Teams with opposite football philosophies are about to take on each other as Ostersunds play host to Halmstad in the Allsvenskan Matchday No 12.
Ostersunds will host Halmstad in a very important bottom-half clash on Monday afternoon at Jamtkraft Arena.
The hosts will be desperate to bring a dreadful three-loss run to an end against direct rivals in a potential relegation scrap in the latter stages of the season.
Ostersunds were one of the worst teams in the Swedish top flight (alongside the rock-bottomed Orebro) since the restart in July as they have lost each of three league outings in the process.
The head coach Amir Azrafshan has plenty of reasons to be worried about his team’s back line since Ostersunds conceded three goals in each of the mentioned three defeats in July.
To make things worse, the team produced literally nothing last Saturday against Elfsborg. Ostersunds were completely outplayed on the occasion, looking like a lower-division outfit in a tough 3-0 defeat.
Halmstad, who returned to the top flight of Swedish football after three years, have done much better than their Monday rivals so far in the season.
The visitors rely heavily on their back line as their manager Magnus Haglund has obviously found the right defensive formula for this group of players.
Halmstad conceded only 10 goals in 11 league games this term (one of the best defensive records in the division).
The two times played each other no more than four times so far.
Three of these four games ended without a winner, while the remaining game saw Halmstad’s 1-0 victory.
It is worth noting that the two outfits last met each other in February 2019 when they shared spoils in a goalless draw in the group phase of Swedish Cup.
None of the previous four H2H encounters saw three or more goals scored.



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在奥尔斯文斯坎第12场比赛中，奥斯特松斯队将主场迎战哈尔姆斯塔德队，两队的足球理念截然相反。
奥斯特松斯将在周一下午在杰姆特克拉夫特球场进行一场非常重要的下半时比赛。
在本赛季的最后阶段，东道主将不顾一切地结束与直接竞争对手的可怕的三连败。
自7月重新开始比赛以来，奥斯特松德斯是瑞典顶级联赛中表现最差的球队之一(与排名垫底的奥雷布罗队并列)，他们在这一过程中输掉了三场联赛比赛。
主教练阿米尔·阿兹拉夫山有足够的理由担心他的球队的后防线，因为奥斯特松兹在7月提到的三场失利中每一场都丢了三个球。
更糟糕的是，球队在上周六对埃尔夫斯堡的比赛中几乎没有任何表现。奥斯特松斯在这场比赛中被彻底击败，看起来就像一个低级别球队在一场艰难的3-0落败。
3年后重返瑞典顶级联赛的哈姆斯斯塔德，本赛季迄今为止的表现比周一的对手要好得多。
客队很大程度上依赖于他们的后防线，因为他们的主教练马格努斯·哈格伦德显然已经为这群球员找到了正确的防守方式。
霍尔姆斯塔德在本赛季的11场联赛中只丢了10个球(这是联赛中防守最好的记录之一)。
到目前为止，这两场比赛的次数不超过四次。
在这四场比赛中，有三场比赛都没有获胜，而剩下的比赛中，哈尔姆斯塔德以1比0获胜。
值得注意的是，这两支队伍上一次相遇是在2019年2月，当时他们在瑞典杯小组赛阶段零比零战平，分享战利品。
在之前的四次H2H遭遇战中，没有一次进球超过三个。