IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd July 2023

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

IFK Goteborg is ranked 15 with nine points and a goal difference of 13-19, while Halmstads BK is ranked five with 24 points and a goal difference of 17-20.

Although only separated by a few points, Halmstads BK will have their work cut out for them on Sunday. IFK Goteborg are favoured to maintain the lead they currently hold on Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan standings.

IFK Goteborg go into their next Allsvenskan match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Halmstads BK are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 12 goals, and while Halmstads BK claimed four clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.2 goals per match.

IFK Goteborg and Halmstads BK had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2.

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Prediction

IFK Goteborg Form

IFK Goteborg are without a win from their previous three outings, as Halmstads BK managed a draw, before they lost 1-2 against Varbergs BoIS FC. Their latest match ended in a 1-1 draw with Elfsborg. IFK Goteborg only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Gamla Ullevi in the Allsvenskan. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded six goals.

Halmstads BK Form

Halmstads BK are unbeaten in their last three matches, which began with a 0-0 draw against IFK Goteborg. Then, they took out IFK Norrkoping 1-2, followed by a 2-2 draw with IFK Varnamo. Halmstads BK recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Allsvenskan, in which they banged in nine goals, whilst conceding 11. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Both IFK Goteborg and visitors Halmstads BK seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

IFK Goteborg fought their way to zero wins and three points from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in eight goals. Halmstads BK recorded three wins from their last six games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected 11 points. They scored nine goals while conceding eight. IFK Goteborg have so far been able to win just once after 15 Allsvenskan games played, in stead showing off six draws and eight defeats. Halmstads BK are looking at seven wins, three draws and five defeats in the Allsvenskan.

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Squads

IFK Goteborg Squad

The 40-year-old IFK Goteborg manager, Jens Berthel Askou, will select the lineup against Halmstads BK from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Allsvenskan this season):

Adam Ingi Benediktsson (0/6), Pontus Dahlberg (0/10), Adam Carlen (1/14), Alai Ghasem (0/4), Anders Trondsen (0/9), Emil Salomonsson (0/11), Felix Eriksson (0/1), Johan Baangsbo (0/15), Oscar Wendt (1/15), Sebastian Hausner (0/10), Sebastian Ohlsson (4/9), Abundance Salaou (0/3), Anton Kurochkin (0/0), Elias Hagen (1/14), Eman Markovic (0/12), Filip Ambroz (0/0), Gustaf Norlin (2/15), Gustav Svensson (1/11), Hussein Carneil (0/2), Sebastian Eriksson (0/13), Thomas Santos (0/0), Arbnor Mucolli (0/0), Linus Carlstrand (0/12), Lucas Kaahed (0/4), Marcus Berg (3/15), Suleiman Abdullahi (0/10).

Halmstads BK Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 50 year-old Halmstads BK manager Haglund will select his starting XI from these players:

Alexander Nielsen (0/0), Malkolm Nilsson (0/14), Malte Paahlsson (0/2), Andreas Johansson (0/14), Benjamin Hjertstrand (0/5), Gabriel Wallentin (1/9), Gustav Friberg (0/5), Joseph Baffo (0/8), Marcus Olsson (0/10), Melvin Sjoeland (0/1), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (1/14), Taulant Parallangaj (0/0), Thomas Boakye (1/9), Albin Ahlstrand (0/1), Amir Al-Ammari (0/14), Erik Ahlstrand (3/15), Joel Allansson (0/14), Jonathan Svedberg (0/14), Kazper Karlsson (1/12), Leo Hedenberg (0/0), Pontus Carlsson (0/0), William Granath (0/4), Jack Cooper Love (0/0), Lorent Mehmeti (0/0), Naeem Mohammed (2/11), Viktor Granath (6/15), Villiam Dahlstroem (0/2).

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Team News

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Lineups

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK H2H

The most recent outing between IFK Goteborg and Halmstads BK ended up a 0-0 draw. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2. IFK Goteborg tend to have the upper hand against Halmstads BK, grabbing all three points five times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 11/10.

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Results

In seven of the previous ten matches between IFK Goteborg and Halmstads BK both teams scored.

IFK Goteborg vs Halmstads BK Betting Tips

While Viktor Granath added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Allsvenskan, Gustaf Norlin scored twice in his last six.

Both teams scored in four of the last 10 home league matches for IFK Goteborg. Both teams also found the back of the net six times in the previous 10 league games away for Halmstads BK.

Both teams to not score paid out three times in the past ten encounters between Halmstads BK and IFK Goteborg, whereas under 2.5 goals happened four times. IFK Goteborg scored an average of 1.7 goals a game, with Halmstads BK averaging 0.8 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for IFK Goteborg, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Halmstads BK, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.