Week 4 features a match on Thu Apr 21st, where Helsingborg hosts Elfsborg in a meeting of these two closely matched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Helsingborg sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Sirius. Anthony van der Hurk scored the first goal for Sirius on an own goal in the 12th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Helsingborg was frustrated by Sirius’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sirius ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Elfsborg, recorded a 4-1 win against Värnamo. Soderberg scored the first goal for Elfsborg in the 23rd minute, then Jeppe Okkels added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Per Frick. Elfsborg is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Rasmus Alm and Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen have been the hottest scorers for Elfsborg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Helsingborg’s most prolific scorer has been Anthony van der Hurk. The Dutch attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.