IFK Goteborg vs Djurgardens IF Prediction

Form points in different directions

Djurgardens have won 13 of their last 20 matches in all competitions and scored freely doing it. But their most recent run is a genuine worry: defeats to Brommapojkarna and Hammarby in the league, followed by a friendly loss to Osnabrück, leave them on a three-match losing run and without a goal in any of them.

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IFK Goteborg: 20 completed matches; Djurgardens IF: 20 completed matches.

IFK Goteborg

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

28

Difference

+5

Djurgardens IF

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

14

Difference

+29

Goteborg's recent record is more mixed, ten wins and seven defeats from their last 20 games. Their last five have swung from a home win over Vasteras to an away draw at AIK and a home defeat to Brommapojkarna, so there's no settled pattern to lean on there either.

Djurgardens' underlying numbers are stronger over the season, but the recent slump is the first real sign of a wobble.

Comparative Team Statistics: IFK Goteborg vs Djurgardens IF

Recent meetings favour Djurgardens

The two sides have already met once this season, with Djurgardens winning 6-0 at home back in May. Looking further back, Djurgardens have taken three of the last four league meetings between the pair, with the exception being a goalless draw in November 2025.

All of that recent history came at Djurgardens' own ground, though. This time the venue flips to Goteborg, so it's not a direct guide to how this one unfolds.

League table backs Djurgardens

Djurgardens sit second with 47 points from 24 games, well clear of Goteborg down in eighth on 36 points from the same number of matches.

The gap in goals against tells its own story. Djurgardens have conceded just 21 in the league, while Goteborg have shipped 43, more than double that.

That defensive gap is probably the clearest reason the table favours Djurgardens.

Goals have come from a few key men

K. Lien has been Djurgardens' main source of goals with 15 in 22 appearances, while Bo Hegland has added eight goals and 14 assists from midfield.

IFK Goteborg:

Best scorers:

S. Larsson - 7

T. Heintz - 6

Best assist providers:

T. Heintz - 5

Penalty cards:

R. Yeboah x 1 x 2

T. Heintz x 5

K. Þórðarson x 5

Djurgardens IF:

Best scorers:

K. Lien - 15

Bo Åsulv Hegland - 8

C. Rosenquist - 7

Best assist providers:

Bo Åsulv Hegland - 14

K. Lien - 5

Penalty cards:

M. Marques x 1 x 2

Christos Almyras x 1 x 1

M. Tenho x 5

For Goteborg, S. Larsson has scored seven in just ten appearances, a strong return, and Heintz has chipped in six from 21 games.

Plenty of goals look possible, in theory

Djurgardens have scored 50 league goals this season, well ahead of Goteborg's 34, but they've also gone three straight matches without scoring at all.

Goteborg have conceded regularly all season, 43 goals in the league, so there should be openings if Djurgardens can rediscover their touch in front of goal.