Mjällby AIF vs Varbergs BoIS Prediction & Betting Tips

Varbergs BoIS will be visiting Strandvallen on Sunday for the Allsvenskan tie with home team Mjällby AIF.

Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Mjällby AIF v Varbergs BoIS (including the best match odds).

📊 Form Guide

Mjällby AIF DWLDWD

Mjällby AIF prepare for this fixture following on from a 1-1 Allsvenskan drawn result versus IFK Göteborg.

In that match, Mjällby AIF had 36% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Mjällby AIF was David Löfquist (57'). At the other end, IFK Göteborg got 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr (25') scored for IFK Göteborg.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Mjällby AIF have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Mjällby have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals along the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Mjällby AIF:

• have not won against Varbergs BoIS in their previous 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 5 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Varbergs BoIS LDLLWW 🌤

Varbergs BoIS head into the game following on from a 2-0 Allsvenskan win in the defeat of IK Sirius in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Varbergs BoIS managed 32% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Varbergs BoIS, the scorers were Gustaf Norlin (67') and Astrit Seljmani (71'). On the other side, IK Sirius had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Illustrating their penchant for high-scoring encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the previous 6 games in which Varbergs BoIS have sent out their troops, making it an average of 3.5 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have hit 11 from this total. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will be sustained in this game.

Going into this encounter, Varbergs BoIS haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league meeting between these sides was Allsvenskan match day 8 on 16/07/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Varbergs BoIS 1-0 Mjällby AIF.

That day, Varbergs BoIS managed 51% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Astrit Seljmani (90').

Mjällby AIF had 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Victor Wolf.

ℹ️ Team News: Mjällby AIF

Mjällby AIF boss Marcus Lantz will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this match with a completely healthy group ready to go.

We think that Mjällby may well make use of the 3-5-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Carl Johan Eriksson, Erik Björkander, Jesper Löfgren, Max Watson, Jonathan Tamimi, Besard Sabovic, David Batanero, David Löfquist, Joel Nilsson, Mamudo Moro and Jacob Bergström.

📰 Team News: Varbergs BoIS

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, Varbergs BoIS boss Joakim Persson has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.

We believe Varbergs could decide to begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup, going with Stojan Lukic, Keanin Ayer Boya, Jon Birkfeldt, Joakim Lindner, Hampus Zackrisson, Gustaf Norlin, Robin Book, Luke Le Roux, Adama Fofana, Junes Barny and Astrit Seljmani.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Varbergs BoIS will surely be able to break down this Mjällby AIF side, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We can see a 2-1 advantage for Mjällby AIF at the end of this one. It should be a decent one.

Lucas Pereira, 23:15 08/09/2020