Östers IF will be visiting Stora Valla on Saturday for the Allsvenskan tie with home team Degerfors IF.
Our Degerfors IF v Östers IF tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Degerfors IF
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Degerfors IF will be hoping for a better result following a 1-0 Allsvenskan losing effort in their last game against Hammarby IF.
In that match, Degerfors IF managed 30% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Hammarby IF got 13 shots at goal with 2 on target. Nahir Besara (61') was the scorer for Hammarby IF.
It has not been often in recent games that Degerfors IF have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Degerfors IF have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 14 goals in the process.
Leading up to this clash, Degerfors IF:
- haven't beaten Östers IF in their previous 3 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Things will have to change soon.
Östers IF
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In their last game, Östers IF drew 1-1 in the Allsvenskan match with IFK Värnamo.
In that game, Östers IF had 61% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Östers IF was Lukas Bergquist (90'). For their opponents, IFK Varnamo had 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Ajdin Zeljković (8') scored for IFK Värnamo.
Over the course of 5 of the past six games involving Östers IF, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game within that period is a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Östers being 0.5. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Heading into this fixture, Östers IF are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 16/04/2019, both clubs have shared the honours with Degerfors IF winning 2 of those games, Östers IF 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.
An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 of them for Degerfors and 7 created by Östers. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The last league clash between the two was Superettan match day 30 on 09/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Degerfors IF 1-2 Östers IF.
The match was refereed by Erik Mattsson.
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Team News: Degerfors IF
In our view, Degerfors IF look set to use the 3-4-3 system in the match, utilising Rasmus Forsell, Leon Hien, Nasiru Moro, Mamadouba Diaby, Sebastian Ohlsson, Nahom Girmai Netabay, Sebastian Ohlsson, Christos Gravius, Elias Barsoum, Omar Faraj and Elias Pihlström.
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Team News: Östers IF
There’s a good chance that Östers IF will likely play in a 4-3-3 system using Robin Wallinder, Kinglsey Gyamfi, Mattis Adolfsson, Ivan Kricak, Dennis Olsson, Noah Söderberg, Magnus Christensen, David Seger, Matias Tamminen, Alibek Aliev and Youssoupha Sanyang.
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Prediction
We think that Östers IF will really need to work well to score goals against this Degerfors IF outfit who we think might well get the vital goal that wins it.
We’re therefore seeing a highly competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Degerfors IF at the end of the 90 minutes.
Should be a close one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds on the full-time result market, staking on Degerfors IF is best priced at 2.1, going for the draw is 3.5 & selecting the winner to be Östers IF will get you 3.4. They are the best returns on offer right now.
Lucas Pereira,
20:05 28/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Degerfors IF
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Stora Valla (6,000)
Captain: Bernardo Morgado
Chairman: Fredrik Rakar
Manager: William Lundin
Competitions: Allsvenskan position 10
🔑 Key Man: Marcus Rafferty
Regularly playing in the Centre Midfield position, Marcus Rafferty was born in Sweden. Having made his senior debut playing for Hammarby IF in the 2023 season, the skilful Midfielder has contributed 3 league goals in this Allsvenskan 2025 season to date from a total of 7 appearances.