Elfsborg perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Sirius can look both up and down from their 6th position.
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.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Sirius's home stadium. The visitors last 21 games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.
Elfsborg form and stats
When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Elfsborg, who played 3-3 against Varberg BoIS. That match was also played at this venue (Borås Arena). In the game before, an away victory match versus Mjällby with a 5-0 scoreline.
A goal frenzy last time out for Elfsborg, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Varberg BoIS. Fun stuff to watch!
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elfsborg handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and zero defeats.
There will be little rest for Elfsborg after this match as they are travelling to AIK for a Allsvenskan game in only three days.
Elfsborg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borås Arena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Sirius form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sirius playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.
Sirius might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Malmö FF proved too strong as Sirius slumped to a 2-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Studenternas IP. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kalmar that ended 1-1.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Malmö FF was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Sirius are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Sirius has another fixture away, a Allsvenskan game, against Mjällby in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sirius have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Sirius are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Elfsborg three wins, one draw and Sirius five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Sugita 5 goals |  R. Alm 3 goals | J. Karlsson 3 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Sirius missing players
| Elfsborg | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 36% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | 64 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 141 |
| 45 | 23 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 46 |
| 38% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 37% |
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Elfsborg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Norrköping | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Häcken | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sirius | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Varberg BoIS | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Örebro | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | AIK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Sirius
- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)