📊 Form Guide

IFK Norrköping

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IFK Norrköping won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-0 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to IF Elfsborg.

In that match, IFK Norrköping managed 65% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, IF Elfsborg had 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Taylor Silverholt (33') and Frederik Ihler (93') scored for IF Elfsborg.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that IFK Norrköping have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that IFK Norrköping have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 13 goals along the way. Let’s find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Their past results show that IFK Norrköping:

• haven't lost in the league to Halmstads BK in their previous 3 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Halmstads BK

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Halmstads BK will go into this match following a 1-0 Allsvenskan win as they beat Östers IF in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Halmstads BK managed 59% possession and 23 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Halmstads BK was Bleon Kurtulus (94'). Osters IF had 6 shots on goal with 1 on target.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Halmstads BK has been fairly consistent of late. Checking on their last six outings reveals that this has happened 6 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 9 and Halmstads BK have scored 7.

Coming into this contest, Halmstads BK are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 25/04/2021 shows us that IFK Norrköping have won 3 of them & Halmstads BK 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 from Snoka and 6 for HBK. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Allsvenskan match day 25 on 29/09/2024 when the final score was Halmstads BK 0-0 IFK Norrköping.

On that occasion, Halmstads BK had 43% possession and 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

IFK Norrköping got 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Victor Wolf.

🗞️ Team News: IFK Norrköping

David Mitov Nilsson (Wrist injury), Kevin Höög Jansson (Foot surgery) and Stephen Bolma (Knee surgery) will be missing for IFK Norrköping manager Martin Falk.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that IFK Norrköping have it within them to score a couple of goals when they come up against Halmstads BK, who could well find it tough getting goals.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 2-0 win for IFK Norrköping by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 12:10 19/04/2025