IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd July 2023

The Allsvenskan game at Platinumcars Arena on Sunday sees visitors Hacken facing home side IFK Norrkoping.

IFK Norrkoping are placed eight with 18 points after 12 matches. Hacken occupy a position as three in the league on 28 points.

A tough game is in stall for IFK Norrkoping, who will be wary of the threat Hacken pose in their current form. A victory for IFK Norrkoping would be massive in their quest to move up the table.

IFK Norrkoping are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 14 goals, or an average of 1.4 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Hacken average of 2.8 goals per game, scoring 28 goals in their past ten matches. They conceded nine goals in total, or an average of 0.9 per game, achieving two clean sheets as well.

It was an enormously entertaining 3-3 match, when these two sides last played each other in the Allsvenskan. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Sunday.

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Prediction

IFK Norrkoping Form

A single point is all IFK Norrkoping have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 2-1 and 0-2 against Kalmar FF and Brommapojkarna respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 2-2 against Djurgarden. IFK Norrkoping managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Allsvenskan. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded seven goals.

European qualification is the ideal scenario IFK Norrkoping hope to accomplish by the end of the season, but everything needs to click for this to happen.

Hacken Form

Hacken are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. IFK Goteborg got left behind in a 4-1 win, before Varbergs BoIS FC got hammered in a 0-2 victory. Mjallby was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Hacken. In their last six Allsvenskan away matches, Hacken have three wins, they've drawn one and lost one two. They scored ten while also conceding five times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

In current form, we favour Hacken to claim a win, when they challenge IFK Norrkoping at Platinumcars Arena. We doubt, the home side is able to stop the visitors.

IFK Norrkoping have taken one point from their last five games against teams from the top half of the Allsvenskan table. They won zero of these matches with a scoreline of four goals to 11. Hacken won two of their last six matches against teams from the top half of the Allsvenskan table, scoring nine and conceding eight goals. They collected seven points from these. IFK Norrkoping have a record of five wins, three draws and four defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. Hacken are looking at nine wins, one draw and three defeats in the Allsvenskan.

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Squads

IFK Norrkoping Squad

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

David Andersson (0/0), Oscar Jansson (0/12), Otto Lindell (0/0), Wille Jakobsson (0/0), Anton Eriksson (0/12), Christopher Telo (0/0), Daniel Eid (0/10), Edvin Tellgren (0/0), Isak Ssewankambo (0/0), Jean Carlos (0/0), Kojo Peprah Oppeng (0/1), Marco Lund (1/10), Marcus Baggesen (0/11), Niklas Gunnarsson (0/5), Yahya Kalley (0/12), Ari Freyr Skulason (0/4), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (1/11), Arnor Sigurdsson (5/10), Jacob Ortmark (0/11), Jesper Ceesay (0/10), Kristoffer Khazeni (1/11), Laorent Shabani (0/6), Maic Sema (0/3), Stephen Bolma (0/0), Vito Hammershoej-Mistrati (1/9), Andri Gudjohnsen (0/11), Christoffer Nyman (5/12), Emil Roback (0/2), Victor Lind (3/12).

Hacken Squad

Below is the full team squad of Hacken. The manager Hoegmo will pick his starting XI against IFK Norrkoping from these players:

Johan Brattberg (0/0), Peter Abrahamsson (0/13), Sebastian Banozic (0/0), Even Hovland (4/13), Franklin Uchenna (0/1), Johan Hammar (0/4), Kadir Hodzic (0/4), Kristoffer Lund Hansen (0/13), Sigge Jansson (0/0), Simon Sandberg (1/11), Tobias Karlsson (0/0), Tomas Totland (0/9), Valgeir Lunddal Fridriksson (0/12), Ali Youssef (0/0), Amane Romeo (2/13), Benie Traore (12/13), Lars Olden Larsen (5/12), Mikkel Rygaard (3/13), Oscar Uddenaes (1/9), Pontus Dahbo (2/8), Samuel Gustafson (0/12), Simon Gustafson (0/3), Tobias Sana (0/0), Blair Turgott (0/0), Filip Trpcevski (0/0), Ibrahim Sadiq (2/3), Momodou Sonko (2/8), Ola Kamara (0/9).

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Team News

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Lineups

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 3-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Sunday? IFK Norrkoping go into their upcoming match against Hacken with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-2-4 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Results

In the last ten matches between IFK Norrkoping and Hacken over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 8/15 with bookies.

IFK Norrkoping vs Hacken Betting Tips

Christoffer Nyman is the most prolific Allsvenskan marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Hacken look to Benie Traore, hoping he can add to his current total of six Allsvenskan goals in his latest games.

IFK Norrkoping won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Platinumcars Arena. They drew three and lost five as well, while Hacken won six of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost two. Of the last 10 times IFK Norrkoping stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened six times. Both teams also scored in five of the last 10 away games for Hacken.

In the last ten encounters between IFK Norrkoping and Hacken over 2.5 goals came out five times, as IFK Norrkoping averaged 1.1 goals a game. Hacken scored an average of 1.5 goals in these, while both teams scored five times. IFK Norrkoping scored an average of 1.4 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Hacken, who managed to score 2.8 times in those matches.