IFK Göteborg vs Halmstad prediction, odds and how to watch

Örgryte took the lead through a 24th-minute right-foot finish and looked to be heading for a precious home win, but Halmstad equalised before half-time and created enough chances to suggest this point flattered the hosts. Sophie Hargreaves breaks down what the numbers and the pattern of play reveal about both sides.

IFK Göteborg dominated large portions of this Swedish Allsvenskan fixture but could not convert their volume of attacking play into a winning position, and Elfsborg punished them with a stoppage-time equaliser to claim a point that the statistics suggest they did not entirely earn.

Häcken controlled this Swedish Allsvenskan fixture from the first whistle to the last, yet a single right-foot finish in the 36th minute was all that separated the sides, leaving the scoreline almost dishonest in how modest it looked.

Halmstad host AIK at the bottom of the Allsvenskan table on Sunday, and the gap between these two sides right now is considerable. AIK arrive having won four of their last five away fixtures. Halmstad have not kept a clean sheet away from home all season, and their home record is barely any better.

Two sides in contrasting but equally troubled form meet in Blekinge on Monday evening, with Mjällby searching for home stability and IFK Göteborg carrying the weight of a defence that has conceded 38 goals in 17 league matches.

Two of the Allsvenskan's most troubled sides meet at Degerfors on Saturday, with both clubs mired in the bottom half and Halmstad arriving in genuinely desperate shape. The points are not just important here. They may be defining.