Allsvenskan: Sirius - Djurgården preview and facts

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Studenternas IP (6300 seats)

A brief glance at the Allsvenskan standings point to an advantage to Djurgården when they go to Sirius. But; let's play the match before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Sirius have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Allsvenskan

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It should be mentioned that Djurgården play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Djurgården on grass are 18 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Sirius form and stats

Sirius have played 7 Allsvenskan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sirius, their manager D. Bäckström and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

An away draw last time out for Sirius, facing Örebro in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Moustafa Zeidan got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Zeidan hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 54 successful passes (of 63 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Svenska Cupen match versus Taby with a 3-2 scoreline.

Sirius has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sirius have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Djurgården form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Allsvenskan. Djurgården has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

190 minutes! That's how long the Djurgården goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterström and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Djurgården played 0-0 against Mjällby in their previous match. Hjalmar Ekdal, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.35. Ekdal won 7 of 13 duels.

Prior to that result Djurgården won their away game at Karlslund in the Svenska Cupen. The scoreline was 4-0.

The visiting Djurgården have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Djurgården - Sirius 5-1. Data for the former ten meetings between these two crews are: three wins for Sirius, zero draws and seven wins for Djurgården. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

SiriusC. Kouakou
C. Kouakou
7 goals
DjurgårdenN. Bärkroth
N. Bärkroth
4 goals
SiriusJ. Ortmark
J. Ortmark
3 goals

Sirius missing players

Djurgården missing players

Sirius Djurgården
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 10
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 2 Lost L 1 1 2
16 7 0 Scored S 1 9 26
27 7 3 Conceded C 2 5 12
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 81%
81% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 62%
50% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 44%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 38%
19% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 56%
31% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 25%
 
4.4 4.9 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 6.3
5.3 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.9 3.5
1.8 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 11.4 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11 16.3
4.1 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.6
24% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 39% 36%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Djurgården have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most clean sheets (4) away in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have the most clean sheets (9) in Allsvenskan
  • Djurgården have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sirius have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Allsvenskan
  • Sirius haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Djurgården 16 10 4 2 26 12 9 6 2 1 17 7 7 4 2 1 9 5 14 34
2 Malmö FF 16 10 3 3 36 19 8 6 1 1 21 10 8 4 2 2 15 9 17 33
3 AIK 16 10 3 3 24 14 9 7 2 0 15 5 7 3 1 3 9 9 10 33
4 Elfsborg 16 9 3 4 26 15 9 5 2 2 16 10 7 4 1 2 10 5 11 30
5 Hammarby 16 6 6 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 16 10 8 2 3 3 11 11 6 24
6 Kalmar 16 6 6 4 16 16 8 3 3 2 7 6 8 3 3 2 9 10 0 24
7 Norrköping 16 7 2 7 21 18 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 4 0 5 11 10 3 23
8 Halmstad 16 4 8 4 13 13 8 2 6 0 6 4 8 2 2 4 7 9 0 20
9 Varberg BoIS 16 5 5 6 19 23 8 3 2 3 9 11 8 2 3 3 10 12 -4 20
10 Häcken 16 5 4 7 24 23 7 3 1 3 15 10 9 2 3 4 9 13 1 19
11 IFK Göteborg 16 4 7 5 19 20 9 2 3 4 12 13 7 2 4 1 7 7 -1 19
12 Degerfors 16 5 3 8 17 27 7 4 1 2 12 8 9 1 2 6 5 19 -10 18
13 Sirius 16 4 5 7 16 27 7 3 1 3 7 7 9 1 4 4 9 20 -11 17
14 Örebro 16 3 4 9 12 29 8 1 4 3 6 11 8 2 0 6 6 18 -17 13
15 Mjällby 16 2 6 8 11 19 7 2 2 3 3 5 9 0 4 5 8 14 -8 12
16 Östersunds FK 16 2 3 11 16 27 9 2 1 6 14 12 7 0 2 5 2 15 -11 9

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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.