It's the Svenska Cupen: Elfsborg and Degerfors face off

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Competition: Sweden Svenska Cupen
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Borås Arena (17800 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Elfsborg or Degerfors that keep their silverware dream alive.

This football field has artifical turf, which is not Degerfors's everyday surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Degerfors have performed like this: Played 14 matches with the output 7 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats with the goal stats 26-22 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Elfsborg form and stats

Elfsborg was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Svenska Cupen.

When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

Before that match, a Allsvenskan win away at Örebro.

Elfsborg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borås Arena with 26 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Elfsborg have conceded 17 goals.

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Degerfors form and stats

They also participated in Svenska Cupen last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

Degerfors have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 3-3-9 (15 played).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Degerfors as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Degerfors have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Elfsborg victories, zero draws and one Degerfors win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Elfsborg missing players

Degerfors missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elfsborg Degerfors
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
14 5   Won W   4 11
2 2   Drew D   2 3
9 4   Lost L   6 11
53 19   Scored S   23 50
42 19   Conceded C   22 39
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 88%
76% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 72%
56% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 36%
40% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 36%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   58% 64%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 16%
20% 27%   Failed to Score F T   33% 24%
 
5.2 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.6 5.8
5.3 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.5
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.6
6 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
13.6 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.2 14.2
6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.1
37% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 38%
 
11.9 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 14.1
4.6 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.7

  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 2 2 0 0 11 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 8 1 8 6
2 Degerfors 2 2 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 8 6
3 GIF Sundsvall 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0
4 Skiljebo 2 0 0 2 2 14 2 0 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Malmö FF 30 17 8 5 58 30 15 8 5 2 31 16 15 9 3 3 27 14 28 59
2 AIK 30 18 5 7 45 25 15 13 2 0 29 8 15 5 3 7 16 17 20 59
3 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 46 30 15 10 2 3 30 18 15 7 4 4 16 12 16 57
4 Elfsborg 30 17 4 9 51 35 15 8 3 4 26 17 15 9 1 5 25 18 16 55
5 Hammarby 30 15 8 7 54 41 15 11 3 1 35 19 15 4 5 6 19 22 13 53
6 Kalmar 30 13 8 9 41 39 15 6 5 4 18 15 15 7 3 5 23 24 2 47
7 Norrköping 30 13 5 12 45 41 15 8 4 3 28 17 15 5 1 9 17 24 4 44
8 IFK Göteborg 30 11 8 11 42 39 15 6 3 6 23 17 15 5 5 5 19 22 3 41
9 Mjällby 30 9 11 10 34 27 15 5 5 5 16 11 15 4 6 5 18 16 7 38
10 Varberg 30 9 10 11 35 38 15 5 5 5 15 17 15 4 5 6 20 21 -3 37
11 Sirius 30 10 7 13 39 53 15 7 2 6 21 19 15 3 5 7 18 34 -14 37
12 Häcken 30 9 9 12 46 46 15 6 3 6 29 21 15 3 6 6 17 25 0 36
13 Degerfors 30 10 4 16 34 51 15 7 1 7 23 22 15 3 3 9 11 29 -17 34
14 Halmstad 30 6 14 10 21 26 15 3 10 2 10 9 15 3 4 8 11 17 -5 32
15 Örebro 30 4 6 20 23 58 15 2 4 9 13 24 15 2 2 11 10 34 -35 18
16 Östersunds FK 30 3 5 22 24 59 15 3 2 10 18 23 15 0 3 12 6 36 -35 14

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 Elfsborg 2 2 0 0 11 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 8 1 8 6
2 Degerfors 2 2 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 8 6
3 GIF Sundsvall 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0
4 Skiljebo 2 0 0 2 2 14 2 0 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 0

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