With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Sirius fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Helsingborg.
It's no vacation for neither Sirius nor Helsingborg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sirius form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Sirius, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Allsvenskan, at their home stadium (Studenternas IP) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Sirius.
Sirius drew their last game, also a home match. Varberg BoIS (placed 9th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Mjällby that finished 1-1.
Opportunity lost for Sirius in the Varberg BoIS match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Sirius are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Helsingborg awaits in four days.
The Sirius manager H. Rydström has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Sirius are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 7 played).
Helsingborg form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Helsingborg so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Rasmus Jönsson and Anthony van der Hurk (2) secured the home win 3-2 against Norrköping in their previous game. A 1-4 defeat away at Malmö FF before that.
Rasmus Jönsson came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Norrköping last time out, making the manager O. Mellberg feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Helsingborg playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sirius in just four days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Helsingborg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sirius, zero draws and one win for Helsingborg. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  S. Vecchia Holmquist 6 goals |  Y. Sugita 6 goals |  A. van den Hurk 5 goals |
Sirius missing players
Helsingborg missing players
| Sirius | Helsingborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 24 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 57% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 43% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 36% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 4.6 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 187 | 107 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 92 | 173 |
| 67 | 39 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 40 |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 32% |
- All of Sirius's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Helsingborg has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Helsingborg has the the worst goal difference (-8) away
- Helsingborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Helsingborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Helsingborg have yet to win a game away.
- Sirius has the most conceded goals (17) at home
- Sirius has the most conceded goals (24)
- Sirius have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sirius have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sirius have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Helsingborg have scored away.
- 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 | Malmö FF | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Norrköping | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Häcken | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sirius | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | AIK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Falkenberg | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
- Sirius
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