Värnamo scrimmages with Jönköpings Södra in Superettan fray

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Competition: Sweden Superettan
Competition: Thu 16.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Finnvedsvallen (5000 seats)

The hosts, Värnamo, should be the favourites in this game, but Jönköpings Södra have shown both ability and mettle. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Värnamo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superettan
  • Jönköpings Södra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Superettan fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Oster.

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Värnamo form and stats

Värnamo are steadily winning Superettan games and points here at Finnvedsvallen. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

The fans are hoping that Värnamo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Superettan game against Oster (placed 10th).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Akropolis with a 2-1 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Värnamo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Värnamo as they have a new game in only four days, a Superettan match thankfully also at home. Orgryte are visiting.

The Värnamo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Defensively Värnamo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jönköpings Södra form and stats

Playing away, Jönköpings Södra have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Superettan this season.

Jönköpings had fun at their own home (Finnvedsvallen) last time out, beating Falkenberg 2-1. F. Fendrich and R. Book scored.

Prior to that result Jönköpings won their away game at GAIS. The scoreline was 1-0.

Jönköpings are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

The visiting Jönköpings Södra have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Jönköpings have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled before this season: Jönköpings Södra - Värnamo 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Värnamo wins - draws - Jönköpings Södra wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jönköpings SödraR. Book
R. Book
6 goals
Jönköpings SödraE. Omondi
E. Omondi
5 goals
Jönköpings SödraA. Edqvist
A. Edqvist
5 goals

Värnamo missing players

Jönköpings Södra missing players

Värnamo Jönköpings Södra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 18
11 7 2 Won W 0 3 9
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 6
22 11 5 Scored S 0 9 27
14 3 2 Conceded C 2 12 21
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
63% 44% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 67%
26% 11% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 56%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 22%
21% 22% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 56%
53% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 22%
37% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 33%
 
6.8 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.7
4.5 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.3 6.4
1.6 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.4 9.8 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 9.9
4.4 3.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.4
27% 31% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 34%
Key stats in Superettan this season:
  • Jönköpings Södra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Värnamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Värnamo have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Superettan
  • Värnamo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Superettan
  • Värnamo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superettan
  • Värnamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Värnamo 19 11 3 5 22 14 9 7 1 1 11 3 10 4 2 4 11 11 8 36
2 Helsingborg 19 10 5 4 28 14 9 5 1 3 14 8 10 5 4 1 14 6 14 35
3 Trelleborg 19 10 5 4 26 19 10 7 2 1 14 6 9 3 3 3 12 13 7 35
4 Landskrona 20 10 4 6 29 22 11 8 2 1 18 8 9 2 2 5 11 14 7 34
5 Norrby 20 9 6 5 27 20 9 5 2 2 13 7 11 4 4 3 14 13 7 33
6 GIF Sundsvall 19 9 4 6 28 21 10 6 2 2 19 11 9 3 2 4 9 10 7 31
7 Jönköpings Södra 18 9 3 6 27 21 9 6 2 1 18 9 9 3 1 5 9 12 6 30
8 AFC Eskilstuna 19 7 5 7 27 22 10 7 3 0 22 7 9 0 2 7 5 15 5 26
9 Orgryte 20 6 8 6 22 25 10 3 5 2 11 9 10 3 3 4 11 16 -3 26
10 Oster 20 6 6 8 15 17 11 4 5 2 10 7 9 2 1 6 5 10 -2 24
11 Brage 20 5 6 9 24 29 9 3 2 4 10 12 11 2 4 5 14 17 -5 21
12 Akropolis 20 5 6 9 20 33 9 3 2 4 8 13 11 2 4 5 12 20 -13 21
13 GAIS 19 6 2 11 18 24 9 3 1 5 10 13 10 3 1 6 8 11 -6 20
14 Västerås SK 20 4 8 8 21 30 11 3 5 3 13 16 9 1 3 5 8 14 -9 20
15 Falkenberg 20 5 4 11 23 36 10 3 3 4 13 18 10 2 1 7 10 18 -13 19
16 Vasalund 20 5 3 12 25 35 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 1 2 7 10 19 -10 18

Read more about Superettan

Superettan (meaning “the super one” in English) is the second highest league in the Swedish football league pyramid. It runs from April to October and has 16 teams. After a total of 240 fixtures the top two teams in the league table are promoted, while another can promote through a playoff.