Helsingborg have come here for an absorbing duel versus the hosts Halmstad. Get smart on the match with this thorough Allsvenskan Play-offs preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Halmstad form and stats
Last season, Halmstad's league results were 6 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 14th spot in the Allsvenskan Play-offs. In these 30 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 26. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Halmstad delivered 3-10-2 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 9 conceded.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Halmstad matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
Helsingborg form and stats
Let's have a look at how Helsingborg performed last season in the Allsvenskan Play-offs: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 23/15 goals scored/conceded.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Helsingborg when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Helsingborg have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Helsingborg - Halmstad 0-1 was the output when these participants formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Halmstad won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Helsingborg managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
![]() A. van den Hurk 16 goals | ![]() M. Antonsson 6 goals | ![]() K. Sadat 5 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Helsingborg missing players
| Halmstad | Helsingborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Halmstad | Last season | Helsingborg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 10% | ||
| 43% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 43% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 43% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 23% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 20% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | AIK | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Varberg | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Sirius | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -14 | 37 |
| 12 | Häcken | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Halmstad | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 15 | Örebro | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 34 | -35 | 18 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 36 | -35 | 14 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Varnamo | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 59 |
| 2 | GIF Sundsvall | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Helsingborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Norrby | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Oster | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Landskrona | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Trelleborg | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 43 |
| 8 | Orgryte | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | AFC Eskilstuna | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Brage | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Jonkopings Sodra | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 38 |
| 12 | Västerås SK | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Akropolis | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 14 | GAIS | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Vasalund | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -17 | 26 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -21 | 25 |