In this week 29 match, on Saturday Oct 29th, Degerfors hosts Värnamo at Stora Valla in a clash of these two closely matched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Degerfors sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Helsingborg. Gustaf Lagerbielke scored the first goal for Degerfors in the 4th minute, then Amin Al-Hamawi tied it up for Helsingborg in the 54th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Degerfors should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 10th placed Värnamo is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Norrköping. Laorent Shabani struck first for Norrköping in the 14th minute, but Marcus Antonsson got the equalizer for Värnamo in the 89th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Värnamo. Värnamo should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On Mon Apr 25th, Värnamo hosted Degerfors at the Finnvedsvallen in their last match together. Värnamo was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over two thousand jubilant spectators. Johansson struck first for Värnamo in the 5th minute on a feed from Magashy, then Marcus Antonsson added another in the 56th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Degerfors couldn’t manage to score, and Värnamo took the shutout win.
Marcus Antonsson has been the most effective weapon for Värnamo lately. The Swedish attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Gustaf Lagerbielke has been the most prolific scorer on Degerfors in his last 5 matches with two goals.