- Form: Varnamo have lost 5 straight games in all competitions
- Recent form: Ljungskile have been beaten in only 1 of their last 5 in all competitions
- Home form: Varnamo have lost 2 of their last 2 home games
Varnamo in a slump
IFK Värnamo have been badly beaten in their last 2 matches – a 5-1 hammering away to IK Brage and a 1-0 defeat at Landskrona BoIS. Neither result will come as a great surprise to followers of the Red and Blues, who have been in a downward spiral. Srdjan Tufegdzic has been in charge since 1 January 2026, but his side have only managed to take 10 points from their 14 Superettan 2026 fixtures.
That leaves them 15th in the 16-team second-tier division and Värnamo are already deep in the relegation battle. Värnamo's home record this term reads: 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 6 matches, so there's nothing about their record at Värnamovallen that points to a return to form for Värnamo.
That record doesn't even take into account the two defeats that they have suffered in their most recent matches and it doesn't make a pretty picture. Hugo Andersson has scored three times in his 14 Superettan 2026 games and is Värnamo's biggest goal threat, so he is the man who needs to fire for them here.
Ljungskile looking for a win
Tactical approaches
Värnamo are managed in a rigid system that is built around positional discipline, compactness and controlled build-up while Ljungskile operate a much more aggressive system that utilises width and makes transitions to attack in front of the opposition's back line quickly. These two clubs really do set up for a chess match, so we will see if Ljungskile can disrupt Värnamo and whether the Red and Blues can get enough of a grip on the game to slow it down.
Standings and management
Ljungskile are 12th in Superettan 2026 with 16 points from their first 14 games and that puts them six points clear of Värnamo in a division where anything can happen. Joakim Jensen took over on 27 August 2024 so has a longer tenure in the job, but it has given his side a settled edge that they will be looking to use to good effect here.
Ljungskile can snatch the game
Ljungskile's away form in Superettan 2026 reads: 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from 7 matches – so they are a little draw-prone on the road. But they have avoided defeat in their last 2 away matches, which both finished all square, so we can expect a stubborn approach to this game from them.
The odds for this game don't reflect the form of the two clubs at all with Ljungskile being the slight favorites at 2.42, Värnamo 2.7 and the draw at 3.38. A draw looks like a good shout here, but we are taking Ljungskile to edge it because Värnamo's recent results make it hard to back them with real conviction.
Over 2.5 goals at 1.71 and both teams to score at 1.56 suggests this should be an open game rather than a slow-poison contest. Värnamo have shipped 7 goals in 6 home league games in this Superettan 2026 season, so they are not sealing the shutout at home, but Ljungskile have conceded 8 in 7 away league matches, so they are not rock-solid on the road.
- Shakur Omar has scored 2 of Ljungskile's 5 goals in their last 5 games in all competitions so the striker will be arriving with confidence, while Lukas Lindholm Corner is Ljungskile's other danger man with three goals in 14 league games.
