Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elfsborg & IFK Göteborg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Elfsborg and IFK Göteborg.
3 - 4 - 8 with 18-28. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for IFK Göteborg when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. IFK Göteborg play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Elfsborg form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the group stage.Elfsborg must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Allsvenskan games here at Borås Arena. This match is a Svenska Cupen match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Elfsborg has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Malmö FF defeat 291 days ago.
The Elfsborg supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Malmö FF in Allsvenskan and win 1-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Norrköping that finished 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elfsborg handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and zero defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elfsborg as they are travelling to their away game against Kalmar in the Allsvenskan. That match is four days after this one.
Elfsborg has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
IFK Göteborg's mission in Svenska Cupen last season failed in the group stage.Things could have gone better for IFK Göteborg in their Allsvenskan away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right. When we have look at the Svenska Cupen statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Göteborg lost away at Norrköping (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AIK.
Göteborg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
After this away game Göteborg return home for a Allsvenskan game against Djurgården. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Göteborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. For Göteborg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Elfsborg, six draws and two wins for IFK Göteborg. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Karlsson-Lagemyr 3 goals |   P. Frick 2 goals |  F. Holst 1 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
IFK Göteborg missing players
| Elfsborg | IFK Göteborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 334 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 140 | 285 | ||
| 122 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 108 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norrköping | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Sirius | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Varberg BoIS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Häcken | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Mjällby | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | AIK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Djurgården | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Kalmar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Örebro | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
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- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Fans: IFK Göteborg - (supporter blog)