On Mon Sep 5th, in week 21, Värnamo hosts Helsingborg at Finnvedsvallen in a meeting of these two Allsvenskan teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Värnamo is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Häcken. Mikkel Rygaard Jensen struck first for Häcken in the 44th minute, then Alexander Jeremejeff added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Simon Gustafsson. Värnamo looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Helsingborg recorded a 0-1 loss against Mjällby. Herman Johansson scored the first goal for Mjällby in the 83rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Helsingborg was frustrated by Mjällby’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mjällby ended the match with the shutout victory. Helsingborg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Olympia, Värnamo was victorious by a score of 4 to 1. Anthony van der Hurk struck first for Helsingborg in the 23rd minute, then in the 67th minute, Francis De Vries sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Marcus Antonsson Finally they completed the comback victory in the 71st minute on a goal by Magashy to cap off a wild match.
Armin Gigovic and Arian Kabashi are the top scorers for Helsingborg in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Marcus Antonsson has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored five goals for Värnamo.