đź“Š Form Guide
IK Sirius LLWDWW
IK Sirius fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-2 Allsvenskan victory vs IFK Norrköping.
In that match, IK Sirius had 67% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For IK Sirius, the scorers were Joakim Persson (49') and Leo Walta (57'). IFK Norrkoping had 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Tim Prica (92') scored for IFK Norrköping.
IK Sirius have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they have also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that IK Sirius have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to scoring in 6 of those matches. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend will be replicated in this next match or not.
Taking a look at their past results, IK Sirius:
- haven't been beaten in the league by IFK Värnamo in their previous 2 matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
IFK Värnamo LLWDLL
After a losing effort in their last game against Mjällby AIF in Allsvenskan action, IFK Värnamo will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, IFK Värnamo had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Mjallby AIF had 24 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Elliot Stroud (11', 18', 50'), Viktor Gustafson (69') and Alexander Johansson (82') scored for Mjällby AIF.
The stats tell the story, and IFK Värnamo have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 19 goals in all. In defence, IFK Värnamo just haven’t been too solid at all.
↔️ Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 10/09/2022 shows that IK Sirius have won 4 of these games & IFK Värnamo 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.
An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 of them from Blåsvart and 7 being from Värnamo. That’s an average goals per game of 3.
đź“‹ Team News: IK Sirius
The IK Sirius manager Andreas Engelmark has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully injury-free group available for selection.
It seems likely that BlĂĄsvart will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring David Celic, Henrik Castegren, Simon Sandberg, Tobias Anker, Oscar Krusnell, Melker Heier, Marcus Lindberg, Joakim Persson, Leo Walta, Isak Bjerkebo and Robbie Ure.
📰 Team News: IFK Värnamo
Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the IFK Värnamo boss Arne Sandstø doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.
It’s our belief that IFK Värnamo appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-1-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Hugo Keto, Rufai Mohammed, Hugo Andersson, Emin Grozdanic, Axel Björnström, Freddy Winsth, Kent-Are Antonsen, Simon Thern, Otso Liimatta, Marcus Antonsson and Mohammad Alsalkhadi.
đź”® Prediction
In this match, IK Sirius have it within them to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.
At the other end, IFK Värnamo may well find it hard to find the back of the net - but, we do see them getting the chances to score, too.
Our selection here is for a 3-1 victory for IK Sirius by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.