Football betting preview: Mjällby vs Varberg

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mjällby and Varberg.

Mjällby form and stats

Mjällby's first home game here at Strandvallen ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 15 matches.

The Mjällby crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Varberg here at Strandvallen in a Superettan match. In the game before, an away victory in the Division 1: South match versus Eskilsminne with a 4-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Mjällby perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mjällby as a small favourite), we find two games. Mjällby has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

At Strandvallen, Mjällby has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

Last season, Mjällby's league statistics were 21 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Division 1: South. Over these 30 matches they scored 73 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Mjällby managed 12-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 12 conceded.

Varberg form and stats

As the visiting team Varberg have produced an overall stat of 1-14-0 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Varberg, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Mjällby in the Superettan last time out. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Eskilsminne in the Svenska Cupen.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Varberg in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Varberg, 4 draws and 12 defeats.

Varberg has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Varberg performed last season in the Superettan. They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 22/28 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mjällby - Varberg 0-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Mjällby victories, 0 draws and 1 Varberg win.

Mjällby missing players

Varberg missing players