Halmstads BK vs IF Elfsborg Live Stream, Predictions (May 25)

📏 Form Guide

Halmstads BK

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Halmstads BK will be hoping for a better result after a 3-0 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to Malmö FF.

In that match, Halmstads BK managed 27% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Halmstads BK was Aleksander Damnjanovic Nilsson (45' Own goal). Malmo FF got 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Anders Christiansen (31') and Isaac Kiese Thelin (63') scored for Malmö FF.

Fixtures involving Halmstads BK have often been absorbing ones lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, a total of 20 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of those accredited to Halmstads BK.

Coming into this clash, Halmstads BK have not won against IF Elfsborg in their last 5 league matches.

IF Elfsborg

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IF Elfsborg will go into the clash following a 4-0 Allsvenskan win vs Djurgårdens IF in their previous game.

In that game, IF Elfsborg had 36% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For IF Elfsborg, the scorers were Frederik Ihler (9', 42', 60') and Besfort Zeneli (56'). At the other end, Djurgardens IF got 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Proving their penchant for high-scoring matches, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous 6 matches in which IF Elfsborg have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have got 8 from this total. Regardless, time will tell whether such a trend will be replicated here in this game or not.

Going into this one, IF Elfsborg haven't been beaten by Halmstads BK when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. A very good run of results for them.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 17/05/2021 shows that Halmstads BK have won 1 of them and IF Elfsborg 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 from HBK and 13 for Di Gule . This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league encounter between these sides was Allsvenskan match day 22 on 15/09/2024 and the score finished Halmstads BK 0-1 IF Elfsborg.

On that occasion, Halmstads BK managed 44% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

IF Elfsborg had 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Arber Zeneli (3') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Fredrik Klitte.

📰 Team News: Halmstads BK

It looks as if HBK could line up in a 3-4-3 system this time featuring Tim Erlandsson, Marcus Olsson, Filip Schyberg, Bleon Kurtulus, Villiam Granath, Joel Allansson, A. Damnjanovic, Gustav Friberg, Naeem Mohammed, Yannick Agnero and Ludvig Arvidsson.

ℹ️ Team News: IF Elfsborg

There’s a good chance that Di Gule will likely elect for a 3-4-3 formation using Simon Eriksson, Sebastian Holmen, Ibrahim Buhari, Terry Yegbe, Simon Hedlund, Besfort Zeneli, Simon Olsson, Niklas Hult, Leo Östman, Frederik Ihler and Ari Sigurpalsson.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Halmstads BK have the capability to find the net against this IF Elfsborg side, although just one goal is unlikely to be enough to give them the result that they want.

We’ve gone for a 1-2 victory for IF Elfsborg at the end of the 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 minute result market, backing Halmstads BK is best priced at 4.33, betting on the draw is 3.6 & taking a punt on a victory for IF Elfsborg gets 1.8. Those are the best market prices available at the current time.

Victor Martins, 13:04 21/05/2025