📏 Form Guide

IK Sirius

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IK Sirius will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-0 Allsvenskan defeat last time out to Djurgårdens IF.

In that game, IK Sirius had 53% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Djurgardens IF got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Samuel Leach Holm (16') and Deniz Hümmet (72') scored for Djurgårdens IF.

Over their past 6 fixtures, Christer Mattiasson's IK Sirius have hit the target 9 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.

Pre-game facts show that IK Sirius:

• haven't been beaten in the league by IFK Värnamo in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 5 home league matches.

IFK Värnamo

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Malmö FF in Allsvenskan competition, IFK Värnamo will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, IFK Värnamo managed 34% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Malmo FF had 14 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Isaac Kiese Thelin (6'), Derek Cornelius (33'), Sebastian Nanasi (51') and Erik Botheim (78') scored for Malmö FF.

Anes Mravac's IFK Värnamo have seen their goal attempts be successful 6 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those matches equals 9.

Ahead of this clash, IFK Värnamo have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 24/04/2016 shows us that IK Sirius have won 3 of these and IFK Värnamo 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

An aggregate of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 for Blåsvart and 3 created by Värnamo. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Allsvenskan match day 24 on 25/09/2023 and the score finished IFK Värnamo 0-1 IK Sirius.

On that occasion, IFK Värnamo had 60% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, IK Sirius got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tashreeq Matthews (92') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Adi Aganovic.

📰 Team News: IK Sirius

The IK Sirius boss Christer Mattiasson does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

In all likelihood, Blåsvart may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with David Mitov Nilsson, J. V. Persson, Henrik Castegren, Malcom Jeng, Dennis Widgren, Daniel Stensson, Leo Walta, Noel Milleskog, Melker Heier, Joakim Persson and Yousef Salech.

ℹ️ Team News: IFK Värnamo

Due to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the IFK Värnamo manager Anes Mravac has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.

We reckon that IFK Värnamo might play in a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Viktor Andersson, Victor Larsson, Johan Rapp, Hampus Näsström, Viktor Bergh, Marco Bustos, Wenderson, William Kenndal, Simon Thern, Gustav Engvall and Ajdin Zeljkovic.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, IK Sirius have it within them to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, IFK Värnamo are also probably going to find it difficult to make a breakthrough but we can see them seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 3-1 win for IK Sirius come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 12:08 20/04/2024