Allsvenskan preview: Can IFK Göteborg edge out victory against Sirius?

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gamla Ullevi (18800 seats)

The home advantage belongs to IFK Göteborg in this fixture vs Sirius, but the away team will fight to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • IFK Göteborg is in the best form (4-2-0) in Allsvenskan
  • Sirius have won significantly less corners away then at home.

IFK Göteborg and Sirius should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

The overall Allsvenskan statistics playing at home this season for IFK Göteborg are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Halmstad game Göteborg has been unbeatable here at Gamla Ullevi producing four straight wins.

IFK Göteborg shared the glory with Hammarby in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Thordarson got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, the max score being 10. Thordarson hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Mjällby with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does IFK Göteborg handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

A decent goal production from IFK Göteborg in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Göteborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gamla Ullevi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Sirius form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Ali (2) and Sjögrell secured the home win 3-2 against Degerfors in their previous game. What a finish in the last match, as Sirius came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Sjögrell's goal in the 90th minute. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Åhnstrand when Sjögrell scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute. Ali, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Ali scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Sirius won their away game at Varnamo. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Sirius have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 13 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Sirius find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Sirius have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded history featuring both these teams is the Sirius - Göteborg 2-0 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: IFK Göteborg won five, Sirius triumphed in one and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SiriusT. Matthews
T. Matthews
9 goals
SiriusJ. Persson
J. Persson
7 goals
GöteborgA. Muçolli
A. Muçolli
6 goals

IFK Göteborg missing players

Sirius missing players

IFK Göteborg Sirius
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
7 5 2 Won W 1 3 8
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 5
9 4 1 Lost L 1 5 12
28 18 8 Scored S 4 13 39
29 10 2 Conceded C 6 17 38
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
64% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 80%
36% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 64%
20% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 32%
12% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 24%
44% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
28% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 32%
40% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 24%
 
6.1 6.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 5.4
5.6 5.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.9 5.2
1.3 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 13.6 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.8 15
4.2 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 5.1
27% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 30% 30%
 
14.2 12.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.2 13.3
4.4 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • IFK Göteborg is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 Malmö FF 24 16 4 4 51 21 12 8 3 1 30 10 12 8 1 3 21 11 30 52
2 Elfsborg 24 16 3 5 47 21 12 8 2 2 26 10 12 8 1 3 21 11 26 51
3 Häcken 25 16 2 7 57 30 13 12 0 1 41 15 12 4 2 6 16 15 27 50
4 Djurgården 25 13 4 8 35 29 13 10 1 2 23 11 12 3 3 6 12 18 6 43
5 Hammarby 25 11 6 8 35 33 12 8 2 2 23 15 13 3 4 6 12 18 2 39
6 Norrköping 25 11 5 9 39 33 13 6 2 5 17 15 12 5 3 4 22 18 6 38
7 Kalmar 25 10 6 9 28 32 12 6 3 3 14 14 13 4 3 6 14 18 -4 36
8 Varnamo 25 11 2 12 28 28 12 4 1 7 8 11 13 7 1 5 20 17 0 35
9 Mjällby 25 10 4 11 26 28 13 3 3 7 12 16 12 7 1 4 14 12 -2 34
10 IFK Göteborg 25 7 9 9 28 29 12 5 3 4 18 10 13 2 6 5 10 19 -1 30
11 Sirius 25 8 5 12 39 38 13 5 1 7 26 21 12 3 4 5 13 17 1 29
12 Halmstad 25 8 5 12 23 40 12 4 3 5 10 16 13 4 2 7 13 24 -17 29
13 AIK 25 7 7 11 28 32 12 4 5 3 16 12 13 3 2 8 12 20 -4 28
14 Brommapojkarna 24 8 3 13 32 41 12 4 2 6 15 17 12 4 1 7 17 24 -9 27
15 Degerfors 25 7 2 16 25 54 13 5 2 6 16 19 12 2 0 10 9 35 -29 23
16 Varberg 24 3 5 16 20 52 12 1 3 8 8 26 12 2 2 8 12 26 -32 14

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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.