📏 Form Guide

Malmö FF

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Malmö prepare for this match following on from a 2-2 Allsvenskan tied result versus IFK Värnamo.

In that match, Malmö FF managed 66% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Malmö FF, the scorers were Daníel Guðjohnsen (4') and Pontus Jansson (39'). IFK Varnamo got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Mohammad Alsalkhadi (34') and Frank Junior Adjei (79') scored for IFK Värnamo.

It’s not been often in recent games that Malmö FF have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Malmö FF have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals along the way. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.

Going into this contest, Malmö FF are unbeaten in the league by Halmstads BK in their previous 20 matches. What a record.

Halmstads BK

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After being beaten in their last game against GAIS in Allsvenskan action, Halmstads BK will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Halmstads BK managed 49% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Halmstads BK was Yannick Agnero (21'). At the other end, GAIS had 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Ibrahim Diabate (27', 48', 81') scored for GAIS.

Proving their penchant for eventful matches, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the previous 6 games in which Halmstads BK have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 12 of these goals.

A look at their previous results shows us that Halmstads BK:

• have not won against Malmö FF when they've played them away from home in the last 10 league matches. Not an away record to be proud of.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs stretching back to 04/12/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Halmstads BK. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever while Malmö have remained in the ascendancy, getting wins in 83% of those games played.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 14 of them from Himmelsblått and 1 created by HBK. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Allsvenskan match day 18 on 10/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Halmstads BK 0-1 Malmö FF.

That day, Halmstads BK managed 28% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Malmö FF had 31 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Sergio Peña (31') was the scorer.

The referee was Richard Sundell.

ℹ️ Team News: Malmö

Johan Dahlin (Cruciate ligament injury), Stefano Holmquist Vecchia (Back injury), Erik Botheim (Lower leg fracture) and Gentian Lajqi (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Malmö manager Henrik Rydström.

It looks as if Himmelsblått will possibly kick off with a 4-4-2 formation for this one and select Ricardo Friedrich, Jens Larsen, Pontus Jansson, Colin Rösler, Busanello, Taha Abdi Ali, Otto Rosengren, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Hugo Bolin, Daníel Gudjohnsen and Emmanuel Ekong.

📰 Team News: Halmstads BK

We’re of the thinking that HBK seem most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation by sending out Tim Erlandsson, Gabriel Wallentin, Filip Schyberg, Bleon Kurtulus, Villiam Granath, Joel Allansson, A. Damnjanovic, Gustav Friberg, Naeem Mohammed, Yannick Agnero and Niilo Mäenpää.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Malmö FF are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Halmstads BK may well find it hard to get shooting opportunities but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be getting enough chances to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Malmö FF at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 14:02 18/05/2025