11th- against 9th spot might not seem all that inviting. Fear not: Here's the intelligence that makes Sirius - Mjällby (even) more absorbing!
- Sirius have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sirius form and stats
Sirius's struggle is real here at Studenternas IP with only 7 points collected from 7 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
A strong away win for Sirius against Degerfors the last match, as Ali, Stensson and Persson were on target. Midfield player Matthews got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Matthews signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hammarby (1-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sirius have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.
Sirius has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sirius have conceded 12 from these games.
Mjällby form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The manager Torstensson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Strandvallen. Mjällby suffered a 1-2 loss to Norrköping (placed 6th). Midfield player Gustafson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Gustafson served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Malmö FF with the score of 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Mjällby have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Look out: 11 of the latest 14 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 8 goals have been conceded by Mjällby in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures featuring these two teams have all finished as Mjällby wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.The dueling parties have played previously this season: Mjällby - Sirius 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Matthews 5 goals | J. Roche 2 goals | A. Bjarnason 2 goals |
Sirius missing players
Mjällby missing players
| Sirius | Mjällby | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 40% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 1 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 15.6 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.4 | 11.8 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 15% | 24% |
| 14.1 | 12.6 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14.4 | 12.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Mjällby have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Mjällby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Allsvenskan
- Mjällby have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sirius have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjällby have scored away.
- 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Häcken | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Halmstad | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Hammarby | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Sirius | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Varnamo | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -24 | 14 |
| 14 | AIK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Varberg | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -18 | 8 |
- Sirius
- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
