IFK Norrköping vs IF Elfsborg Prediction & Betting Tips

IF Elfsborg will be visiting Östgötaporten on Wednesday for the Allsvenskan showdown with home team IFK Norrköping. All IFK Norrköping v IF Elfsborg game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

IFK Norrköping LWWWWW 🔥

IFK Norrköping will be looking for another win after a 2-4 Allsvenskan success against Östersunds FK. In that game, IFK Norrköping managed 59% possession and 26 attempts on goal with 14 of them on target. For IFK Norrköping, the goalscorers were Christoffer Nyman (45', 69'), Simon Thern (90') and Sead Hakšabanović (90'). At the other end, Östersunds FK had 7 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Simon Kroon (35') and Jordan Attah Kadiri (51') scored for Östersunds FK.

Fixtures involving IFK Norrköping have usually been engaging ones recently with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a total of 21 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 15 of those coming from Snoka.

Pre-game facts show that IFK Norrköping:

• have not lost a league tie with IF Elfsborg in their previous 5 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 11 league matches at home. A very good run at home.

IF Elfsborg WWDDWD 📈

In their previous game, IF Elfsborg drew 1-1 in the Allsvenskan match with Örebro SK.

In that match, IF Elfsborg managed 48% possession and 18 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Örebro SK had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Agon Mehmeti (40') scored for Örebro SK.

A succession of steadfast performances by the IF Elfsborg defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures in total. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that IF Elfsborg:

• haven't beaten IFK Norrköping when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 7 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 09/07/2017 shows us that IFK Norrköping have won 3 of them and IF Elfsborg 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them from Snoka and 6 coming from Di Gule . That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Allsvenskan match day 19 on 11/08/2019 when it ended IFK Norrköping 2-0 IF Elfsborg. That time, IFK Norrköping had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Alexander Fransson (29') and Rasmus Lauritsen (44'). IF Elfsborg had 14 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The referee was Magnus Lindgren.

📰 Team News: IFK Norrköping

IFK Norrköping manager Jens Gustafsson has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

It seems likely that Snoka may well use the 4-3-3 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Isak Pettersson, Lars Cristian Krogh Gerson, Filip Dagerstal, Rasmus Lauritsen, Henrik Castegren, Simon Thern, Eric Smith, Andreas Blomqvist, Sead Haksabanovic, Christoffer Nyman and Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson.

📋 Team News: IF Elfsborg

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, IF Elfsborg manager Jimmy Thelin has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

We’re of the thinking that Di Gule seem likely to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup using Tim Rönning, Johan Larsson, Joseph Okumu, Leo Väisänen, Simon Strand, Frederik Holst, Robert Gojani, Simon Olsson, Jesper Karlsson, Marokhy Ndione and Rasmus Alm.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that IF Elfsborg would be disappointed if they were not to put a goal past this IFK Norrköping team, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss. We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for IFK Norrköping at full-time. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Lucas Pereira, 23:15 26/06/2020