Sirius vs Norrkoping prediction 01.06.2024

• Competition: Allsvenskan
• Date: Saturday, 1st June, 2024
• Kickoff: 16:30 UTC +1 / 17:30 CEST
• Venue: Studenternas IP (Uppsala)

Sirius are playing its eighth season in Allsvenskan, where they were mostly in the middle or lower part of the league's table. Last year, they finished eighth with a record of 42 points won, but that wasn't even close enough to secure Europe. This year, after a promising start and back-to-back wins against Halmstad and Kalmar, they went on a terrible streak and are now 12th with only 12 points after 11 rounds - just one point away from relegation playout spot and two away from direct relegation spot.

Norrköping had a good mini-run between 2015 and 2018 when they won the title and were runners-up once as well. However, their results have constantly declined since then. This year, they had one of the worst starts to the season in a very long time. They are currently 14th with only 11 points—one point away from a direct relegation spot.

Sirius vs Norrköping pick: Over 2.5 goals

Recently, Sirius played mostly high-scoring games, as they were over 2.5 goals in four of the last five matches. Meanwhile, Norrköping are playing high-scoring matches constantly this season and are the third-best in Allsvenskan for this type of bet. So far, eight of 11 games (73%) in Allsvenskan finished with three or more goals. If we add the Cup games from this season as well, Norrköping scored over 2.5 goals in 11 of 15 matches.

While neither team has impressed offensively, with 1.0 (Sirius) and 1.3 goals per game (Norrköping), their defenses have been the primary reason for many high-scoring games. We do not expect a significant change in that department soon.

These teams already met this season in the Svenska Cupen when we saw a 2:2 draw. Considering the previous h2h game and all the above, we expect another high-scoring game, most likely with both teams scoring.