Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th July 2023

Halmstads BK enjoy home advantage, when visitors IFK Varnamo swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Allsvenskan. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Halmstads BK rank five with 23 points to their name from 14 matches, while visitors IFK Varnamo rank 11 in the table on 15 points.

Halmstads BK took down IFK Varnamo in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Saturday.

Halmstads BK have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly ten goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of one goals per game, in which they conceded 12 goals, or 1.2 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

IFK Varnamo travel to their next Allsvenskan match, averaging a lowly one goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of ten goals, while also conceding 15 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Having never shared a season in the Allsvenskan in recent past, this is the first time Halmstads BK comes up against IFK Varnamo in this context.

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Prediction

Halmstads BK Form

Halmstads BK look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Varbergs BoIS FC by 1-2, before drawing 0-0 with IFK Goteborg. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out IFK Norrkoping 1-2. Halmstads BK claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Allsvenskan. They also drew two and lost two, scored three goals and conceded three.

IFK Varnamo Form

IFK Varnamo are inconsistent at the moment, with two defeats and a win to show from their last three matches. They lost 1-3 against Malmo FF, won 0-2 against Degerfors, before dropping points again in a 1-2 defeat against Djurgarden. IFK Varnamo won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Allsvenskan. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and six scored.

Both Halmstads BK and IFK Varnamo are having a hard time finding their way to the net. With the teams clashing in this round 15, we find a low scoring match is the natural pick.

Halmstads BK took 11 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Allsvenskan table. This amounts to three wins after scoring seven times and conceding eight. IFK Varnamo scored four goals and conceded 14 in their last seven encounters with teams in the top half of the Allsvenskan. This lead to zero wins and zero points. Halmstads BK show off a record of seven wins, two draws and five defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. IFK Varnamo are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording five wins and nine defeats in the Allsvenskan.

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Squads

Halmstads BK Squad

Haglund will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against IFK Varnamo from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Allsvenskan this season):

Alexander Nielsen (0/0), Malkolm Nilsson (0/13), Malte Paahlsson (0/1), Andreas Johansson (0/13), Benjamin Hjertstrand (0/5), Gabriel Wallentin (1/9), Gustav Friberg (0/5), Joseph Baffo (0/7), Marcus Olsson (0/9), Melvin Sjoeland (0/1), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (1/13), Taulant Parallangaj (0/0), Thomas Boakye (1/9), Albin Ahlstrand (0/1), Amir Al-Ammari (0/13), Erik Ahlstrand (3/14), Joel Allansson (0/13), Jonathan Svedberg (0/13), Kazper Karlsson (1/11), Leo Hedenberg (0/0), Pontus Carlsson (0/0), William Granath (0/4), Jack Cooper Love (0/0), Lorent Mehmeti (0/0), Naeem Mohammed (1/10), Viktor Granath (6/14), Villiam Dahlstroem (0/2).

IFK Varnamo Squad

Listed below is the full squad of IFK Varnamo players that the manager Kim Hellberg will choose from for the upcoming game:

Jonathan Rasheed (0/9), Pilip Vaitsiakhovich (0/5), Albin Lohikangas (1/6), Bernardo Vilar (0/2), Emin Grozdanic (0/14), Freddy Winst (0/7), Hampus Naesstroem (1/12), Johan Kenneryd (0/0), Netinho (0/9), Pontus Kindberg (0/0), Victor Eriksson (0/14), Victor Larsson (0/14), Viktor Bergh (0/14), Albion Ademi (1/11), Charlie Vindehall (0/5), Frank Junior Adjei (0/1), Kenan Bilalovic (0/5), Marco Bustos (2/10), Oscar Johansson (1/14), Simon Thern (0/0), Wenderson Oliveira (0/14), William Kenndal (0/1), Ajdin Zeljkovic (0/14), Edvin Becirovic (0/5), Gustav Engvall (5/14).

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Team News

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Lineups

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo H2H

Having never played each other in the Allsvenskan in the 21st century, this is the first time Halmstads BK comes up against IFK Varnamo in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Halmstads BK picked up five wins in their previous nine matches against IFK Varnamo, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 9/4.

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Results

Halmstads BK vs IFK Varnamo Betting Tips

Halmstads BK against IFK Varnamo is also a battle between Viktor Granath and Gustav Engvall with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has three Allsvenskan goals in their last six games respectively.

Halmstads BK won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Oerjans Vall. They drew three and lost four as well, while IFK Varnamo won five of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost four. One should probably look at the home side to get the first goal in, as IFK Varnamo only scored the opener in three of their 10 previous away games. Halmstads BK scored the first goal in three of their last 10 outings at home.

Halmstads BK saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for IFK Varnamo, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.