GAIS vs Västerås SK Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

GAIS

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GAIS, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 Allsvenskan success over IFK Göteborg.

In that match, GAIS had 32% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For GAIS, the goalscorers were Axel Henriksson (33') and Alexander Ahl-Holmström (76'). For their opponents, IFK Gothenburg had 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Paulos Abraham (94') was the scorer for IFK Göteborg.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that GAIS have kept a clean sheet. In fact, GAIS have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals in the process.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that GAIS:

• haven't won against Västerås SK in their last 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Västerås SK

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan action, Västerås SK will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Västerås SK managed 56% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Djurgardens IF had 9 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Samuel Leach Holm (31') and Oskar Fallenius (54') scored for Djurgårdens IF.

The stats don’t lie, and Västerås SK have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. In defence, Västerås SK have some weaknesses to address. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Heading into this fixture, Västerås SK are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 21/09/2020 shows us that GAIS have won 2 of these & Västerås SK 4, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 3 of them from Makrillarna and 10 netted by VSK. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league encounter between the two was Superettan match day 28 on 29/10/2023 when it finished Västerås SK 2-1 GAIS.

That time, Västerås SK had 65% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Jabir Abdihakim Ali (49', 57').

On the other side, GAIS had 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Filip Beckman (33') scored.

The match was refereed by Magnus Lindgren.

ℹ️ Team News: GAIS

The GAIS boss Fredrik Holmberg will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash thanks to a fully healthy group to pick from.

It looks as if Makrillarna will possibly employ a 4-3-3 formation, handing starts to Mergim Krasniqi, August Wangberg, Robin Frej, Axel Norén, R. Wendin Thomasson, Joackim Aberg, Jonas Lindberg, William Milovanovic, Gustav Lundgren, Jack Cooper Love and Mervan Celik.

📋 Team News: Västerås SK

With a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Västerås SK manager Kalle Karlsson has no fitness worries at all before this match.

There’s a good chance that Västerås SK seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, starting the game with Johan Brattberg, Mikael Marqués, F. Nsabiyumva, Alex Douglas, Simon Gefvert, Marcus Linday, Patric Aslund, Max Larsson, Simon Johansson, Jabir Abdihakim Ali and Matteo Ahlinvi.

⚡ Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Västerås SK and GAIS could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

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Peter Guest, 22:09 08/05/2024