National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sandviken or Sirius that keep their silverware dream alive.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Sirius's everyday surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Sirius have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the output 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats with the goal production 10-28 (scored/conceded).
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Allsvenskan. That game, against IFK Göteborg, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sirius.
Sandviken form and stats
Sandviken have not come this way in the Svenska Cupen without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Korsnas IF FK. Last season, Sandviken's Svenska Cupen journey ended in the 2nd round.Sandviken are returning here after visiting Team Thoren and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Al-Saed (2) scored the goal(s).
A Division 1: North defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Gefle.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Sirius to win. Let's see if Sandviken are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 4 games found revealing 0 Sandviken wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The manager Abdulic will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Täby in only three days.
Sirius form and stats
Sirius was sent out of Svenska Cupen in the group stage last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sirius so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Sirius lost away at IFK Göteborg (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, in the Allsvenskan, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Häcken.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Djurgården in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sirius as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Sirius's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches involving these two teams have all ended as Sirius wins. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  N. Mohammed 17 goals | J. Ali 8 goals |   C. Kouakou 6 goals |
Sandviken missing players
Sirius missing players
| Sandviken | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 61 | 34 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| 9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 14 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 40 |
| 4 | AIK | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sirius | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 24 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Varberg BoIS | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 21 |
| 13 | Värnamo | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -23 | 15 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -32 | 10 |
