📊 Form Guide

IF Elfsborg

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IF Elfsborg, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-4 Allsvenskan triumph over Halmstads BK.

In that match, IF Elfsborg managed 47% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For IF Elfsborg, the goalscorers were Simon Hedlund (18'), Frederik Ihler (21'), Ibrahim Buhari (31' Own goal), Rasmus Wikström (48') and Taylor Silverholt (71'). For their opponents, Halmstads BK had 13 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Matches featuring IF Elfsborg have proved to be entertaining encounters lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 15 of these belonging to IF Elfsborg.

Taking a look at their past results, IF Elfsborg:

• have not won against Hammarby IF in their last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 7 home league matches.

Hammarby IF

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Hammarby IF go into this meeting following on from a 1-0 Allsvenskan win vs Degerfors IF in their most recent game.

In that game, Hammarby IF managed 70% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Hammarby IF was Nahir Besara (61'). Degerfors IF had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Kim Hellberg's Hammarby IF have seen their goal attempts be successful 9 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 5.

Leading up to this clash, Hammarby IF:

• have not won against IF Elfsborg when having played them away from home in the previous 12 league games. An awful away record.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 17/07/2022 shows that IF Elfsborg have won 2 of these & Hammarby IF 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Di Gule and 8 created by Bajen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league game featuring the two was Allsvenskan match day 23 on 22/09/2024 and the score finished IF Elfsborg 0-0 Hammarby IF.

On that occasion, IF Elfsborg managed 36% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Hammarby IF had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Victor Wolf.

📋 Team News: IF Elfsborg

The IF Elfsborg manager Oscar Hiljemark does not have any fitness worries at all before this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection.

We think that Di Gule may well kick off with a 3-4-3 system for this game, handing starts to Simon Eriksson, Sebastian Holmen, Ibrahim Buhari, Rasmus Wikström, Ari Sigurpalsson, Besfort Zeneli, Simon Olsson, Niklas Hult, Leo Östman, Frederik Ihler and Simon Hedlund.

📰 Team News: Hammarby IF

With a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Hammarby IF manager Kim Hellberg does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.

From our viewpoint, Bajen could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Warner Hahn, Hampus Skoglund, Victor Eriksson, Ibrahima Fofana, Shaquille Pinas, Markus Karlsson, Tesfaldet Tekie, Nahir Besara, Montader Madjed, Paulos Abraham and Abdelrahman Boudah.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Hammarby IF and IF Elfsborg could find scoring goals difficult here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore see a tight encounter with a 0-0 score at the end of this game.

Peter Guest, 12:02 31/05/2025