📊 Form Guide

Malmö FF

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Malmö will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-5 Allsvenskan victory over IFK Norrköping.

In that game, Malmö FF had 51% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Malmö FF, goals were scored by Isaac Kiese Thelin (14'), Erik Botheim (32'), Sebastian Nanasi (44'), Søren Rieks (57') and Stefano Vecchia (76'). IFK Norrkoping got 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson (87') scored for IFK Norrköping.

Malmö FF have been unlocking defences at will in recent times, smashing 25 goals past the opposition during the course of their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Malmö FF have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 4. That being said, we’ll just have to find out if the trend might be sustained here in this match.

Looking at their past form shows that Malmö FF:

• are unbeaten in the league by Hammarby IF in their previous 4 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 7 league matches at home.

Hammarby IF

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Hammarby IF come into this meeting after a 3-1 Allsvenskan win with the downing of Kalmar FF in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Hammarby IF managed 59% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Hammarby IF, the goalscorers were Nahir Besara (14') and Jusef Erabi (82'). Kalmar FF got 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Rasmus Sjöstedt (17' Own goal) and Melker Hallberg (25') scored for Kalmar FF.

Hammarby IF have been a threat going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 10 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Hammarby IF have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same clashes.

Their past results show that Hammarby IF:

• haven't beaten Malmö FF in away games against them for the last 10 league games. A very poor run of away results.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 29/08/2021 shows that Malmö have won 2 of them and Hammarby IF 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

An aggregate of 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them for Himmelsblått and 5 coming from Bajen. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Allsvenskan match day 23 on 17/09/2023 when the final score was Hammarby IF 1-3 Malmö FF.

That time, Hammarby IF managed 61% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Viktor Đukanović (83').

Malmö FF had 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Oliver Berg (19'), Stefano Vecchia (40') and Otto Rosengren (74') scored.

The referee was Mohammed Al-Hakim.

🗞️ Team News: Malmö

Oscar Lewicki (Cruciate ligament tear) and Daníel Gudjohnsen (Back injury) won’t be available for Malmö boss Henrik Rydström.

It’s our opinion that Himmelsblått could employ a 4-4-2 system in the match, utilising Johan Dahlin, Jens Larsen, Derek Cornelius, Pontus Jansson, Busanello, Sebastian Nanasi, Otto Rosengren, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Søren Rieks, Erik Botheim and Isaac Kiese Thelin.

ℹ️ Team News: Hammarby IF

Out of a mainly healthy squad, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Hammarby IF gaffer Kim Hellberg to contend with. Dennis Collander (Knee injury) won’t be in action. Pavle Vagic will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We’re of the thinking that Bajen might elect for a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Oliver Dovin, Hampus Skoglund, Mads Fenger, Frederik Winther, Shaquille Pinas, Fredrik Hammar, Tesfaldet Tekie, Nahir Besara, Oscar Johansson, Deniz Gül and Viktor Djukanovic.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Hammarby IF have it in them to score against this Malmö FF side, however that might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Malmö FF at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 11:06 07/04/2024