Very important fight in the bottom section of the Allsvenskan, with both Degerfors and Sirius enduring more anxiety than happiness. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts at 14th and the visiting team in 12th position.
- Sirius have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Degerfors form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Degerfors at their home stadium (Stora Valla) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. When Degerfors hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Degerfors, Varberg, Varnamo, Helsingborg and GIF Sundsvall), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Degerfors's last game was hosting Djurgården (placed 1st) and winning 3-0. At last, a league win after three matches without one. Defender Lagerbielke got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Lagerbielke won 6 of 9 duels.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with AIK the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Degerfors have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Degerfors has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sirius form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sirius so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Sirius's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus AIK that finished 1-1. Björkström, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.91. Björkström scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
A 0-3 defeat away at Elfsborg before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Sirius in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sirius, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sirius as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Sirius rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Sirius - Degerfors 2-0. Degerfors-Sirius H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Degerfors one win, Sirius six wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kouakou 6 goals |   A. Saidi 5 goals |  D. Campos 4 goals |
Degerfors missing players
Sirius missing players
| Degerfors | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 44 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 22 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 71% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 6.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 12.6 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 26% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 24% |
| 15.9 | 14.8 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 14.8 | 14.3 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 4 |
- Sirius have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sirius have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Djurgården | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | AIK | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Elfsborg | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Norrköping | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Sirius | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Varberg | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -40 | 11 |
- Sirius
- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
