Allsvenskan match preview: Sirius believed to be the weaker party when Malmö FF pays a visit

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 28.Aug
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: Studenternas IP (6300 seats)

Straining Sirius will be hoping to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome enterprising Malmö FF in the next league game. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home fans will have so-so confidence.

Insights:
  • Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan

There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Svenska Cupen game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at IFK Österåker.

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Sirius form and stats

Sirius's results here at Studenternas IP in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Sirius are returning here after visiting IFK Österåker in a Svenska Cupen fixture and winning with a 6-0 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Häcken in the Allsvenskan.

A decent goal production from Sirius in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Sirius have conceded 16 from these games. When Sirius hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Degerfors, AIK, Varberg BoIS, Halmstad and IFK Göteborg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Malmö FF form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Malmö FF, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Allsvenskan, have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far.

Malmö FF have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Rieks was the goal scorer.

Two away matches in a row for Malmö FF, whose boss Rydström could celebrate last time after the Svenska Cupen win against Smedby.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Djurgården.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Malmö have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Malmö FF are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent match: Malmö FF - Sirius 3-0. Last ten meetings with these teams: Sirius won one, Malmö FF were winners in eight and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Malmö FFI. Thelin
I. Thelin
12 goals
Malmö FFS. Nanasi
S. Nanasi
9 goals
SiriusT. Matthews
T. Matthews
6 goals

Sirius missing players

Malmö FF missing players

Sirius Malmö FF
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 9 20
5 3 0 Won W 3 5 13
5 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
10 6 2 Lost L 0 3 4
26 15 4 Scored S 8 13 41
31 16 8 Conceded C 0 8 16
90% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 90%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 56% 70%
60% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 65%
25% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 35%
20% 30% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 15%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
30% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 50%
30% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 25%
 
5 6.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.3 7.3
5.7 4.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.4 3.5
1.2 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.9 16.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15.7 17.1
4.5 5.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.9 6.5
29% 27% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 32%
 
14.3 13.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 4.5 6.9 8.1
4.7 4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.8
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Malmö FF have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sirius have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Allsvenskan
  • Sirius have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 20 14 3 3 43 15 10 7 2 1 23 5 10 7 1 2 20 10 28 45
2 Häcken 20 14 2 4 50 22 11 10 0 1 36 13 9 4 2 3 14 9 28 44
3 Malmö FF 20 13 3 4 41 16 11 8 2 1 28 8 9 5 1 3 13 8 25 42
4 Norrköping 20 10 4 6 34 24 10 5 2 3 16 11 10 5 2 3 18 13 10 34
5 Djurgården 20 10 4 6 27 24 10 8 1 1 17 8 10 2 3 5 10 16 3 34
6 Hammarby 20 8 5 7 25 27 9 7 1 1 17 9 11 1 4 6 8 18 -2 29
7 Mjallby 20 8 4 8 20 21 10 3 3 4 10 9 10 5 1 4 10 12 -1 28
8 Kalmar 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 5 3 2 13 12 10 2 3 5 8 15 -6 27
9 Brommapojkarna 20 8 2 10 25 31 10 4 1 5 11 12 10 4 1 5 14 19 -6 26
10 Varnamo 20 8 1 11 22 24 9 3 0 6 7 10 11 5 1 5 15 14 -2 25
11 Halmstad 20 7 4 9 19 34 10 3 3 4 8 14 10 4 1 5 11 20 -15 25
12 Sirius 20 5 5 10 26 31 10 3 1 6 15 16 10 2 4 4 11 15 -5 20
13 Degerfors 20 6 2 12 20 43 11 4 2 5 14 17 9 2 0 7 6 26 -23 20
14 IFK Göteborg 20 4 7 9 19 24 10 3 3 4 13 8 10 1 4 5 6 16 -5 19
15 AIK 20 4 7 9 19 26 9 1 5 3 9 12 11 3 2 6 10 14 -7 19
16 Varberg BoIS 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 0 3 7 4 22 10 2 2 6 12 16 -22 11

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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.