Match Report
Degerfors, 14th on 19 points, faced an 18-point deficit to Elfsborg (4th, 37). Per game in the league, Elfsborg were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1, Degerfors 0.86 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Elfsborg had not lost in 5 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
7 meetings are on record — 4 won by Elfsborg, 1 by Degerfors, 2 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 14% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 71% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
With 83 matches recorded and 1.7 yellow cards per game, A. Aganovic was the man in the middle. The match was played at Borås Arena (capacity 17,800). Elfsborg led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Elfsborg: Leo Östman (13'), Ari Sigurpálsson (87')
Key stats
Possession: Elfsborg 61% · Degerfors 39% · Total shots: 13-6 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 8-6