It’s top versus bottom in this clash at Jämtkraft Arena, when the free-scoring top-team Hammarby takes on the former Europa League-success Östersund at 17:30 CET on the 1st of August.
Östersund came up to Allsvenskan a few years back and became an instant success story, qualifying for the playoffs against Arsenal in the Europa League and beating The Gunners away from home.
Since then it has been a complete disaster and all the good players have left, financial issues are huge, the coach Graham Potter left (now in Brighton), and they are favorites to go down to Superettan from Allsvenskan this year. So far Östersund have lost 8/12 games and sit in the shared last position with 8 points.
“Östersund have lost everything – their money, the players and the coach.“
Hammarby on the other hand are looking stronger and stronger. They knocked out a great team in Maribor from the Europa Conference League a few days back and arguably has one of the best squads in the league – miles better than Östersund.
Hammarby usually scores the most goals in the league, always creates the most chances in the league, but their defense has been the one thing stopping them from winning the league. Think of them as the BODÖ/GLIMT of Sweden – minus the good defense of BODÖ.
The Play
Given how weak Östersund is, how bad their form is, and how good Hammarby is right now with 8 wins and 1 draw in the last 9 games, there is only one outcome here.
The bet will be: Hammarby -1 Asian @ odds 2.14 on Expekt Sports.
Could also go with the bigger odds in -1.5, but since Hammarby have been travelling a lot this week, there is a chance they go 1-0 up and that’s it. Either way, Hammarby will get the win here and there is a lot of value on betting on that outcome today.
Why I like this Allsvenskan Betting Tips:
- Hammarby are MILES better on all positions
- Hammarby has fantastic form with 8 wins in 9
- Östersund are one of the weakest teams
- Östersund has horrible form
