📏 Form Guide

IF Elfsborg

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IF Elfsborg won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-0 Allsvenskan losing effort in their last game against Hammarby IF.

In that match, IF Elfsborg had 38% possession and 18 shots on goal with 2 on target. Hammarby IF had 11 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Nahir Besara (49'), Viktor Đukanović (69') and Jusef Erabi (76') scored for Hammarby IF.

Jimmy Thelin's IF Elfsborg have netted a sum total of 9 times in their past half-dozen outings. The tally of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 10.

Looking at the pre-match facts, IF Elfsborg:

• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Kalmar FF

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against IFK Göteborg in Allsvenskan competition, Kalmar FF and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Kalmar FF managed 57% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, IFK Gothenburg had 24 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Arbnor Muçolli (46') was the scorer for IFK Göteborg.

The numbers tell their own story, and Kalmar FF have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Kalmar FF have not been doing too well. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Pre-game facts show that Kalmar FF:

• are undefeated by IF Elfsborg in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/05/2021 shows us that IF Elfsborg have won 2 of these games and Kalmar FF 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for Di Gule and 8 coming from Röda bröder. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Allsvenskan match day 23 on 17/09/2023 which ended up with the score at IF Elfsborg 0-3 Kalmar FF.

That time, IF Elfsborg had 51% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Ibrahim Buhari (30' Own goal).

For their opponents, Kalmar FF had 11 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Nahom Girmai Netabay (23') and Lars Sætra (27') scored.

The referee was Fredrik Klitte.

📰 Team News: IF Elfsborg

The IF Elfsborg manager Jimmy Thelin will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from. Michael Baidoo cannot play in this game through suspension.

In our view, Di Gule will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Marcus Bundgaard, Johan Larsson, Sebastian Holmen, Terry Yegbe, Niklas Hult, Jens Jakob Thomasen, A. Fannar Baldursson, Simon Hedlund, Besfort Zeneli, Arber Zeneli and Per Frick.

📋 Team News: Kalmar FF

Kalmar FF boss Henrik Jensen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Johan Karlsson (Foot injury), Ville Nilsson (Back injury) and Carl Gustafsson (concussion) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

It’s our belief that Röda bröder seem most likely to make use of a 4-3-3 formation by sending out Samuel Brolin, A. Motaraghebjafarpour, Lars Saetra, Rasmus Sjöstedt, Alex Gersbach, Melker Hallberg, Robert Gojani, R. Pereira Sipiao, Jacob Trenskow, Dino Islamovic and Simon Skrabb.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that IF Elfsborg have it within them to dominate possession and create several successful chances.

However, Kalmar FF could well struggle to find the back of the net but we can see them getting the chances to score, too.

We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 victory for IF Elfsborg come full-time.

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

Victor Martins, 16:04 22/04/2024