Sirius vs Ostersunds FK Predictions

It’s been a rather tepid start to the new campaign for Sirius, who find themselves in a modest 9^th position after 13 matches. After a tough period, Saturday’s hosts regained the winning thread last time out, so they’ll be keen to continue moving in the right direction. In contrast, Ostersunds find themselves on a rather lengthy winless run, so they’ll be looking to bounce back.

Sirius have enjoyed a mixed start to the game, though somewhat strangely, their best efforts have come away from home, where they have a respectable record of three wins, a draw and two defeats. Interestingly, only four teams in the division have a better away record than Sirius.

In contrast, Saturday’s hosts have struggled massively at home, winning two, drawing none and losing five of their seven matches at Studenternas IP. Only Orebro have claimed less points than Sirius at home in Sweden’s top-flight this season, which is worrying.

As far as putting the ball in the net goes, Sirius rarely struggle, as they’ve notched a pleasing 11 goals in seven home games. At the other end of the pitch, Henrik Rydstrom’s men have encountered several problems, as they’ve shipped no less than 17. They’ve also kept just a single clean sheet at home this season.

Fortunately for the defensively inept hosts, they’re up against an Ostersunds side that has found goals extremely hard to come by on the road. Saturday’s visitors have won just one of their six travelling matches and that is because they been goal shy, scoring just three in six. Unsurprisingly, every team in the division has notched more away goals than Ostersunds.

Ostersunds have also struggled at the back on their travels, as they’ve shipped ten goals, while they’ve conceded a woeful average of 2.01 expected goals. Such a figures just won’t do, especially when they’re creating an average of just 0.67 at the other end.

In the betting, ‘Sirius to Score Over 1.5 Goals’ makes plenty of appeal at the current prices. Not only are the visitors very weak at the back, but the hosts have delivered numerous attacking performances at home this season that suggest they ought to thrive on Saturday.

The fact that Sirius recently scored three at home against Hacken, posting 2.75 expected goals for in the process, bodes well, as does the fact that they average 1.57 goals for and have scored at least twice in three of their last five. Against a side that has surrendered an average of 1.67 goals and 2.01 expected goals on the road, the hosts are backed to hit their stride in front of goal.