Elfsborg - Sirius. 1st position versus 13th position. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Allsvenskan
- Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Allsvenskan
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sirius have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
Both sides have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg have performed here at Borås Arena this season with 5 wins from 8 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Elfsborg are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Häcken. This club enjoyed a 15 league matches long consecutive run without a defeat before that game! Midfielder Baidoo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.91 (out of ten) in that game. Baidoo served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 58 successful passes (of 63 total).
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Djurgården.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Elfsborg home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Elfsborg manager Thelin has got the team scoring with 20 from 8 home games in the league. Elfsborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borås Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Sirius form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Sirius have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far.
The manager Mattiasson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Studenternas IP. Sirius suffered a 0-1 loss to AIK (placed 12th). Heier got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Heier hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-3 loss hosting Mjallby before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sirius played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 7 times.
Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Sirius find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Sirius in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sirius - Elfsborg 3-4 was the outcome when these two squads previously played each other, also in this season. Elfsborg-Sirius H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Elfsborg five wins, Sirius two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okkels 8 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 6 goals | J. Ondrejka 6 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Sirius missing players
| Elfsborg | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 40 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17.3 | 17.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 36% | 36% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 29% | 26% |
| 10.4 | 11 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 15.4 | 13.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- All of Elfsborg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sirius have scored away.
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+26) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sirius have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (11) 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Häcken | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Halmstad | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Värnamo | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | AIK | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Sirius | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Varberg | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
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