IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th July 2023

The Allsvenskan clash at Platinumcars Arena on Monday sees home team IFK Norrkoping battling it out for the win against Halmstads BK.

IFK Norrkoping rank seven with 19 points to their name from 13 matches, while visitors Halmstads BK rank six in the table on 20 points.

Although entering the match as outsiders, Halmstads BK will be keen on keeping their recent momentum as they have been unbeaten in the Allsvenskan for a while. Despite it being a tough assignment at Platinumcars Arena, their current form gives them hope to come away with at least a point from the match against IFK Norrkoping.

IFK Norrkoping scored 14 goals, conceded 15 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Halmstads BK scored eight goals, conceded 13 and kept their opponents from scoring four times in ten matches.

IFK Norrkoping were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Halmstads BK, but did win the reverse match 2-1, though.

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Prediction

IFK Norrkoping Form

In their last three matches, IFK Norrkoping lost 0-2 against Brommapojkarna, drew 2-2 with Djurgarden and shared the points in a 2-2 draw with Hacken. IFK Norrkoping managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Allsvenskan. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded eight goals.

Halmstads BK Form

Halmstads BK go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 0-0 draw against Hammarby. They went on to beat Varbergs BoIS FC by 1-2, before sharing the spoils with IFK Goteborg in a 0-0 draw. Halmstads BK managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Allsvenskan away matches, in which they scored eight while also conceding 13 times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

The two teams rate more or less equal at the bookies, but in current form, and with IFK Norrkoping looking a little out of sorts, Halmstads BK no doubt offers the value bet here.

IFK Norrkoping have taken two points from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Allsvenskan table. They won zero of these matches with a scoreline of six goals to 13. Halmstads BK took two wins from their last six games against teams from the top half of the Allsvenskan table. They collected six points, scored four goals and conceded 11. IFK Norrkoping have a record of five wins, four draws and four defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. Halmstads BK have a record of six wins, two draws and five defeats in the Allsvenskan.

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Squads

IFK Norrkoping Squad

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

David Andersson (0/0), Oscar Jansson (0/13), Otto Lindell (0/0), Wille Jakobsson (0/0), Anton Eriksson (0/13), Christopher Telo (0/0), Daniel Eid (0/11), Edvin Tellgren (0/0), Isak Ssewankambo (0/0), Jean Carlos (0/0), Kojo Peprah Oppeng (0/1), Marco Lund (1/11), Marcus Baggesen (0/12), Niklas Gunnarsson (0/6), Ari Freyr Skulason (0/5), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (2/12), Jacob Ortmark (0/12), Jesper Ceesay (0/10), Kristoffer Khazeni (1/12), Laorent Shabani (0/7), Maic Sema (0/3), Stephen Bolma (0/0), Vito Hammershoej-Mistrati (1/10), Andri Gudjohnsen (0/12), Christoffer Nyman (5/13), Emil Roback (0/2), Victor Lind (4/13).

Halmstads BK Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Halmstads BK head coach Haglund will select from for his starting XI:

Alexander Nielsen (0/0), Malkolm Nilsson (0/12), Malte Paahlsson (0/1), Andreas Johansson (0/12), Benjamin Hjertstrand (0/5), Gabriel Wallentin (1/9), Gustav Friberg (0/5), Joseph Baffo (0/6), Marcus Olsson (0/8), Melvin Sjoeland (0/1), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (1/12), Taulant Parallangaj (0/0), Thomas Boakye (1/9), Albin Ahlstrand (0/1), Amir Al-Ammari (0/12), Erik Ahlstrand (3/13), Joel Allansson (0/12), Jonathan Svedberg (0/12), Kazper Karlsson (1/10), Leo Hedenberg (0/0), Pontus Carlsson (0/0), William Granath (0/4), Alexander Johansson (0/0), Lorent Mehmeti (0/0), Naeem Mohammed (0/9), Viktor Granath (5/13), Villiam Dahlstroem (0/2).

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Team News

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Lineups

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK H2H

IFK Norrkoping were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Halmstads BK, but did win the reverse match 2-1, though. IFK Norrkoping seem to have a great read on Halmstads BK, winning five times of the previous ten matches in the Allsvenskan. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 21/20.

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when IFK Norrkoping welcome Halmstads BK as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies this coming Monday.

IFK Norrkoping vs Halmstads BK Betting Tips

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

Platinumcars Arena saw IFK Norrkoping winning two, drawing four and losing four of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Halmstads BK won four of their 10 most recent away games, drew zero and lost six. IFK Norrkoping won three times in their 10 most recent league games, with Halmstads BK claiming four wins from a possible 10.

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. IFK Norrkoping managed an average of 1.8 goals, with Halmstads BK averaging 1.3 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of IFK Norrkoping’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Halmstads BK, who managed to score 0.8 times in those matches.