Soccer betting preview: Degerfors welcomes Sirius in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stora Valla (7500 seats)

Degerfors want to sell many tickets for this game even though the season has been gruelling so far with 18 points and a 13th place in the Allsvenskan table. Visiting Sirius hold 9th place with 23 pts.

Insights:
  • Degerfors have the most conceded goals (33) in Allsvenskan
  • Sirius have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Degerfors form and stats

Degerfors, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Allsvenskan, have collected 13 points from their Allsvenskan home games so far after 4-1-3. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Degerfors to get some points in this home game.

Degerfors are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Kalmar. The attacking player Nikola Đurđić was named "man of the match" for Degerfors with a rating of 7.35/10. Đurđić dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Mjallby (0-2).

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 two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.

The manager A. Holmberg will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Djurgården in only four days.

A decent goal production from Degerfors in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Degerfors's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sirius form and stats

Sirius have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 1-4-4 (9 played). Sirius has drawn their two previous away games.

268 minutes! That's how long the Sirius goalkeeper Hannes Sveijer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Sirius won their last game, 1-0 versus Östersunds FK played at home. Defender Dennis Widgren was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. Widgren hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that, Sirius secured a home win against Djurgården with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sirius playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Sirius win, four draws and zero defeats.

After this away game Sirius return home for a Allsvenskan game against Norrköping. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sirius have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Sirius have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the result Sirius - Degerfors 2-0 written in the official records. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: one win for Degerfors, three draws and six wins for Sirius. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

DegerforsV. Edvardsen
V. Edvardsen
9 goals
SiriusC. Kouakou
C. Kouakou
8 goals
DegerforsJ. Bertilsson
J. Bertilsson
3 goals

Degerfors missing players

Sirius missing players

Degerfors Sirius
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 18
5 4 1 Won W 0 1 6
3 1 1 Drew D 2 4 5
10 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
18 12 4 Scored S 3 9 18
33 10 2 Conceded C 6 20 27
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 72%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 44%
28% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 22%
22% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
33% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 50%
22% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
50% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
4.3 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.1 4.5
6.2 5.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.9 5.8
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 17.3 12.4 12.4
3.1 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.9 4.3
32% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 26% 23%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Degerfors have the most conceded goals (33) in Allsvenskan
  • Degerfors have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Allsvenskan
  • Degerfors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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.

  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 18 11 4 3 30 14 10 7 2 1 21 8 8 4 2 2 9 6 16 37
2 AIK 17 11 3 3 26 14 10 8 2 0 17 5 7 3 1 3 9 9 12 36
3 Malmö FF 18 10 4 4 38 22 9 6 2 1 22 11 9 4 2 3 16 11 16 34
4 Elfsborg 17 10 3 4 29 15 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 5 1 2 13 5 14 33
5 Norrköping 18 8 3 7 25 19 8 4 2 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 11 6 27
6 Hammarby 18 7 6 5 30 26 9 5 3 1 18 11 9 2 3 4 12 15 4 27
7 Kalmar 18 7 6 5 20 20 10 4 3 3 11 10 8 3 3 2 9 10 0 27
8 Varberg 17 6 5 6 20 23 9 4 2 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 10 12 -3 23
9 Sirius 18 6 5 7 18 27 9 5 1 3 9 7 9 1 4 4 9 20 -9 23
10 Häcken 17 6 4 7 27 25 8 4 1 3 18 12 9 2 3 4 9 13 2 22
11 IFK Göteborg 18 5 7 6 23 23 10 3 3 4 14 13 8 2 4 2 9 10 0 22
12 Halmstad 18 4 8 6 13 16 8 2 6 0 6 4 10 2 2 6 7 12 -3 20
13 Degerfors 18 5 3 10 18 33 8 4 1 3 12 10 10 1 2 7 6 23 -15 18
14 Mjallby 17 3 6 8 13 19 7 2 2 3 3 5 10 1 4 5 10 14 -6 15
15 Örebro 17 3 4 10 12 31 8 1 4 3 6 11 9 2 0 7 6 20 -19 13
16 Östersunds FK 18 2 3 13 16 31 9 2 1 6 14 12 9 0 2 7 2 19 -15 9

Read more about Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.