Home advantage could prove decisive in Värnamo - Varberg BoIS battle

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Finnvedsvallen (5000 seats)

This duo has had a low return so far, but three points in this highly important fixture would definitely help. Get ready for Värnamo - Varberg BoIS!

Insights:
  • Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This could be an intriguing match with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Värnamo form and stats

The overall Allsvenskan results playing at home this season for Värnamo are 3-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Värnamo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Degerfors, Värnamo, Norrköping, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

A strong away win for Värnamo against Sirius the last match, as Magashy, Zeljkovic and Antonsson were on target. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Antonsson, having found the net in three consecutive games. The gifted forward Antonsson bested all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Antonsson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Värnamo had a home game versus Helsingborg which ended with a victory 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Värnamo handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

The Värnamo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Värnamo have conceded only 9 goals. Värnamo has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Varberg BoIS form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Varberg BoIS so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). When Varberg BoIS is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Degerfors, Varberg BoIS, Norrköping, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall is teams we like to compare Värnamo with.

The supporters enjoyed Varberg's previous fixture versus AIK (placed 4th), a 2-0 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone five league fixtures without victory. Andersson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.05. The agile goalkeeper Andersson topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Varberg BoIS manager Persson faced defeat when travelling to Kalmar and losing 0-1.

Varberg BoIS are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Varberg as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Varberg BoIS have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Varberg BoIS - Värnamo 3-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Värnamo won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Varberg BoIS managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

VärnamoM. Antonsson
M. Antonsson
16 goals
Varberg BoISR. Simovic
R. Simovic
5 goals
VärnamoA. Magashy
A. Magashy
4 goals

Värnamo missing players

Varberg BoIS missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Värnamo Varberg BoIS
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 10 22
6 3 2 Won W 2 2 6
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 6
9 2 0 Lost L 0 6 10
26 11 6 Scored S 5 8 20
37 9 3 Conceded C 2 19 35
86% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
77% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 77%
55% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
36% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 27%
32% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
59% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 36%
23% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 27%
32% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 45%
 
5 5.4 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 2.6 3.7
5.8 5.4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.7 6.2
1.4 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.9 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.3 10.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.5 11.2
3.5 3.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.3
34% 31% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 28% 28%
 
16.1 14.6 18.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 19.8 17.2
5.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6.9 6.3
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Varberg BoIS have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Varberg BoIS have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Varberg BoIS 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 22 13 6 3 43 16 10 9 1 0 30 7 12 4 5 3 13 9 27 45
2 Häcken 21 13 6 2 50 28 11 7 2 2 28 15 10 6 4 0 22 13 22 45
3 Hammarby 22 12 5 5 43 20 12 7 4 1 27 9 10 5 1 4 16 11 23 41
4 AIK 22 11 6 5 36 28 11 7 3 1 17 7 11 4 3 4 19 21 8 39
5 Malmö FF 22 11 4 7 31 22 11 8 1 2 21 8 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 37
6 IFK Göteborg 21 11 3 7 30 18 10 5 3 2 14 7 11 6 0 5 16 11 12 36
7 Kalmar 21 11 3 7 24 17 11 8 1 2 12 4 10 3 2 5 12 13 7 36
8 Mjallby 22 8 8 6 21 21 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 6 8 0 32
9 Elfsborg 22 7 9 6 39 30 10 5 4 1 24 15 12 2 5 5 15 15 9 30
10 Sirius 22 7 4 11 22 32 11 5 0 6 12 13 11 2 4 5 10 19 -10 25
11 Värnamo 22 6 7 9 26 37 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 3 2 7 15 28 -11 25
12 Norrköping 22 6 6 10 27 30 11 4 2 5 18 15 11 2 4 5 9 15 -3 24
13 Varberg BoIS 22 6 6 10 20 35 12 4 4 4 12 16 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 24
14 Degerfors 22 4 5 13 20 43 11 3 4 4 11 17 11 1 1 9 9 26 -23 17
15 Helsingborg 21 3 5 13 16 33 11 2 3 6 6 13 10 1 2 7 10 20 -17 14
16 GIF Sundsvall 22 3 1 18 19 57 11 3 0 8 13 28 11 0 1 10 6 29 -38 10

Table
  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 22 13 6 3 43 16 10 9 1 0 30 7 12 4 5 3 13 9 27 45
2 Häcken 21 13 6 2 50 28 11 7 2 2 28 15 10 6 4 0 22 13 22 45
3 Hammarby 22 12 5 5 43 20 12 7 4 1 27 9 10 5 1 4 16 11 23 41
4 AIK 22 11 6 5 36 28 11 7 3 1 17 7 11 4 3 4 19 21 8 39
5 Malmö FF 22 11 4 7 31 22 11 8 1 2 21 8 11 3 3 5 10 14 9 37
6 IFK Göteborg 21 11 3 7 30 18 10 5 3 2 14 7 11 6 0 5 16 11 12 36
7 Kalmar 21 11 3 7 24 17 11 8 1 2 12 4 10 3 2 5 12 13 7 36
8 Mjallby 22 8 8 6 21 21 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 4 3 4 6 8 0 32
9 Elfsborg 22 7 9 6 39 30 10 5 4 1 24 15 12 2 5 5 15 15 9 30
10 Sirius 22 7 4 11 22 32 11 5 0 6 12 13 11 2 4 5 10 19 -10 25
11 Värnamo 22 6 7 9 26 37 10 3 5 2 11 9 12 3 2 7 15 28 -11 25
12 Norrköping 22 6 6 10 27 30 11 4 2 5 18 15 11 2 4 5 9 15 -3 24
13 Varberg BoIS 22 6 6 10 20 35 12 4 4 4 12 16 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 24
14 Degerfors 22 4 5 13 20 43 11 3 4 4 11 17 11 1 1 9 9 26 -23 17
15 Helsingborg 21 3 5 13 16 33 11 2 3 6 6 13 10 1 2 7 10 20 -17 14
16 GIF Sundsvall 22 3 1 18 19 57 11 3 0 8 13 28 11 0 1 10 6 29 -38 10

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