📏 Form Guide

GIF Sundsvall

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GIF Sundsvall will play in this game after a 1-1 Svenska Cupen stalemate versus Västerås SK.

The only scorer from GIF Sundsvall was Johan Bengtsson (24'). Ibrahim Diabaté (58') was the scorer for Västerås SK.

It has been all too rare in recent times where GIF Sundsvall haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that GIF Sundsvall have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 12 goals on the way. Such a pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, however.

Östersunds FK

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Östersunds FK go into this match following on from a 1-0 Svenska Cupen win to beat Landskrona BoIS in their last fixture.

The only player to score from Östersunds FK was Erick Brendon (79').

Magnus Powell's Östersunds FK have had reason to celebrate scoring 8 times in the course of their most recent 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 8.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 19/05/2018 shows us that GIF Sundsvall have won 1 of these & Östersunds FK 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A sum of 17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 of them from Giffarna and 10 belonging to Östersunds. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The last league encounter between the two was Superettan match day 16 on 29/07/2023 when it ended Östersunds FK 1-1 GIF Sundsvall.

On that occasion, Östersunds FK managed 47% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Malcolm Stolt (50').

For their opponents, GIF Sundsvall got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Paya Pichkah (29') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Andreas Dufva-Johansson.

🗞️ Team News: GIF Sundsvall

The GIF Sundsvall boss Douglas Jakobsen will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy group to choose from.

📰 Team News: Östersunds FK

Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Östersunds FK boss Magnus Powell does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Östersunds FK and GIF Sundsvall could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. Our tip is therefore for a 0-0 draw by the conclusion of this game.

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

Peter Guest, 11:35 30/03/2024