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IF Elfsborg v Nice : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 23rd Jan, 20:00 BST, Borås Arena, Boras

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Europa League, and Oscar Hiljemark’s IF Elfsborg will have the joy of it on Thursday night. Franck Haise’s Nice are their visitors to the Borås Arena. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are also given.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

After looking at our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which catches the eye for this meeting: both teams to score. In Elfsborg and Nice we have two sides going head-to-head that regularly score, but equally have trouble shutting the opposition out, and we expect them to prove that on Thursday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.57.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 46% chance of Nice coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Elfsborg
33%
2/1
15%
19/10
12%
Draw
24%
5/2
3%
5/2
9%
Nice
43%
13/10
8%
13/10
16%
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
8%
Nice 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
15/2
6%
Elfsborg 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
17/2
6%
Nice 1-0
7%
10/1
8%
8/1
Draw 2-2
6%
10/19/1
Elfsborg 1-0
6%
11/19/1
11%
Nice 2-0
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
15%
Nice 3-1
5%
16/112/1
24%
Elfsborg 2-0
5%
16/1
13%
14/1
25%
Draw 0-0
4%
14/1
12%
10/1
22%
Elfsborg 3-1
4%
20/1
11%
16/1
13%
Nice 3-2
4%
20/116/1
11%
Nice 3-0
4%
22/1
12%
16/1
19%
Elfsborg 3-2
3%
25/1
13%
18/1
Elfsborg 3-0
2%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
4/6
3%
8/13
7%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
6/5
4%
6/5
13%
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/5
10%
23/20
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/11
4%
5/6
No 1st Goal
2%
14/1
12%
9/1
BTTS - Yes
62%
8/15
2%
8/15
6%
BTTS - No
38%
11/8
5%
11/8
11%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
4/1
15%
18/5
6%
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/1
8%
3/1
BTTS - Away Win
24%
3/1
8%
11/4
22%
Home/draw
57%
4/7
5%
3/5
11%
Away/draw
67%
4/11
9%
2/5
5%
Home/away
76%
2/73/10
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/5
3%
1/5
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
7/2
10%
16/5
17%
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
13/8
5%
6/4
11%
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
1/2
2%
10/21
6%
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
7/2
4%
10/3
13%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/5
2%
2/11
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
8/1
13%
7/1
16%
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/14
1%
1/18
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
1/33
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/1
12%
10/1
22%
Home DNB
50%
11/10
15%
11/10
17%
Away DNB
60%
4/6
9%
4/6
13%
Elfsborg win to nil
14%
5/1
9%
-
Nice win to nil
19%
7/2
18%
-
Elfsborg / Elfsborg
17%
15/4
10%
18/5
10%
Elfsborg / Nice
4%
22/118/1
10%
Elfsborg / Draw
6%
12/111/1
9%
Draw / Elfsborg
12%
6/1
8%
11/2
13%
Draw / Nice
14%
5/1
8%
17/4
13%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/117/4
14%
Nice / Elfsborg
3%
25/1
13%
20/1
Nice / Nice
22%
11/4
6%
13/5
18%
Nice / Draw
7%
12/110/1
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Win / draw / win Europa League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Elfsborg
Nice
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lazio65101116 
-
-
-
l
 
4-1A
2
A.Bilbao7511616 
-
l
 
3-0A
-
-
3
Anderlecht6420514 
-
-
-
-
4
Lyon6411813 
-
-
-
-
5
Galatasaray7340413 
-
l
 
4-3A
-
-
6
E.Frankfurt6411413 
-
-
-
-
7
Man Utd6330412 
-
-
-
-
8
Rangers6321611 
-
-
l
 
1-4A
-
9
Spurs6321411 
-
Jan 30
-
-
10
FCSB6321211 
-
-
-
-
11
Ajax6312810 
-
-
-
-
12
R.Sociedad6312410 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
-
13
Bodø6312110 
-
-
Jan 30
-
14
Roma623139 
w
 
1-0F
-
-
-
15
Olympiakos623129 
-
-
-
-
16
Ferencvaros630319 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
17
Plzen623119 
-
-
-
-
18
Besiktas7304-49 
-
-
-
-
19
Porto622228 
-
-
-
-
20
AZ Alkmaar622208 
-
l
 
3-2F
-
-
21
Union SG622208 
-
-
-
l
 
2-1A
22
Fenerbahce6222-28 
-
-
-
-
23
PAOK621327 
-
-
-
-
24
Midtjylland6213-27 
-
-
-
-
25
Elfsborg Home6213-37 
-
-
-
Jan 23
26
Braga6213-37 
d
 
1-1A
-
-
-
27
Hoffenheim6132-36 
-
-
-
-
28
M. Tel-Aviv6204-66 
-
-
-
-
29
Slavia6114-24 
-
-
-
-
30
Twente6042-34 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
-
31
Malmö6114-64 
-
-
-
-
32
Ludogorets6033-53 
-
-
-
-
33
Qarabag6105-103 
w
 
1-0F
-
-
-
34
Rigas Futbola Skola6024-72 
-
-
-
-
35
Nice Away6024-82 
Jan 23
-
-
-
36
Dynamo Kyiv7016-141 
-
-
-
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
10
Nice have lost 10 consecutive away european games
10
Nice have not won in 10 consecutive away european games
Elfsborg 24TH
14 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
10
Games: Scored
12 / 14
Conceded
8 / 14
Clean sheets
6 / 14
Failed to score
2 / 14
Won
7
Draw
3
Lost
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elfsborg1 - 0Qarabag
Elfsborg1 - 1Braga
Elfsborg1 - 0Roma
Elfsborg0 - 1Molde
Elfsborg2 - 0Rijeka
Elfsborg2 - 0Sheriff
Elfsborg3 - 0Paphos
Elfsborg1 - 2Molde
Elfsborg3 - 1Feyenoord
Elfsborg1 - 1Velez
Elfsborg4 - 0Milsami
Elfsborg0 - 1Salzburg
Elfsborg1 - 2Esbjerg
Elfsborg1 - 1S. Liege
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HElfsborg1 - 0Qarabag
AElfsborg0 - 3A.Bilbao
HElfsborg1 - 1Braga
AElfsborg3 - 4Galatasaray
HElfsborg1 - 0Roma
AElfsborg2 - 3AZ Alkmaar
HElfsborg0 - 1Molde
AElfsborg1 - 0Molde
HElfsborg2 - 0Rijeka
AElfsborg1 - 1Rijeka
HElfsborg2 - 0Sheriff
AElfsborg1 - 0Sheriff
AElfsborg5 - 2Paphos
HElfsborg3 - 0Paphos
HElfsborg1 - 2Molde
AElfsborg1 - 4Molde
HElfsborg3 - 1Feyenoord
AElfsborg0 - 5Feyenoord
AElfsborg4 - 1Velez
HElfsborg1 - 1Velez
Nice 35TH
14 league games
Away
10
Overall
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
7 / 14
Conceded
13 / 14
Clean sheets
1 / 14
Failed to score
7 / 14
W
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Union SG2 - 1Nice
Ferencvaros1 - 0Nice
Lazio4 - 1Nice
M. Tel-Aviv1 - 0Nice
Beer Sheva1 - 0Nice
Slavia3 - 2Nice
Leverkusen6 - 2Nice
Lok. Moscow1 - 0Nice
Vitesse1 - 0Nice
Lazio1 - 0Nice
Z.Waregem1 - 5Nice
Schalke2 - 0Nice
Salzburg0 - 1Nice
Krasnodar5 - 2Nice
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
D
2
Lost
15
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANice1 - 2Union SG
HNice1 - 4Rangers
HNice2 - 2Twente
ANice0 - 1Ferencvaros
ANice1 - 4Lazio
HNice1 - 1R.Sociedad
HNice1 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
ANice0 - 1M. Tel-Aviv
ANice0 - 1Beer Sheva
HNice2 - 3Leverkusen
HNice1 - 3Slavia
ANice2 - 3Slavia
HNice1 - 0Beer Sheva
ANice2 - 6Leverkusen
ANice0 - 1Lok. Moscow
HNice2 - 3Lok. Moscow
ANice0 - 1Vitesse
HNice3 - 1Z.Waregem
ANice0 - 1Lazio
HNice1 - 3Lazio
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for IF Elfsborg of late. It has been 5 Europa League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Thursday night against Nice.

Nice have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 12 consecutive Europa League outings. Their PG of 1.8 against IF Elfsborg on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Elfsborg 24th Nice 35th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Elfsborg will score 1 or more goals
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Nice will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
14 home / away league games
=0
Elfsborg’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Nice’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2024/2024 season
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Elfsborg
PG (predicted goals)
Nice
1.4
1.7
Attack rating
ELF
NIC
7%
better
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Games scored16
18
Failed to score4
2
Scored first10
8
Goals scored26
29
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
11
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.8
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
18%
better
ELF
NIC
view stats
Games conceded13
17
Clean sheets7
3
Conceded first8
11
Goals conceded29
33
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
15%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+18%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Elfsborg v Nice will show here when available.

Elfsborg Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14345
I PetterssonA QasemS HedlundT Ouma
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Pettersson GLK14
2
-
N Hult DEF1423
3
-
T Yegbe DEF14
2
-
S Hedlund FWD1424
2
-
S Holmén DEF13
2
1
B Zeneli MID1311
2
-
T Ouma MID1321
5
-
A Zeneli FWD1312
1
-
A Qasem MID1231
2
-
G Henriksson DEF9
2
-
R Kaib DEF91
2
-
I Buhari DEF9
1
-
W Abdulai FWD93
3
1
P Frick FWD81
-
E Holten FWD71
-
J Larsson DEF41
-
G Rapp FWD31
-
J Thomasen MID2
-
E Guðmundsson MID2
-
N Söderberg MID2
-
C. Jebara FWD2
-
Nice Europa League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6224
M Bulka J BogaS DiopM Bombito
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Bulka  GLK6
1
-
T Louchet MID6
2
-
E Guessand FWD61
1
-
Y Moukoko FWD61
-
M Bombito DEF5
4
-
J Clauss  DEF51
-
T Ndombélé MID5
-
P Rosario MID51
1
1
S Diop FWD52
1
Dante DEF4
1
-
Y Ndayishimiye DEF4
-
H Boudaoui MID4
-
M Cho FWD41
-
G Laborde FWD4
-
J Boga FWD42
-
M Bard DEF3
-
I. Camara MID3
2
-
A Abdi DEF2
-
M Abdelmonem DEF2
1
-
A Mendy DEF1
-
V. Orakpo FWD1
-