- Form: Norrköping have won 4 of their last 5 Superettan 2026 matches.
- Recent results: Helsingborg have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 5.
- Home form: Norrköping have won 4 of their 7 home matches in Superettan 2026.
Norrköping are clear favorites at 1.56
Form and standings
Norrköping are the clear favorites with the bookmakers for this Saturday's Superettan matchup with Helsingborgs IF, which is fair enough given their respective league positions and form. IFK are 2nd in the table on 29 points from 15 matches, while Helsingborg are 8th on 23 points from the same number of games.
Tactics and key players
Eldar Abdulic has led the team well since taking over on 1 January 2026, while his ability to switch between a front-heavy 4-3-3 and a 4-2-3-1 has allowed Norrköping to keep the ball and control games or get the ball forward at speed and run in behind. His team have been a solid, attacking unit.
Noel Sernelius has been an excellent creative player for Norrköping, providing 8 assists from the middle of the field in 15 appearances, and Christoffer Nyman has been their big playmaker with 7 goals in the same 13 Superettan 2026 matches. Nyman has scored 3 of the last 9, so he'll be a good anytime goalscorer option here.
Helsingborg have been in mixed form since Stevie Grieve took charge on 1 January 2026, and their compact 4-4-2 with a mid-block and direct counter-attacking style will make this a chess match between control and disruption. Alexander Johansson leads their attack with 7 Superettan 2026 goals in 15 appearances and they are sharp up front, but they have conceded 2.43 goals per match on average away from home in this campaign.
Helsingborg can make this close
Norrköping have won 2 of their last 3 home matches, and lost the other one, and the bookmakers have got this right with the hosts clear favourites at 1.56, Helsingborgs IF at 4.97 and the draw at 4.2.
The most likely outcome is a Norrköping win, but we are going to take Helsingborgs' direct style to keep this closer than the odds suggest and go for IFK to win and both teams not to score, which would fit well with their home stats and Helsingborg's defensive problems on their travels.
- Norrköping won the last head-to-head away 2-0 and that gives the hosts another boost, but Helsingborg have won 2 of their last 3 on the road, losing the other, so they can get some joy on the counter-attack.
