📏 Form Guide

IF Elfsborg

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IF Elfsborg will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to Malmö FF.

In that game, IF Elfsborg managed 36% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for IF Elfsborg was Simon Hedlund (71'). On the other side, Malmo FF got 23 shots at goal with 7 on target. Anders Christiansen (47') and Arnór Sigurðsson (78') scored for Malmö FF.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where IF Elfsborg have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that IF Elfsborg have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 7 goals on the way. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will continue on in this upcoming game.

Their past results show that IF Elfsborg:

• have not registered a win against IFK Norrköping in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

IFK Norrköping

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of AIK in Allsvenskan competition, IFK Norrköping will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, IFK Norrköping managed 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for IFK Norrköping was Christoffer Nyman (62', 71'). For their opponents, AIK got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (25' Own goal), Áron Csongvai (59'), John Guidetti (74'), Mads Dohr Thychosen (85') and Johan Hove (91') scored for AIK.

The numbers tell their own story, and IFK Norrköping have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 13 goals in total. Defensively, IFK Norrköping can certainly do much better.

Their past results show that IFK Norrköping:

• have not won against IF Elfsborg when they've played them away from home in the last 6 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 29/05/2022 shows that IF Elfsborg have won 2 of them & IFK Norrköping 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league game between these sides was Allsvenskan match day 24 on 19/09/2024 when it finished IF Elfsborg 2-2 IFK Norrköping.

That time, IF Elfsborg had 39% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Michael Baidoo (11') and Timothy Ouma (73').

For their opponents, IFK Norrköping got 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Carl Björk (55') and David Moberg Karlsson (63') scored.

The match was refereed by Adi Aganovic.

ℹ️ Team News: IF Elfsborg

We are thinking that Di Gule will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time and select Isak Pettersson, Rasmus Wikstroem, Sebastian Holmen, Terry Yegbe, Niklas Hult, Besfort Zeneli, Simon Olsson, Simon Hedlund, Ari Sigurpalsson, Gottfrid Rapp and Taylor Silverholt.

🗞️ Team News: IFK Norrköping

IFK Norrköping manager Martin Falk has multiple availability issues to deal with. David Mitov Nilsson (Wrist injury), Kevin Höög Jansson (Foot surgery) and Stephen Bolma (Knee surgery) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, Snoka might begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, going with David Andersson, Moutaz Neffati, Max Watson, Kojo Peprah Oppong, Yahya Kalley, Axel Broenner, A. Ingvi Traustason, Jesper Ceesay, Sebastian Joergensen, Christoffer Nyman and D. Moberg Karlsson.

⚡ Prediction

In this match, IF Elfsborg look set to get the goals that they need when they come up against IFK Norrköping, who will be up against it scoring.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 winning score for IF Elfsborg when all’s said and done.

Andre Moura, 15:15 12/04/2025