Degerfors vs Malmo - prediction, team news, lineups

Travellers Malmo volition anticipation to bounce backmost from their mediocre commencement to the 2026 Allsvenskan play by getting the amended of Degerfors at Stora Valla on Saturday.

The visitors are ninth with 13 points aft 9 matchweeks, an unusually debased presumption for the league's astir palmy club, whereas the hosts are 12th with 10 points having drawn 2-2 with Brommapojkarna connected May 31 successful their 10th top-flight outing.

Match preview

Degerfors were fortunate that they lone conceded doubly against Brommapojkarna considering they faced six large chances and galore attempts from astir the six-yard box.

Bruket are winless successful six matches, with the squad succumbing to decision doubly successful that time, portion their gully past clip retired extended their streak without a cleanable expanse to 8 games.

At the different extremity of the pitch, manager Henok Goitom volition beryllium pleased that his broadside person netted successful each of their past 7 clashes, though their instrumentality of 12 Allsvenskan goals lone betters the tally of 3 different teams successful the league.

The nine are level connected points with 14th-placed IFK Goteborg, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot, though determination is nary crushed to panic fixed they inactive person 20 league fixtures near to play.

Degerfors person played astatine location six times this season, with the nine winning once, drafting doubly and losing 3 times at Stora Valla.

Malmo's 2026 has truthful acold been 1 of immense disappointment considering they look apt to miss retired connected the rubric for a 2nd consecutive season, whereas they had finished archetypal successful 4 of the erstwhile 5 campaigns.

It came arsenic nary astonishment to spot brag Miguel Angel Ramirez dismissed successful precocious May, with Gaute Helstrup present acceptable to instrumentality complaint of his archetypal crippled this weekend.

Malmo whitethorn person beaten Halmstads BK 5-2 connected May 30 - their astir caller league fixture - but that lone arrested a streak of 4 consecutive losses.

In fact, the visitors person suffered decision successful 5 of their past seven Allsvenskan outings, conceding astatine slightest 2 goals successful six of those matches.

Malmo won 4-1 successful the corresponding fixture against Degerfors successful 2025 portion besides drafting 1-1 astatine home, though they person mislaid their past 2 games connected the road.

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Team News

Degerfors cognize they volition beryllium without centre-back Juhani Pikkarainen for the remainder of the play due to the fact that of a genu injury, meaning Nasiru Moro could travel into the lineup adjacent to regular Sebastian Ohlsson.

The astir apt candidates to diagnostic successful midfield are Elias Barsoum and Kazper Karlsson, who person made 7 and 10 league starts this play respectively.

Malmo volition beryllium without attacker Anders Christiansen and defender Pontus Jansson, the second of whom has been ruled retired for the full campaign.

In airy of Jansson's absence, expect to spot a backmost 4 consisting of Johan Karlsson, Bleon Kurtulus, Andrej Duric and Busanello.

After scoring doubly against Halmstads, Erik Botheim is simply a definite inclusion up front, portion Sead Haksabanovic could play successful a supporting role.

Degerfors imaginable starting lineup:

Igonen; Fritzson, Ohlsson, Moro, Lindell; Netabay, Barsoum, Karlsson, Rafferty; Vukojevic, Taranis

Malmo imaginable starting lineup:

Olsen; Karlsson, Kurtulus, Duric, Busanello; Busuladzic, Rosengren, Skogmar; Haksabanovic, Botheim, Sjostrand

We say: Degerfors 2-2 Malmo

Now that Malmo person a caller caput manager successful place, they could airs importantly much challenges to Degerfors.

However, it is hard to place their frailty astatine the back, truthful possibly fans should expect an entertaining stalemate astatine Stora Valla.

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