Hammarby W v Växjö W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Damallsvenskan (W) · Friday, 31 July 2026. Final score 5–0 (half-time 3–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 68% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals68%32%Over
Over 3.5 goals42%58%no pick
Both teams to score52%48%Yes

The result model puts Hammarby W at 79%, the draw at 14% and Växjö W at 7%, from expected goals of 2.75 and 0.73.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Damallsvenskan (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 65% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Hammarby W have 7 in 12 this season (4 of 5 at home), Växjö W 8 in 11 (3 of 5 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 63% and 68%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 12 and 11 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 66% and 70%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 67%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 100%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 69%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 68%, from expected goals of 2.75 for Hammarby W and 0.73 for Växjö W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 68%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Hammarby W1258%25%42%
Växjö W1173%27%45%

Head to head

28 Sept 25Växjö W 0–7 Hammarby WO2.5
23 Mar 25Hammarby W 4–1 Växjö WO2.5
2 Nov 24Växjö W 1–4 Hammarby WO2.5
8 Jun 24Hammarby W 1–2 Växjö WO2.5
1 Sept 23Växjö W 0–3 Hammarby WO2.5
15 Apr 23Hammarby W 6–1 Växjö WO2.5

Things worth knowing

More: Hammarby W season stats · Växjö W season stats · Damallsvenskan (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.