📊 Form Guide

IFK Värnamo

LWWLDL

IFK Värnamo will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-2 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to GAIS.

In that match, IFK Värnamo managed 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for IFK Värnamo was Ajdin Zeljkovic (30'). On the other side, GAIS got 13 shots on goal with 9 on target. Alexander Ahl-Holmström (17') and William Milovanović (26') scored for GAIS.

Anes Mravac's IFK Värnamo have celebrated scoring a sum total of 7 times in their prior half-dozen outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games amounts to 8.

Coming into this contest, IFK Värnamo are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Malmö FF

WDWWWW 📈

Malmö go into this match following on from a 2-0 Allsvenskan win as they beat Hammarby IF in their most recent outing.

In that match, Malmö FF had 55% possession and 23 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. The scorer for Malmö FF was Isaac Kiese Thelin (34', 48'). Hammarby IF got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The attack-minded Malmö FF have racked up an absolute glut of goals over their previous six games (25 to be precise). That translates to an outstanding mean average of 4.17 goals scored per match for this period. However, we must now wait to see whether that trend might be replicated in this game.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head results going back to 10/11/2019 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for IFK Värnamo. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all whereas Malmö have been too good for them, winning in 67% of those ties.

A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 2 of them for Värnamo and 10 netted by Himmelsblått. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league game featuring these sides was Allsvenskan match day 17 on 31/07/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Malmö FF 3-1 IFK Värnamo.

That time, Malmö FF had 52% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Isaac Kiese Thelin (24', 93') and Søren Rieks (73').

At the other end, IFK Värnamo had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Oscar Johansson (27') scored.

The referee was Adi Aganovic.

🗞️ Team News: IFK Värnamo

The IFK Värnamo boss Anes Mravac has no fitness concerns at all coming into this clash with a completely injury-free group to pick from.

In all likelihood, IFK Värnamo look set to kick off with a 4-4-2 formation this time and select Viktor Andersson, Victor Larsson, Johan Rapp, Samuel Kotto, Viktor Bergh, Carl Johansson, William Kenndal, Wenderson, Simon Thern, Ajdin Zeljkovic and Gustav Engvall.

📋 Team News: Malmö

Malmö manager Henrik Rydström has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Oscar Lewicki (Cruciate ligament tear) and Daníel Gudjohnsen (Back injury) will not be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that Himmelsblått will likely elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Johan Dahlin, Jens Larsen, Derek Cornelius, Pontus Jansson, Busanello, Taha Abdi Ali, Sergio Peña, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Sebastian Nanasi, Erik Botheim and Isaac Kiese Thelin.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Malmö FF are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, IFK Värnamo won’t find it easy scoring but we do see them pulling one back during this clash.

Accordingly, we see a fairly comfortable 1-3 victory for Malmö FF at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:05 15/04/2024