FBK Karlstad vs United Nordic tips and predictions

FBK Karlstad earning respect for this clash

Plenty of people are talking them up the quality of this match-up but the visiting team has definitely been overrated. This is how to break down some reasons for the home win.

FBK Karlstad can take a heap of reassurance from the results they've posted leading up to this clash. The hosts have chalked up 13 wins in their last 19 home games. With less fortune than they'd want the visitors have been defeated in 5 of their last 11 matches home and away. For such a short priced team, perhaps they'd be expected to have done better than this. While most articles are claiming that United Nordic will win the contest on their own terms, it simply won't be that straightforward.

If FBK Karlstad can have any bearing on the destiny of the match, it will be due to the confidence they gained from their recent goal tab. This home team is in a bit of a purple patch at their own ground. They scored three or more goals in 7 of their recent 13 home matches.

Away from home United Nordic have actually conceded one or more times in all of their last 7 matches. Their supposed problems don't stop there. The visitors haven't been able to depend on their strikers lately. They've been goalless in 4 of their last 11 matches.

Much of the hosts' recent success has been built primarily on their ability to make the most of their chances and they'll need to call on that experience if they hope to deny the visitors.

The sportsbooks are predicting goals at both ends of the park despite the favouritism for United Nordic. This preview is only interested in value though and the odds-against for the No BTTS is actually the smart play from that market. And taking a look at the goal line, it's Under 1.5 that stands out here considering how that market has been priced up.