Halmstad hope to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been difficult up to now with 21 points and a 12th spot in the Allsvenskan table. Opponents Sirius have 9th place with 26 pts.
- Halmstad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Sirius have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There have been limited time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Allsvenskan match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Mjällby, so at least Halmstad are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Halmstad form and stats
The Allsvenskan statistics playing at home this season for Halmstad are 2-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Halmstad are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 380 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Karim).
The home team returns to Örjans Vall after being equal after 90 minutes with Mjällby (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Allsvenskan game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Malkolm Nilsson got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.15 out of ten. Nilsson stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Kalmar (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Halmstad handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and two defeats.
Halmstad aren't scoring a lot here at Örjans Vall in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, Halmstad have conceded only 5 goals.
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 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Sirius's previous game was their home loss versus Norrköping (2-4). A loony fixture with masses of goals last time out for Sirius, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as gleeful? Midfielder Moustafa Zeidan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Zeidan scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that result Sirius won their away game at Degerfors. The scoreline was 2-1.Sirius are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Sirius have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Sirius have conceded 21 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the squads faced each other previously this season; Sirius - Halmstad 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Halmstad one win, zero draws and Sirius six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kouakou 9 goals |   M. Antonsson 5 goals |  J. Ortmark 3 goals |
Halmstad missing players
Sirius missing players
| Halmstad | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 32 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 45% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 75% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | 50% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 25% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 40% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 55% |
| 30% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 22% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | 25% |
- Halmstad have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Allsvenskan
- Halmstad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Halmstad have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | AIK | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Varberg BoIS | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Sirius | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Häcken | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Halmstad | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Mjällby | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 18 |
| 15 | Örebro | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -23 | 16 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 21 | -15 | 12 |
- Sirius
- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)