Malmö Redhawks – Farjestad BK 25-02-2024

Then we head to Malmö Arena, where the home team Malmö Redhawks will take on Farjestad BK.

Malmö are in 10th place with 7 games left to play this season. It will be a place they will be desperate to keep. It will give them a chance to make the playoffs. This is the best the team has performed in several years in terms of the table.

Farjestad, who everyone expected to be right up there, has now been in poor form in recent times, and is in 4th place so far.

Malmö Redhawks – Not a must-win game.

Malmö, which is well placed to make the playoffs to reach the playoffs (6-10), now has a gap of 6 points to the team below them in the table. This is the best the team has performed in several seasons. In this respect, the fans are pleased that the team seems to be achieving its goal.

Much of the reason for this is that the team looks closer at the back this season. So it looks like they have found a good foundation there. The offensive is still struggling, and only 2 teams have scored less than Malmö has. If they are to compete with the big ones, they must continue to stay close behind, and increase their scoring average. considerably. The form is also just okay. They have 2 wins in the last 6 games. The losses have all been against teams that are around the same table position as today's opponent.

But the team performs well at home, and is actually in 7th place if you look at the home table. There they also have a positive goal difference, so there is no doubt that the team is most comfortable in Malmö Arena. If you look at the remaining match schedule. Isn't this a match Malmö must win. There will be matches that will be crucial to stay in the important 10th place. We therefore believe that if they end up behind in this match, they will not often do anything to come back. It's about being smart, and knowing what's coming later. This was not a team that was expected to take points against before the season started.

We don't think they will get more than a maximum of 1 point in this one. A result they will be happy with if so.

Farjestad BK – Second best team in Europe.

Farjestad, which has been in its weakest period in a long time, has had a very tough schedule all year.

They played all the way to the finals of the Champions Hockey League. Where they lost narrowly. All this during a period when they struggled with illness and injuries. They were still very close to winning the final. The series has probably been a bit of a downgrade during this period. You can also see that in the results lately. From 30.01 until the final on 18.02. Farjestad played a total of 6 games. This with illness in the squad, and the final in mind. We saw a Farjestad we did not recognize. 4 losses and 1 win before the final was also lost, followed by a bad home loss to Skellefteå 2 days after the final.

The team has now got people back on their feet, and recovered after all the traveling and disruption that Europa games have given them. They therefore fought back well in the last match at home against Ørebro, and won 4-1. It must be said that several of the matches they have lost during this period, they have actually been the better team. But in the past they have conceded a little too easily. It has cost them dearly.

We think they will now be back on track again. For now, the focus is only on the last 7 games in the SHL. The team still has the opportunity to climb a little, which will be important considering the playoffs. We think the team is sharpened and ready to fight again. The team scores a lot, and if they can close the gap a little, this should be a very manageable match. The team is picking up points well on foreign ice, and has only two teams ahead of them in the away table.

We think it might be a close match, but that they have what it takes to decide.

Conclusion – Good at home but best away.

Malmö is a good home team. But they are simply facing a team here that should be better than them.

The teams have met 3 times already this season, and they have all ended with series wins for Farjestad. 5-4, 2-4 and 8-3 are the results. Although we believe Farjestad is by far the better team of these two, we are still unsure if Farjestad is quite where they should be, so we are playing it a little cautiously.

We wouldn't have believed before the season started that you would get such odds on Farjestad away against Malmö. We hardly believe it now either. We are trying to play cautiously.

Hockey at 19:00: Malmø Redhawks – Farjestad BK: Farjestad wins moneyline (1.85)