IFK Goteborg vs AFC Eskilstuna Predictions

After a rare loss back at the start of June, Goteborg have steadied themselves and have once again built on an unbeaten run, losing none of their last four matches. That said, they did fail to win last time out, so they’ll be looking for three points here, as they aim to close in on the coveted top three. In contrast, the visitors are looking to move out of the drop-zone.

They’ve certainly not been poor away from home, far from it, but Goteborg have really impressed on their own patch. It’s not that they’ve blown teams away, but they’ve looked sturdy. Sunday’s hosts come into this match having shipped only three goals at home this season, which is less than every other Allsvenskan side.

In addition to conceding just three goals, Goteborg are yet to concede more than once in front of their own fans, while they’ve kept a pleasing four clean sheets. Only Hacken and AIK have shut teams out more often on home soil. After a commanding win over Sundsvall, whereby they posted an expected goal difference of +2.54, in their most recent home match, Goteborg will come into this match feeling confident.

While the hosts have impressed at home, Eskilstuna have disappointed massively on the road. As things stand, no team in the Swedish top-flight has accumulated less points than Sunday’s visitors, who’ve taken just a solitary point from their seven travelling matches this season.

Offensively, they’ve not been strong, though it is a lack of defensive solidity that has really blighted Eskilstuna, who’ve shipped a worrying total of 17 goals on the road during the current campaign. Such a defensive record does not bode well ahead of a match against a side that certainly put poor teams in their place at Gamla Ullevi.

Given the respective home and away efforts of both so far this season, the bet that stands out ahead of this fixture is ‘Goteborg to Win & Over 2.5 Goals’. As a side that has notched an average of 1.57 goals at home, the hosts ought to relish taking on a visiting team that has shipped an average of 2.43 on the road. If we also consider that at least three goals have been scored in each of Eskilstuna’s five away defeats, backing the hosts, who’ve scored three or more three times at home this campaign, to win in high-scoring fashion makes plenty of sense.