IFK Värnamo vs Östers IF Live Stream, Predictions (May 24)

📏 Form Guide

IFK Värnamo

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IFK Värnamo will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to BK Häcken.

In that match, IFK Värnamo had 39% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target. On the other side, BK Hacken had 19 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Samuel Leach Holm (32', 88') was the scorer for BK Häcken.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that IFK Värnamo have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that IFK Värnamo have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 14 goals along the way. We shall soon see if that trend can be continued on here.

Heading into this fixture, IFK Värnamo are without a home win in the past 8 matches in the league. It's been disappointing.

Östers IF

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Last time out, Östers IF drew 1-1 in the Allsvenskan tie with GAIS.

In that game, Östers IF managed 55% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Östers IF was Alibek Aliev (55'). At the other end, GAIS had 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Ibrahim Diabate (66') scored for GAIS.

The numbers tell their own story, and Östers IF have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Östers IF can certainly do much better.

Heading into this fixture, Östers IF have not beaten IFK Värnamo when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not the best of away records.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 11/06/2017 shows that IFK Värnamo have won 4 of these games & Östers IF 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Värnamo and 4 netted by Östers. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The previous league game between these sides was Superettan match day 20 on 12/09/2021 which finished with the scoreline of Östers IF 2-0 IFK Värnamo.

That day, Östers IF had 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Lucas Lima (16') and Amel Mujanić (86').

At the other end, IFK Värnamo got 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Fredrik Oppong.

🗞️ Team News: IFK Värnamo

It seems likely that IFK Värnamo will possibly use the 4-3-3 formation, beginning the first half with Hugo Keto, Victor Larsson, Hugo Andersson, Emin Grozdanic, Axel Björnström, Simon Thern, Luke Le Roux, Wenderson, Mohammad Alsalkhadi, J. Samuel Kalu and Ajdin Zeljkovic.

🗞️ Team News: Östers IF

It’s our belief that Östers IF could decide to play in a 4-3-3 formation, settling for Robin Wallinder, Kinglsey Gyamfi, Mattis Adolfsson, Ivan Kricak, Dennis Olsson, Noah Söderberg, Magnus Christensen, David Seger, Youssoupha Sanyang, Alibek Aliev and Matias Tamminen.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Östers IF will need things to go their way to be putting a goal past this IFK Värnamo team who we think will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore tipping a narrow 1-0 winning margin for IFK Värnamo at the end of this one.

Looking forward to this.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the win-draw-win market, putting your money on IFK Värnamo can be had for 1.9, backing the draw is 3.5 & taking a punt on a win for Östers IF gets you 4. They’re the best of the returns offered at this very moment.

Victor Martins, 14:02 20/05/2025