Helsingborg vs Falkenbergs FF Predictions

The final game this Saturday in the Swedish Allsvenskan sees two struggling sides meet. Helsingborg are currently hovering just about the drop-zone on 8 points. They will see this as a good chance to try and put some distance between themselves and the relegation places, with Falkenberg currently propping up the pile on just 5 points from their opening 10 matches.

The Swedish league season is shorter than most and we won’t be too far off the halfway stage after this match, so Falkenberg really need to start picking up a few results to avoid being left with far too much to do in the second half of the season. They finished just 4 points behind Helsingborg as both sides won promotion from the second tier last term and it was actually the matches between the sides that swung things in Helsingborg’s favour.

Helsingborg won both of those games to clinch the title and they’ve made marginally the better start to this season, although it is pretty clear that it is going to be a long season for both clubs. Helsingborg actually won 2 of their opening 3 games this term but they are without a win in 7 heading into this match.

Even so, they look well capable of stopping the rot here. Their overall home record isn’t bad for a struggling side. Last season’s champions AIK are the only team to have won at Olympia so far this term. Followers of Helsingborg will certainly be hopeful that their current average of 1.6 points per home game will be enough to fire them towards survival as they look to reestablish themselves in the top flight.

The bookies fancy them to do that but at 1/3 to go down, Falkenberg’s hopes are considerably less. They also got their season off to a winning start but it’s just 2 points from 9 games since, with the demands of top flight football starting to hit home. They’ve only picked up one point on the road so far and that was against the side directly above them.

This won’t be as simple and you have to fancy backing Helsingborg to Win, particularly given the double they did over Falkenberg last term.

Backing Both Teams to Score could also be worth a punt. That has been a winning bet in every one of Helsingborg’s home games so far this term and also in 60% of Falkenberg’s away games.