3rd position in the Allsvenskan table for Elfsborg so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Varberg BoIS visits Borås Arena.
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 Varberg BoIS.
4-4-7 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Varberg BoIS when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 15 matches are 22-27 (scored/conceded).
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg have played 4 Allsvenskan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Elfsborg bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tim Rönning not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Happy days for Elfsborg in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at Mjällby (placed 9th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. Before that, Elfsborg had a home game versus Djurgården which ended with a victory 1-0.
As mentioned above, Elfsborg "killed" Mjällby in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Elfsborg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost one.
The Elfsborg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Elfsborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borås Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Varberg BoIS form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Varberg are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Varberg BoIS are travelling again after losing away to Norrköping in their previous match (0-2). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against AIK.
It's a bit worrying for Varberg that their goalkeeper Stojan Lukić made seven saves in the Norrköping game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Varberg BoIS when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
Varberg find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Varberg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Seljmani 4 goals |  G. Henriksson 2 goals | R. Alm 2 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Varberg BoIS missing players
| Elfsborg | Varberg BoIS | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | 56 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 52 | 98 |
| 41 | 19 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 34% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 36% |
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Elfsborg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Elfsborg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Varberg BoIS have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Varberg BoIS haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Häcken | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | Sirius | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Djurgården | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Varberg BoIS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Örebro | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | AIK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
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