📊 Form Guide

BK Häcken

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BK Häcken, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 4-3 Allsvenskan victory versus IF Brommapojkarna.

In that game, BK Häcken managed 55% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For BK Häcken, the goals were scored by Simon Gustafson (3'), Amor Layouni (35'), Zeidane Inoussa (57') and Julius Lindberg (69'). IF Brommapojkarna got 16 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Daleho Irandust (16'), Ludvig Fritzson (25') and Kaare Barslund (60') scored for IF Brommapojkarna.

Fixtures with BK Häcken have proved to be exciting ones of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past six games alone, a grand total of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 12 of them accredited to BK Häcken. Let’s find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Going into this one, BK Häcken are unbeaten in the league by Hammarby IF in their previous 8 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.

Hammarby IF

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Hammarby IF go into this meeting following on from a 3-0 Allsvenskan win as they beat IF Elfsborg in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Hammarby IF managed 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Hammarby IF, the goalscorers were Nahir Besara (49'), Viktor Đukanović (69') and Jusef Erabi (76'). For their opponents, IF Elfsborg got 18 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Hammarby IF have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. Defensively, Hammarby IF seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

A look at their previous results shows us that Hammarby IF:

• have left without a victory over BK Häcken when they have played them away from home in the previous 11 matches in the league. An awful away record.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 26/09/2021, there has been little between the sides with BK Häcken winning 1 of those games, Hammarby IF 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from Getingarna and 11 being from Bajen. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Allsvenskan match day 26 on 08/10/2023 when it ended Hammarby IF 2-2 BK Häcken.

In that game, Hammarby IF managed 40% possession and 9 shots on goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Adi Nalić (44') and Nahir Besara (61').

BK Häcken got 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Edward Chilufya (69') and Momodou Lamin Sonko (96') scored.

The referee was Glenn Nyberg.

📰 Team News: BK Häcken

The BK Häcken manager Paco Johansen has zero fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

In our view, Getingarna look set to use the 4-3-3 formation for this one with Andreas Linde, Axel Lindahl, Even Hovland, Marius Lode, Adam Lundqvist, Mikkel Rygaard, Simon Gustafson, Amane Romeo, Amor Layouni, Edward Chilufya and Zeidane Inoussa.

📋 Team News: Hammarby IF

Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Hammarby IF boss Kim Hellberg to contend with. Frederik Winther (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

We reckon that Bajen seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing O. Nnonyelu Dovin, Hampus Skoglund, Edvin Kurtulus, Pavle Vagic, Shaquille Pinas, Fredrik Hammar, Tesfaldet Tekie, O. J. Schellhas, Nahir Besara, Viktor Djukanovic and Jusef Erabi.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that BK Häcken have it within them to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the other end, Hammarby IF may well find it hard to get shooting opportunities but we can see them managing to get on the scoresheet here.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 margin for BK Häcken at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:06 21/04/2024