The Allsvenskan fixture at Tele2 Arena on Thursday sees home side Djurgårdens IF facing Malmö.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Djurgårdens IF v Malmö FF including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Djurgårdens IF
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Djurgårdens IF won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-0 Allsvenskan loss in their previous game against AIK.
In that game, Djurgårdens IF managed 54% possession and 14 shots at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, AIK had 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Bersant Celina (57') and Ioannis Pittas (75') scored for AIK.
Fixtures featuring Djurgårdens IF have tended to be engaging ones of late with high scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 20 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 13 of those accredited to Djurgårdens IF.
Taking a look at their past results, Djurgårdens IF:
- have not been beaten in the league by Malmö FF in their last 7 matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Malmö FF
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Malmö will go into this clash following a 1-0 Allsvenskan win over Västerås SK in their last fixture.
Illustrating their penchant for fruitful encounters, goals have been seen as many as 24 times in the prior 6 games in which Malmö FF have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 3 from this total. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that trend might be replicated here in this match or not.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Malmö FF:
- have not emerged victorious against Djurgårdens IF when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/03/2022 shows us that Djurgårdens IF have won 3 of these games & Malmö 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.
A total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 11 for Blåränderna and 5 netted by Himmelsblått. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.
The previous league clash between these sides was Allsvenskan match day 20 on 20/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Malmö FF 0-0 Djurgårdens IF.
On that day, Malmö FF managed 66% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
Djurgårdens IF got 6 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.
The referee was Victor Wolf.
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Team News: Djurgårdens IF
The Djurgårdens IF manager Kim Bergstrand will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this match owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.
We are thinking that Blåränderna will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to J. W. Zetterström, Piotr Johansson, Miro Tenho, Marcus Danielson, Samuel Dahl, Samuel Leach Holm, Albin Ekdal, Oskar Fallenius, Lucas Bergvall, Tobias Gulliksen and Deniz Hummet.
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Team News: Malmö
Malmö manager Henrik Rydström has not got a full squad to pick from. Daníel Gudjohnsen (Back injury) and Oscar Lewicki (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.
We’re of the thinking that Himmelsblått seem most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system, going with Johan Dahlin, Jens Larsen, Derek Cornelius, Pontus Jansson, Adrian Skogmar, Taha Abdi Ali, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Sergio Peña, Sebastian Nanasi, Erik Botheim and Isaac Kiese Thelin.
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Prediction
Here is a game where Djurgårdens IF might have a difficult job to find the net against this Malmö FF outfit who we think will be able to grind out a win.
Therefore, we predict a very competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Malmö FF after 90 minutes.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
23:12 24/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Djurgårdens IF
Formed: 1891
Stadium: Tele2 Arena (30,000)
Captain: Magnus Eriksson
Chairman: Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Manager: Kim Bergstrand
Competitions: Allsvenskan position 2, Svenska Cupen (Final)
🔑 Star Player: Tokmac Nguen
Mostly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Tokmac Nguen was born in Kakuma, Kenya. After having played his first senior match for Strømsgodset IF in the 2011 season, the skilful Forward has managed to score 2 league goals in this Allsvenskan 2024 season so far in a total of 3 appearances.