On Sun May 1st, Degerfors plays host to Elfsborg in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Degerfors recorded a 0-2 loss against Värnamo. Oscar Johansson struck first for Värnamo in the 5th minute, then Marcus Antonsson added another in the 56th minute on a feed from Oscar Johansson At the end of 90 a dissapointed Degerfors couldn’t manage to score, and Värnamo took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while elfsborg is fresh off their 3-1 win against GIF Sundsvall. Per Frick scored the first goal for Elfsborg in the 32nd minute, then Alexander Blomqvist tied it up for GIF Sundsvall in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Olsson. Elfsborg is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Elfsborg won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen has been the most prolific scorer on Elfsborg in the last 5 matches with two goals. Degerfors hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Abdelrahman Saidi and Diego Campos, and they each have 1 goal.