Orgyte IS vs Degerfors Predictions

This Tuesday’s clash in the Swedish Superettan features two sides in the top half but ones with no real chance of clinching promotion. Orgryte and Degerfors have identical records of 37 points from 25 games, which certainly suggests there is little to choose between the sides. With just five matches of the season remaining, both teams could be forgiven for winding down a little now with not much to play for.

Orgryte looked like strong promotion contenders earlier in the campaign when they made a very bright start. However a dreadful 11 game winless streak through the summer put paid to their chances and saw them tumble down the table before a much improved sequence of 10 points from 5 games heading into this has steadied the ship and helped them consolidate a top six position.

However both sides are now 11 points off the play-off place, which is a deficit which is essentially impossible to make up this late in the season. Degerfors have at least managed to be a bit more consistent throughout the season but they’ve never quite managed to put a real winning streak together to propel themselves into serious promotion contention. They’ve only lost 1 of their last 5 matches coming into this but that was a poor 1-0 home defeat to lowly Varberg last time out.

There isn’t much riding on this one but it does have the potential to be pretty open and the stats suggest we could well see a few goals. 64% of Orgryte league games this term have seen both teams score. They’ve netted in a huge 88% of their fixtures and 92% of their home games, so a goal for the hosts looks highly likely here. However they have only managed 2 clean sheets in 9 matches heading into this.

Degerfors have tended to be involved in even higher scoring fixtures. 76% of their league games this term have seen both teams score. 10 of their last 11 matches have done likewise and you have to go way back to May for their last clean sheet. Defensive weaknesses have clearly been a big factor in their inability to mount a serious promotion challenge and there have been no real signs that they’ve found a solution to these problems.

Overall, both these teams seem more comfortable attacking and are finding clean sheets hard to come by. Going for Both Teams to Score therefore looks like the smart bet here.