On Sat Aug 13th, in week 18, Sirius will travel to Helsingborg to battle Helsingborg in a clash of these two mismatched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Helsingborg sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Häcken. Johan Hammar struck first for Häcken in the 32nd minute on a feed from Samuel Gustafson, then Oscar Uddenäs added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Kristoffer Hansen In the end, Helsingborg couldn’t muster any offence and Häcken ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 9th placed Sirius is fresh off their 2-1 win against Malmö FF. Jo Inge Berget scored the first goal for Malmö FF in the 18th minute, then Marcus Mathisen got the equalizer for Sirius in the 45th minute on a feed from Daniel Stensson But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 57th minute on a goal by Christian Kouakou. Sirius is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Sirius was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Anthony van der Hurk struck first for Sirius on an own goal in the 12th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring 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.
Mathisen has been the most prolific scorer on Sirius in the last five matches with two goals. Anthony van der Hurk and Armin Gigovic are the top scorers for Helsingborg in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.