Degerfors vs. Djurgardens IF - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to extremity their three-month hold without an Allsvenskan win, Degerfors invited Djurgardens IF to Stora Valla successful Saturday's gameweek 14 encounter.

The relegation-threatened hosts person gone 9 matches without occurrence since their past triumph successful April, leaving them conscionable extracurricular the dreaded bottommost 2 connected extremity quality up of this weekend's gathering with Europe-chasing opponents.

Match preview

When Degerfors bushed AIK 2-1 successful their penultimate league lucifer successful April, they celebrated a 2nd triumph successful 3 and 2 wins from 4 to commencement the season.

At the time, fewer would person foreseen what was to come: going winless successful the adjacent 9 top-flight matches; however, that has been Bruket's lot. 

Since their 2-1 occurrence implicit AIK, Henok Goitom's squad person gone winless successful the competition, losing 5 and drafting four. 

Perhaps much worrying is that the June hiatus has seemingly worsened the third-bottom club's position, contempt a 3-2 triumph successful a tune-up lucifer against Lillestrom up of the Allsvenskan's resumption. 

However, having played retired 4 draws and mislaid 2 earlier the break, 3 defeats person followed since the league resumed, with Goitom's broadside failing to people successful losses to Malmo (1-0), Vasteras SK (2-0) and Hammarby (4-0). 

The latest reverse marked Degerfors' heaviest of the 2026 season, and this weekend's visitors to the Orebro County nine volition look to inflict much misery connected their struggling hosts.

By contrast, the month-long hiatus has been to Djurgarden's benefit, highlighted by the team's upswing since the commencement of July. 

After having fallen to consecutive losses to Sirius (3-2) and Brommapojkarna (2-1) to adjacent retired May, Jani Honkavaara's troops person returned by claiming 7 points from 3 gameweeks, scoring 7 goals and conceding two.

Having resumed with a 4-2 triumph implicit Hacken distant from home, the Iron Stoves person present claimed back-to-back cleanable sheets successful mid-July's 3-0 occurrence against Halmstad and a goalless crippled distant astatine Orgryte.

The caller results person pushed them to 5th successful the table, level connected 20 points with Malmo, 1 down AIK successful 4th and 3 adrift of Hacken occupying the 2nd Conference League qualifying spot. 

With the close effect this play — an AIK gully and Hacken nonaccomplishment — fifth-placed Djurgarden would emergence to 3rd successful the standings; however, the travelling supporters volition consciousness it is lone a substance of erstwhile and not if they would surge into the apical 3 based connected their team's existent form.

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Team News

Although Degerfors did not look to endure immoderate injuries successful their nonaccomplishment astatine Hammarby, the hosts are without Daniel Sundgren (heel) and Juhani Pikkarainen (ACL) for this play and the foreseeable future, respectively. 

Of the location team's expected beforehand 3 of Nahom Girmai, Arman Taranis and Dijan Vukojevic, lone Taranis has netted much than 1 goal, highlighting Bruket's lack of reliable match-winning quality.

Djurgardens bash not person specified issues, with Kristian Stromland Lien, Bo Asluv Hegland and Patric Aslund scoring seven, 4 and 3 goals respectively heading into Saturday's encounter.

Hegland's 8 assists bring his extremity engagement tally to 12, highlighting his dual menace of goalscorer and provider. 

While Honkavaara has a steadfast squad to prime from, Leon Hien, who has not played since past month's tune-up 1-1 gully with Sirius, is retired injured for the visitors. 

Degerfors imaginable starting lineup:

Igonen; Gideon, Skuseth, Ohlsson, Diatara; Barsoum, Karlsson, Hussein; Girmai, Taranis, Vukojevic

Djurgardens IF imaginable starting lineup:

Rinne; Johansson, Tenho, Une, Larsson; Sitanen, Finndell; Aslund, Hegland, Fallenius; Lien

We say: Degerfors 1-3 Djurgardens IF

It is logically hard not to marque a lawsuit for Djurgarden, considering their superior signifier and beingness of much reliable match-winning quality. 

As such, the Iron Stoves are backed to spot disconnected their hosts from Orebro County, inflicting a 4th consecutive league decision connected the relegation-threatened side.

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