📏 Form Guide

IFK Värnamo

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IFK Värnamo will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-0 Allsvenskan losing effort in their last game against AIK.

In that match, IFK Värnamo managed 55% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, AIK got 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Eskil Edh (19') and Benjamin Hansen (45') scored for AIK.

IFK Värnamo have really been misfiring of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 vs opposition teams during the course of their previous six outings. In those meetings, IFK Värnamo have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 11. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.

Analysis of their past results shows that IFK Värnamo:

• haven't lost in the league to Halmstads BK in their previous 3 matches.
• are winless against Halmstads BK in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Halmstads BK

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Halmstads BK will come into the meeting following on from a 2-1 Allsvenskan win vs Hammarby IF in their last fixture.

In that game, Halmstads BK managed 25% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Halmstads BK, the scorers were Naeem Mohammed (45') and Jonathan Svedberg (52'). Hammarby IF had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Tesfaldet Tekie (90') was the scorer for Hammarby IF.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Halmstads BK has been apparent recently. Examining their last 6 outings reveals that it’s happened 6 times. In those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 9 and Halmstads BK have scored 2.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 29/08/2016 tells us that IFK Värnamo have won 1 of these games & Halmstads BK 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Värnamo and 7 coming from HBK. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Svenska Cupen match day 3 on 02/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of IFK Värnamo 0-1 Halmstads BK.

The referee was Granit Maqedonci.

📋 Team News: IFK Värnamo

The IFK Värnamo manager Anes Mravac doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash with a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

We are thinking that IFK Värnamo look set to go for a 4-3-3 formation for this game with Viktor Andersson, Freddy Winsth, Victor Larsson, Emin Hasic, Albin Lohikangas, Viktor Bergh, Hampus Näsström, Wenderson, Gustav Engvall, Frank Junior Adjei and Ajdin Zeljkovic.

ℹ️ Team News: Halmstads BK

We reckon that HBK could decide to make use of a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Tim Rönning, Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, Gabriel Wallentin, Joseph Baffo, Vinicius Nogueira, Albin Ahlstrand, Jonathan Svedberg, Amir Al-Ammari, Joel Allansson, Viktor Granath and Naeem Mohammed.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Halmstads BK will have a tough ask to score goals against this IFK Värnamo team who will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

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

Expecting it to be tight.

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

Andre Moura, 11:11 28/04/2024