Orgryte vs Hacken - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to consolidate their spot successful the apical 3 of the Swedish Allsvenskan, Hacken question to Gamla Ullevi to look basement nine Orgryte connected Saturday.

The 2 teams conscionable for a competitory fixture for the archetypal clip since March 2014 erstwhile Hacken secured a 2-0 location triumph successful the Svenska Cupen.

Match preview

After finishing down successful 10th spot successful the Swedish top-flight array successful 2025, their lowest presumption since 2021, Hacken person made a affirmative commencement to their 2026 campaign, accumulating 20 points from their opening 11 matches.

The Wasps registered 5 wins and 5 draws betwixt April and May, but their unbeaten tally was brought to an extremity connected Monday, arsenic they were beaten 4-2 astatine location to Djurgardens IF.

Jens Gustafsson’s broadside person slipped down to 3rd successful the table, but they stay level connected points with Hammarby successful 2nd and 2 points up of IF Elfsborg, who person played a crippled more.

Hacken volition fancy their chances of returning to winning ways this weekend, arsenic they are unbeaten crossed their past 9 encounters with Orgryte successful each competitions, picking up 9 points crossed their past six league meetings (W3 D2 L1).

The hosts volition besides beryllium buoyed by Orgryte’s mediocre commencement to the 2026 campaign, with the newly-promoted broadside winning one, drafting 3 and losing 7 of their archetypal 11 league games.

Orgryte person returned to the apical tier successful Sweden for the archetypal clip successful 17 years aft beating IFK Norrkoping 3-0 connected aggregate successful the relegation playoff astatine the extremity of past year.

A astonishment 2-0 distant triumph implicit reigning champions Mjallby successful April represents their lone Allsvenskan triumph truthful acold this term, and they person since failed to triumph immoderate of their past 8 games, conceding 27 goals successful the process.

Andreas Holmberg’s men were beaten 3-0 distant against Kalmar FF last play and they presently beryllium stone bottommost of the 16-team table, level connected points with Halmstad successful 15th and 4 points adrift of safety.

Orgryte Swedish Allsvenskan form:

Hacken Swedish Allsvenskan form:

Team News

Orgryte are acceptable to beryllium without Rasmus Alm (knee), Mikael Dyrestam, Aydarus Abukar and Mathias Nilsson (all unspecified) arsenic they each proceed to retrieve from injury.

Holmberg is apt to instrumentality with a five-man defence including centre-back trio Jonathan Azulay, Christoffer Styffe and Sebastian Lagerlund, with Daniel Paulson and Michael Parker acceptable to proceed arsenic full-backs.

Owen Parker-Price, William Hofvander and Charlie Vindehall could each commencement again successful midfield down cardinal strikers Tobias Sana and Noah Christoffersson, who person scored conscionable 3 league goals betwixt them this term.

As for Hacken, Leo Vaisanen (knee), Etrit Berisha (back) and Ben Engdahl (unspecified) stay sidelined done injury, portion David Seger (knee) and Danilo Al-Saed (strain) are acceptable to beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

Top scorer Gustav Lindgren netted 5 goals successful his opening 7 league games, but helium is without a extremity successful his past 4 appearances. The 24-year-old is inactive expected to pb the enactment this play and could beryllium supported successful onslaught by Julius Lindberg and Pontus Dahbo.

Orgryte imaginable starting lineup:

Gustafsson; Paulson, Azulay, Styffe, Lagerlund, Parker; Parker-Price, Hofvander, Vindehall; Sana, Christoffersson

Hacken imaginable starting lineup:

Linde; Wembangomo, Helander, Hilvenius, Lundkvist; Doumbia, Rygaard; Dahbo, Svanback, Lindberg; Lindgren

We say: Orgryte 1-3 Hacken

Hacken volition beryllium regarded arsenic steadfast favourites for this weekend’s fixture and should person much than capable prime successful the last 3rd to outscore a defensively frail Orgryte outfit, who person struggled to marque the desired interaction backmost successful the apical flight.

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