📏 Form Guide

GAIS

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GAIS prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 Allsvenskan drawn result vs Östers IF.

In that game, GAIS had 45% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for GAIS was Ibrahim Diabate (66'). On the other side, Osters IF had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Alibek Aliev (55') was the scorer for Östers IF.

GAIS have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, GAIS have been punished defensively in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that GAIS:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

IK Sirius

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of IFK Norrköping in Allsvenskan action, IK Sirius and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, IK Sirius had 60% possession and 25 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for IK Sirius was Leo Walta (28'). For their opponents, IFK Norrkoping got 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Sebastian Jørgensen (7', 31') scored for IFK Norrköping.

IK Sirius have had no problems opening up opposition defences in their most recent fixtures, scoring 10 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Andreas Engelmark will no doubt take that as a positive sign, IK Sirius have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Looking at the pre-match facts, IK Sirius:

• have not beaten GAIS in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 11/05/2015 shows that GAIS have won 1 of them & IK Sirius 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

In all, 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them for Makrillarna and 12 for Blåsvart. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Allsvenskan match day 30 on 10/11/2024 when the final score was GAIS 2-1 IK Sirius.

In that match, GAIS had 39% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Axel Henriksson (8') and Edvin Bećirović (89').

IK Sirius had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Adam Wikman (66') scored.

The match was refereed by Farouk Nehdi.

ℹ️ Team News: GAIS

We are thinking that Makrillarna should use the 4-3-3 system for the game with Mergim Krasniqi, Anes Cardaklija, Robin Frej, Oskar Agren, Matteo de Brienne, Axel Henriksson, William Milovanovic, Gustav Lundgren, Rasmus Niklasson, Ibrahim Diabate and Chovanie Amatkarijo.

🗞️ Team News: IK Sirius

We reckon that Blåsvart might elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Ismael Diawara, J. V. Persson, Simon Sandberg, Tobias Anker, Saba Mamatsashvili, Leo Walta, Marcus Lindberg, Joakim Persson, Melker Heier, Noel Milleskog and Robbie Ure.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that IK Sirius might need a bit of good fortune to register a score against this GAIS side who should gain the upper hand.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for GAIS at the end of the 90 minutes.

There should be little in it.

Peter Guest, 15:05 24/05/2025