Match Report
31 points for Elfsborg (4th), 42 for Sirius (1st): an 11-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Sirius: only 12th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Elfsborg ran at 1.42 scored and 1 conceded, Sirius at 2.47 and 1.42.
Elfsborg had gone 7 games without a win. Defeat had not touched Sirius in 12 games, having scored in 12 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Elfsborg 3/15, Sirius 13/15.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Elfsborg 3, draws 0, Sirius 3, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 83% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
Borås Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,800. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Elfsborg: Oscar Krusnell (88' og) · Sirius: Mohamed Soumah (82'), Robbie Ure (84'), Robbie Ure (90')
Key stats
Possession: Elfsborg 49% · Sirius 51% · Total shots: 18-18 · On target: 3-9 · Corners: 6-4