Vasteras SK vs Degerfors - prediction, team news, lineups

After returning from the summertime interruption with contrasting results, Vasteras SK and Degerfors volition conscionable successful Sweden's Allsvenskan connected Sunday.

Having bounced betwixt the apical 2 divisions successful caller years, Vasteras person made a coagulated commencement to their comeback campaign, but the visitors could beryllium facing a combat for survival.

Match preview

After winning Superettan and securing promotion consecutive backmost to the Swedish apical tier, Vasteras are acquitting themselves good and prevarication conscionable 3 points adrift of 4th place. 

Alexander Rubin's broadside person besides proved an entertaining watch, with their games seeing the second-most goals - 20 for and 23 against - successful the 2026 Allsvenskan truthful far.

Though the Gronvitt narrowly mislaid a nine-goal thriller to IFK Goteborg successful their last lucifer earlier the summertime break, they bounced backmost erstwhile top-flight enactment resumed past weekend.

Following his brace against IFK, Axel Taonsa deed the nett doubly much arsenic Vasteras recovered from conceding a first-minute extremity to bushed 10-man Halmstad 3-1.

Now, they indispensable conscionable Degerfors for the pair's archetypal competitory fixture since March 2021, erstwhile the Gronvitt won 4-3 successful a Svenska Cupen tie.

With some clubs flitting betwixt divisions implicit the past 3 decades, this crippled really marks their archetypal Allsvenskan clash since 1997.

Degerfors volition caput to Hitachi Energy Arena connected a winless streak of 7 league games, leaving them facing different relegation combat aft surviving by a slim borderline past season.

Producing conscionable 1 changeable connected target, Henok Goitom's broadside suffered a 1-0 location decision to Malmo past clip out, staying 4 points supra the driblet zone.

By opposition with this week's hosts, Degerfors person taken a much pragmatic approach, and they person lone recovered the nett 12 times truthful acold this term.

Also without a cleanable expanse successful 9 games, erstwhile AIK striker Goitom - successful his archetypal elder managerial presumption - has issues to hole astatine either extremity of the pitch.

Vasteras SK Swedish Allsvenskan form:

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Degerfors Swedish Allsvenskan form:

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Team News

Vasteras are missing Abdelrahman Boudah, Jonathan Ring and Burundi centre-back Frederic Nsabiyumva owed to injury, but 2 cardinal forwards volition beryllium available.

Top marksman Mikkel Ladefoged already has 8 goals this season, portion Ivorian winger Taonsa has conscionable scored back-to-back braces either broadside of the summertime break.

Meanwhile, Degerfors are enduring a pugnacious clip successful the last third, and their joint-top scorers person lone notched 2 goals apiece: Arman Taranis and Marcus Rafferty.

The second - a Sweden Under-21s planetary - has been an important subordinate for the visitors but is being heavy linked with a determination to Turkish Super Lig nine Kasimpasa.

New indebtedness signing Robin Dzabic could compensate, and the attacking midfielder is acceptable to marque his debut connected Sunday - astir apt from the bench.

Vasteras SK imaginable starting lineup:

Jaeger; Magnusson, Bonde, Wernersson; Gefvert, Hellisdal, Diagne, Baggesen; Gunnarsson, Ladefoged, Taonsa

Degerfors imaginable starting lineup:

Igonen; Sundgren, Ohlsson, Moro, Diatara; Hussein, Karlsson; Gideon, Fritzson, Barsoum; Vukojevic

We say: Vasteras SK 2-0 Degerfors 

While promoted Vasteras person gone toe-to-toe with astir opponents this term, Degerfors are struggling to people and person lone kept 1 cleanable sheet.

Given the Gronvitt besides person location advantage, it should beryllium back-to-back wins for past year's second-tier champions.

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