📏 Form Guide

IFK Norrköping

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IFK Norrköping will be wanting a better result here after the 5-2 Svenska Cupen loss in their previous game against Malmö FF.

For IFK Norrköping, goals were scored by Carl Björk (2') and Tim Prica (90'). Sebastian Jørgensen (15', 77'), Erik Botheim (72') and Taha Abdi Ali (82', 94') scored for Malmö FF.

Fixtures with IFK Norrköping have tended to be lively affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 26 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to IFK Norrköping. Let’s see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Malmö FF

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Malmö head into the meeting following a 0-4 Svenska Cupen win with the defeat of Halmstads BK in their previous match.

For Malmö FF, goals were scored by Erik Botheim (50', 73'), Lasse Berg Johnsen (53') and Isaac Kiese Thelin (70').

In their previous 6 outings, Malmö FF have bagged a total of 21 goals. Malmö FF have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 3 goals scored by their opponents.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 11/09/2021 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for IFK Norrköping. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas Malmö have just been too good for them, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Snoka and 14 belonging to Himmelsblått. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

📋 Team News: IFK Norrköping

We are thinking that Snoka will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Oscar Jansson, Daniel Eid, Max Watson, Anton Eriksson, Yahya Kalley, Dino Salihovic, Kevin Höög Jansson, Carl Bjork, V. Hammershøj-Mistrati, Laorent Shabani and Tim Prica.

🗞️ Team News: Malmö

Malmö boss Henrik Rydström has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Daníel Gudjohnsen (Back injury) and Oscar Lewicki (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that Himmelsblått could decide to elect for a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Johan Dahlin, Jens Larsen, Derek Cornelius, Pontus Jansson, Busanello, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Otto Rosengren, Søren Rieks, Sebastian Nanasi, Erik Botheim and Isaac Kiese Thelin.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, IFK Norrköping will manage to put a goal past this Malmö FF outfit, although just one goal is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Malmö FF when the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 13:09 30/03/2024