📊 Form Guide

Helsingborgs IF

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Helsingborgs IF, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 Superettan triumph against Gefle IF.

For Helsingborgs IF, the scorers were Taylor Silverholt (23'), Benjamin Acquah (27') and Wilhelm Loeper (59'). Adrian Edqvist (47', 76') scored for Gefle IF.

It’s not been often in recent times where Helsingborgs IF have shown defensive steel. In fact, Helsingborgs IF have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals in the process. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Heading into this fixture, Helsingborgs IF haven't been defeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

IK Brage

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IK Brage will come into the match following a 1-0 Superettan win in the defeat of Varbergs BoIS in their previous match.

The only name on the scoresheet from IK Brage was Kevin Appiah Nyarko (45').

A series of resolute performances from the IK Brage defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes combined. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9.

Heading into this contest, IK Brage haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 29/04/2018 shows us that Helsingborgs IF have won 3 of these & IK Brage 1, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A total of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 from Di Röe and 3 belonging to IK Brage. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Superettan match day 29 on 04/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Helsingborgs IF 2-0 IK Brage.

In that game, Helsingborgs IF had 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Cole Alexander (6') and Lucas Lima (29').

On the other side, IK Brage got 5 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Erik Mattsson.

ℹ️ Team News: Helsingborgs IF

The Helsingborgs IF manager Klebér Saarenpää will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: IK Brage

Thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the IK Brage boss Jan Mian has no fitness worries to speak of before this game.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that IK Brage and Helsingborgs IF should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. That’s why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:08 09/04/2024