Djurgardens IF vs Halmstads BK - prediction, team news, lineups

Djurgardens volition beryllium aiming to marque it back-to-back victories erstwhile they invited struggling Halmstads BK to 3Arena for Monday's Allsvenskan clash.

The Iron Stoves beryllium sixth successful the Swedish top-flight standings with 16 points, 4 down second-placed Hammarby, portion Halmstads are rooted to the ft of the array with conscionable six points from 11 matches.

Match preview

Djurgardens finished 5th successful the Allsvenskan standings past season, their lowest league decorativeness successful 7 years, and they volition beryllium determined to equine a stronger situation this clip around.

With Sirius opening up a steadfast pb astatine the acme connected 29 points from 11 matches, Djurgardens whitethorn person to displacement their absorption towards securing a top-three decorativeness and a spot successful adjacent season's Conference League qualifiers.

Jani Honkavaara's broadside caput into this contention connected the backmost of an awesome 4-2 triumph implicit third-placed Hacken, though they stay 4 points adrift of their opponents contempt having played 2 games fewer.

Consistency has proved elusive for the Blue Stripes, who person already suffered 4 league defeats, but 3 victories from their past 5 matches should supply a invited boost successful confidence.

Their signifier astatine 3Arena, however, remains a concern, with conscionable 2 wins from six league outings, including a 2-1 decision to Brommapojkarna successful their astir caller location fixture. 

Halmstads finished 11th past season, but it volition instrumentality a herculean effort to replicate that accomplishment this term, with the nine rooted to the bottommost of the array connected conscionable six points.

Stuart Baxter's broadside person already conceded 23 league goals and are facing the imaginable of relegation pursuing their instrumentality to the apical formation successful 2023.

The Ball Club person been peculiarly mediocre connected their travels, collecting conscionable 1 constituent from 5 distant matches portion conceding 12 goals, hardly an encouraging grounds up of this contest.

They endured a disastrous commencement to the 2026 campaign, failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 8 league fixtures, and person managed conscionable 1 triumph truthful far, a 2-0 occurrence implicit Orgryte.

Halmstads caput into this crippled connected the backmost of dense defeats to Malmo and Vasteras SK, shipping 8 goals crossed those 2 matches, and they volition request a important betterment to occupation the hosts.

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Team News

Djurgardens volition decidedly beryllium without Mikael Marques aft the defender was sent disconnected successful the erstwhile lucifer against Hacken.

Kristian Lien struck a brace past clip retired to instrumentality his tally to six league goals this season, and helium is expected to spearhead the onslaught erstwhile again.

Bo Asulv Hegland has enjoyed an outstanding campaign, contributing 2 goals and 8 assists successful the league, and his burgeoning concern with Lien could erstwhile again beryllium decisive.

For the visitors, Andre Boman volition besides miss retired aft being shown a reddish paper successful the 34th infinitesimal of their erstwhile match.

The suspended right-back is expected to beryllium replaced by Pascal Gregor, portion Filip Schuberg could beryllium handed his archetypal league commencement of the play alongside Erko Jonne Tougjas successful cardinal defence.

Omar Faraj is Halmstads' starring scorer this play with 3 goals, portion Ludvig Arvidsson volition beryllium tasked with providing greater creativity successful the last third.

Djurgardens IF imaginable starting lineup:

Rinne; Johansson, Tenho, U. Larsson, M. Larsson; Finndell, Siltanen; Aslund, Hegland, Fallenius; Lien

Halmstads BK imaginable starting lineup:

Ronning; Kaib, Tougjas, Schyberg, Gregor; Ascone, Allansson; Carneil, Arvidsson, Kapsimalis; Faraj 

We say: Djurgardens IF 3-1 Halmstads BK

Djurgardens returned to winning ways successful their erstwhile outing and volition beryllium anxious to physique connected that effect arsenic they look to amended their location grounds and proceed climbing the Allsvenskan table.

Halmstads, meanwhile, are hoping to debar a 3rd consecutive defeat, but their dismal distant signifier leaves them with a upland to climb. We are truthful backing the Iron Stoves to assertion each 3 points successful convincing fashion.

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