Svenska Cupen: Buckle up for the Värnamo - GAIS clash

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Competition: Sweden Svenska Cupen
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ljusseveka Konstgräs

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

Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!

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Värnamo form and stats

Värnamo was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Svenska Cupen.

35 points is a decent return from 15 Superettan games here at Ljusseveka Konstgräs for Värnamo. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Ahead of that match, Värnamo lost 1-2 at home to Norrby.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Värnamo home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

Värnamo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ljusseveka Konstgräs with 24 goals in 15 league matches. Värnamo have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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GAIS form and stats

Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the group stage.

5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of GAIS playing as the away team in the Superettan this season.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Dalkurd's place.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, GAIS have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Värnamo victories, one draw and three GAIS wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Värnamo missing players

GAIS missing players

Värnamo GAIS
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
17 9   Won W   3 7
4 3   Drew D   3 6
4 1   Lost L   7 12
51 29   Scored S   16 30
24 9   Conceded C   23 39
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
92% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 72%
56% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
32% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 28%
24% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 20%
52% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 56%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 20%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   38% 32%
 
5.9 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
4.7 6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.5
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.8 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 10
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4
41% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%
 
9.9 10   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10.8
3.9 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.3

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Värnamo 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Ängelholm 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
4 GAIS 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 Värnamo 30 18 5 7 44 29 15 11 2 2 24 11 15 7 3 5 20 18 15 59
2 GIF Sundsvall 30 15 8 7 46 29 15 9 4 2 27 13 15 6 4 5 19 16 17 53
3 Helsingborg 30 13 9 8 47 29 15 7 3 5 24 14 15 6 6 3 23 15 18 48
4 Norrby 30 13 9 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 20 17 15 7 4 4 21 16 8 48
5 Oster 30 12 10 8 33 26 15 8 5 2 18 11 15 4 5 6 15 15 7 46
6 Landskrona 30 13 5 12 41 37 15 11 2 2 25 13 15 2 3 10 16 24 4 44
7 Trelleborg 30 11 10 9 42 39 15 8 3 4 24 16 15 3 7 5 18 23 3 43
8 Orgryte 30 9 14 7 39 39 15 4 9 2 20 17 15 5 5 5 19 22 0 41
9 AFC Eskilstuna 30 11 7 12 41 41 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 3 3 9 16 28 0 40
10 Brage 30 10 9 11 40 42 15 6 4 5 21 19 15 4 5 6 19 23 -2 39
11 Jonkopings Sodra 30 10 8 12 34 37 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 4 3 8 14 22 -3 38
12 Västerås SK 30 8 12 10 36 40 15 4 7 4 20 21 15 4 5 6 16 19 -4 36
13 Akropolis 30 9 8 13 28 44 15 6 4 5 14 17 15 3 4 8 14 27 -16 35
14 GAIS 30 10 4 16 31 40 15 5 2 8 18 24 15 5 2 8 13 16 -9 34
15 Vasalund 30 7 5 18 35 52 15 4 3 8 18 22 15 3 2 10 17 30 -17 26
16 Falkenberg 30 6 7 17 34 55 15 4 3 8 20 31 15 2 4 9 14 24 -21 25