Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th July 2023

Elfsborg look destined for a win in their match this coming Sunday against IFK Goteborg. Bookmakers have them down as fairly big favourites, with the visitors going through a bit of a slump in the Allsvenskan lately.

Elfsborg have taken the lead in the Allsvenskan after collecting 35 points from their initial 14 encounters. IFK Goteborg trail by 27 points after 14 rounds, leaving them as number 15 in the table on eight points.

Elfsborg came away with three points from the latest encounter with IFK Goteborg. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Sunday.

Elfsborg scored 27 goals, conceded seven and claimed five clean sheets in their last ten outings.

IFK Goteborg scored 12 goals, conceded 13 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Elfsborg played against IFK Goteborg. It finished 1-3 in a great match between the pair.

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Prediction

Elfsborg Form

In their last three outings, Elfsborg won 1-2 against AIK, beat Hammarby by 2-0 and hammered Kalmar FF 0-4. Elfsborg showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Boraas Arena, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 19 times, while letting in two themselves.

IFK Goteborg Form

IFK Goteborg were only able to take one point from their past three games. They came up short in a 2-0 defeat against Sirius before drawing 0-0 with Halmstads BK. They were defeated once again, when Varbergs BoIS FC ran out 1-2 winners. In their last six Allsvenskan away matches, IFK Goteborg failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost three, scoring three while also conceding nine times.

While we don't believe IFK Goteborg are strong enough to prevent Elfsborg from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Elfsborg scored 17 goals and conceded five in their last seven games against teams from the bottom half of the Allsvenskan table. They collected 19 points and six victories. IFK Goteborg claimed zero wins and two points from their last seven encounters with teams in the top half of the Allsvenskan, while scoring two goals to ten against. Elfsborg have a record of 11 wins, two draws and one defeat in the Allsvenskan this season. IFK Goteborg show off one win, five draws and eight defeats in the Allsvenskan.

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Squads

Elfsborg Squad

Jimmy Thelin will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against IFK Goteborg from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Allsvenskan this season):

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/14), Melker Uppenberg (0/0), Tim Roenning (0/0), Andre Boman (0/0), Gottfrid Rapp (0/0), Gustaf Lagerbielke (2/12), Gustav Henriksson (0/3), Ibrahim Buhari (0/2), Johan Larsson (4/14), Maudo Jarjue (0/0), Niklas Hult (1/14), Sebastian Holmen (0/14), Viktor Widell (0/0), Ahmed Qasem (0/12), Andre Roemer (1/13), Besfort Zeneli (1/8), Camil Jebara (0/0), Emmanuel Boateng (0/8), Kevin Holmen (0/3), Michael Baidoo (1/13), Noah Soederberg (1/11), Timothy Noor Ouma (0/3), Alexander Bernhardsson (4/8), Jalal Abdulai (0/0), Jeppe Okkels (5/14), Per Frick (0/8), Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen (4/14).

IFK Goteborg Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 40 year-old IFK Goteborg manager Askou will select his starting XI from these players:

Adam Ingi Benediktsson (0/6), Pontus Dahlberg (0/9), Adam Carlen (0/13), Alai Ghasem (0/4), Anders Trondsen (0/9), Emil Salomonsson (0/11), Felix Eriksson (0/1), Johan Baangsbo (0/14), Oscar Wendt (1/14), Sebastian Hausner (0/9), Sebastian Ohlsson (4/9), Abundance Salaou (0/2), Anton Kurochkin (0/0), Elias Hagen (1/14), Eman Markovic (0/11), Filip Ambroz (0/0), Gustaf Norlin (2/14), Gustav Svensson (1/10), Hussein Carneil (0/2), Sebastian Eriksson (0/12), Thomas Santos (0/0), Arbnor Mucolli (0/0), Linus Carlstrand (0/11), Lucas Kaahed (0/3), Marcus Berg (3/14), Suleiman Abdullahi (0/10).

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Team News

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Lineups

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg H2H

It was an enormously entertaining 1-3 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Sunday. Elfsborg claimed six wins against IFK Goteborg in the last ten encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when IFK Goteborg come visiting Elfsborg. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 15/14 with the bookies.

Elfsborg vs IFK Goteborg Betting Tips

Gustaf Norlin shows decent form right now for IFK Goteborg, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Allsvenskan. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Elfsborg, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Jeppe Okkels also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Allsvenskan matches.

Boraas Arena saw Elfsborg claiming seven wins out of a possible 10 across all tournaments. They drew two and lost one. Visitors IFK Goteborg won two of their 10 latest away games, drew three and lost five as well. Both teams scored in four of the last 10 home league matches for Elfsborg. Both teams also found the back of the net five times in the previous 10 league games away for IFK Goteborg.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Elfsborg and IFK Goteborg as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Elfsborg scored an average of 1.4 goals a game, with IFK Goteborg averaging 0.8 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Elfsborg’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of IFK Goteborg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.