Malmo vs Halmstads BK - prediction, team news, lineups

Malmo volition beryllium looking to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they invited Halmstads to the Eleda Stadion on Saturday.

The hosts presently beryllium 12th successful the Allsvenskan and are conscionable 3 points supra the bottommost three, portion the visitors are 15th and 3 points from safety.

Match preview

Malmo are without a triumph successful their past 4 games and person conceded a whopping 13 goals successful that time.

In their astir caller crippled against Vasteras connected Sunday, Malmo were beaten 3-2 acknowledgment to a stoppage-time victor from Mikkel Ladefoged and manager Miguel Angel Ramirez has since been sacked.

The Spaniard was lone appointed successful January and managed conscionable six wins from 15 games successful complaint crossed each competitions, with adjunct coaches Guillermo Molins and Mario Chavez taking interim complaint portion the nine hunt for a caller manager.

Malmo are the astir palmy nine successful Swedish football, having won a grounds 24 league titles, but they person not won the Allsvenskan since 2024 and finished 26 points down champions Mjallby past season.

This year, Malmo person managed conscionable 3 wins from their opening 9 league games and volition beryllium hoping to crook things astir pursuing the departure of Ramirez.

Halmstads, meanwhile, picked up their archetypal league triumph past play arsenic they bushed Orgryte 2-0 acknowledgment to goals from Rocco Ascone and Ludvig Arvidsson.

HBK made an atrocious commencement to the play nether Johan Lindholm, suffering 4 defeats and 2 draws successful their opening six league games, and the Swede was axed earlier this period pursuing a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Brommapojkarna.

Stuart Baxter returned to the nine arsenic Lindholm's replacement, having antecedently managed Halmstads for 3 seasons betwixt 1988 and 1991, and the 72-year-old has made an contiguous impact.

In his archetypal 3 games successful charge, Baxter has picked up treble the magnitude of points that Lindholm did successful six and Halmstads could determination retired of the relegation portion with a triumph connected Saturday if different results spell their way.

However, it is worthy noting that Halmstads person not beaten Malmo successful their past 26 meetings crossed each competitions, with their past triumph coming each the mode backmost successful 2008.

Malmo Swedish Allsvenskan form:

L W L L L L

Halmstads BK Swedish Allsvenskan form:

D L L L D W

Team News

Malmo volition beryllium without vice-captain Pontus Jansson, who has been sidelined since April with a cruciate ligament injury, portion nine skipper Anders Christiansen is besides a large miss.

Veteran goalkeeper Robin Olsen could instrumentality from wounded this weekend, but winger Taha Ali volition beryllium distant with Sweden up of the World Cup.

Halmstads are improbable to marque changes aft their triumph implicit Orgryte past weekend, with goalscorer Arvidsson acceptable to beryllium partnered up beforehand by Omar Faraj.

Ascone is expected to proceed successful midfield alongside Joel Allansson, portion Hussein Carneil and Marvin Illary could commencement retired wide.

Malmo imaginable starting lineup:

Olsen; Stryger, Kurtulus, Rosler, John; Skogmar, Lundbergh, Karabelyov, Rosengren; Haksabanovic, Botheim

Halmstads BK imaginable starting lineup:

Ronning; Boman, Gregor, Tougjas, Kaib; Illary, Ascone, Allansson, Carneil; Arvidsson, Faraj

We say: Malmo 0-1 Halmstads BK

Despite their woeful grounds against Malmo, Halmstads look to beryllium connected the emergence nether Stuart Baxter portion their rivals person been successful truly mediocre form.

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