Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ljungskile & Varberg BoIS 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 Ljungskile and Varberg BoIS.
Ljungskile form and stats
Ljungskile have not come this way in the Svenska Cupen without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Angered BK. Last season, Ljungskile's Svenska Cupen journey ended in the 2nd round.Ljungskile's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Oddevold.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Qviding FIF.Ljungskile are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1: South match at Lund awaits in three days.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
They also participated in Svenska Cupen last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Varberg BoIS's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Allsvenskan. Varberg BoIS only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
There were no winners in Varberg BoIS's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Norrköping. Carlsson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.41. Carlsson served one assist, hit five key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Djurgården in the Allsvenskan.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Varberg BoIS have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Ljungskile.Top Goalscorers
  A. Henriksson 9 goals | L. Tornblad 7 goals | O. Lindberg 6 goals |
Ljungskile missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Ljungskile | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 9.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 40 |
| 4 | AIK | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sirius | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 24 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 21 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -23 | 15 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -32 | 10 |
