vs Prediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

This is a friendly with no table, so the recent games carry the picture. Halmstad come off a 2-1 home win over AIK Stockholm; before that they lost 1-2 away to IFK Goteborg and 0-2 away to Degerfors IF, and further back there are a 1-0 win over Kalmar FF and a 2-1 win away to Skövde AIK. That makes three wins and two defeats in their last five. Osters IF lost 1-3 at home to IFK Norrkoping in their most recent game, after winning 3-1 away to IFK Varnamo. Before that came two 1-2 defeats, away to Falkenbergs FF and at home to United Nordic, and a 1-1 draw away to Sandviken. In their last five: one win, one draw and three defeats. In the five previous meetings Halmstad have won three and Osters IF two. The latest, on 4 October 2025, was a 3-0 win for Osters IF; before that Halmstad won 1-0 on 14 April 2025. Further back, Osters IF won 4-0 in January 2023 and Halmstad won 2-0 in September 2022, after a 4-1 win at Osters IF in May 2022. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.