Östers vs Halmstad

Östers host Halmstad for this Swedish Superettan round 8 clash at early Saturday morning Beijing time. This is the second-highest level of Swedish football. It does not offer high-class entertainment for football fans. The tempo is relatively slow in most matches.. There are a few talented players though – Halmstad, in fact ,have a promising guys! The difference compared to Allsvenskan, 1st tier, is very clear. However, betting-wise it is a very lucrative league, and I will be posting a big number of great picks on Swedish football overall now that the big European leagues are ending this weekend. Here the obvious choice is to go with the visitors +0.5 goals handicap option. The chance for my fans and me to win yet another pick on Swedish football is 71%. We will win even if the visitors have to settle for just one point. The sharpest online bookies see this as a 50-50% match but in my opinion the very strong are narrow favorites with a 39% chance of winning. We must remember that the home advantage in Superettan is on average lower than in many other European leagues..

The visitors currently occupy the 2nd place standings with 16 points in the bank and have a goal difference of 13:6. The betting market should have reacted more to the very strong start Halmstad have had. They have a good chance of being promoted for Allsvenskan for the next season. They played at this level for a long time in the past! They also have bigger financial resources at the moment and the total market value of their players is also bigger than that of the hosts’ and also have a better coach. They have lost just one match so far and have taken five wins in seven matches, and I must say they have exceeded my already expectations and I have raised their power rating - that illustrates the teams’ pure class compared to the other teams in the Superettan – from the pre-season analysis estimations. They have been excellent on the road winning three of the four matches and taking one draw. The goal difference in these matches is very convincing – 8:3. They somehow play more relaxed and have a more balanced structure in away matches. I expect them to allow Östers very few scoring chances today and expect a more low-scoring match than the betting market. The probability of a draw is quite high here – 32% They had a rocky start to the season but are now in a whopping winning streak of five matches! Very impressive! They were exceptionally good ten days ago away from home against Skövde, who are currently in 4th place in the standings. They allowed the hosts just two shots on target and five themselves. Especially their striker Sadat Karim was on fire and also score the 3-1 goal. I expect a lot from him again today. Dahlström is also definitely worth following. The hosts have played okay this season but think they will have a hard time trying to break Halmstad’s defense!