Crucial clash in the lower part of the Allsvenskan, with both Halmstad and Sirius suffering more tension than pleasure. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 11th and the away team in 14th position.
- Halmstad is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Allsvenskan
This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!
Halmstad form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Halmstad at their home stadium (Örjans Vall) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The Halmstad manager Haglund might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Halmstad drew their last game, 0-0 away at Värnamo (placed 9th). Midfield player Allansson got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Allansson hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, a nice away win at IFK Hassleholm. A Svenska Cupen match.
Halmstad aren't scoring a lot here at Örjans Vall in the league, with only {8 goals} from 10 games. Halmstad have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sirius form and stats
Sirius have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-4-4 (10 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sirius are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Malmö FF with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Attacker Ali got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Ali scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, the Svenska Cupen win away at IFK Österåker.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this club's 16 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
Sirius find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Sirius's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged meeting featuring both these sides is the Sirius - Halmstad 1-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Halmstad two wins, one draw and Sirius six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Granat 6 goals |  T. Matthews 6 goals |  J. Persson 4 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Sirius missing players
| Halmstad | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 34 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 34 |
| 81% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 71% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 52% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 43% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 10 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 26% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | 27% |
| 16.7 | 15.5 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 15.6 | 14.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
- Halmstad is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Allsvenskan
- Sirius have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Häcken | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 44 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Värnamo | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 26 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | AIK | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Sirius | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 20 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -26 | 20 |
| 16 | Varberg | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -25 | 11 |
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- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
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