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 45% | 70% |
| 52% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 35% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 9% | 48% |
| 26% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 55% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 55% | 26% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 10.5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 28% |
| 16 | 14.5 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.1 | 12.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the most clean sheets (6) away in Allsvenskan
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 42 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | AIK | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Elfsborg | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Värnamo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Varberg | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 18 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -38 | 11 |
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