10th takes on 11th in Allsvenskan as Norrkoping welcome Sirius to Nya Parken for their league Matchday 12 fixture on Sunday evening.
Both sides have made similar campaigns in the Allsvenskan this season as they are separated by one place and one point in the league standings. The hosts sit 10th on 15 points from 11 games, while the visitors sit 11th on 14 points from 11 games.
Both have been struggling for form recently in the Swedish top-flight with both failing to win in their last three league matches. Norrkoping suffering a 3-0 loss to Hammarby before recording a 2-2 draw against Elfsborg and a 1-1 draw at Mjallby, while Sirius drew 2-2 at AIK, before suffering back-to-back defeats to Hacken (4-3) and Goteborg (1-2).
Therefore both will now be looking to bounce back to winning ways in Allsvenskan as they seek to continue climbing up the table. Pressure will be on both sides with Norrkoping looking to avoid being overtaken by Sirius, who will want to avoid the gap between them widening further.
Norrkoping vs Sirius head to head
Both sides have met in 14 encounters since 2007 with Norrkoping winning seven times, there have been three draws while Sirius have won four times.
- Sirius 2-4 Norrkoping 22/09/21
- Norrkoping 1-1 Sirius 11/04/21
- Norrkoping 1-2 Sirius 04/10/20
- Sirius 4-2 Norrkoping 19/07/20
- Sirius 0-2 Norrkoping 18/08/19
Home
- Mjallby 1-1 Norrkoping
- Utsiktens 1-1 Norrkoping
- Norrkoping 2-2 Elfsborg
- Hammarby 3-0 Norrkoping
- Norrkoping 5-1 Sundsvall
Away
- Sirius 1-2 Goteborg
- Sirius 3-3 Djurgarden
- Hacken 4-3 Sirius
- AIK 2-2 Sirius
- Sirius 2-0 Elfsborg
Norrkoping team news
Norrkoping have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the clash and Ishaq Abdulrazak is expected back from suspension.
Sirius team news
Sirius will be without August Ahlin and Patrick Nwadike due to injury, while Larsson, Sugita and Zeidan are doubts.
Prediction and odds
- Norrkoping win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
