Kalmar vs Sirius Prediction: The bright hosts will look to secure their fourth win of the season

In the Allsvenskan encounter between Kalmar and Sirius, the bright hosts will look to secure their fourth win of the season against a Sirius squad that has not yet won a game this season.

The weekend ended a three-game winning streak for Kalmar. While not a perfect performance, it was satisfactory, and the Reds were more than worth the price of their 0-0 away draw against Varbergs. They controlled the pace of the game and had multiple opportunities to win, which they failed to capitalise on due to poor finishing.

Because they are working so hard to maintain their winning streak, the manager might be tempted to stick with the same starting lineup. In any case, none of the four players who are now nursing injuries are very crucial members of the squad, which means that Kalmar enters this match with close to their full complement of players.

Sirius earned a scoreless draw on their road trip to AIK by playing resolute defence for the fourth time in five games this season. Once again, the defence appeared pretty well structured, despite the fact that the attack didn't create anything. Sirius's front line has been severely injured and they have failed to win a game this season despite scoring at least once.

Kouakou, the 2022 top goalscorer and key leader of the attack, as well as Karlsson-Lagemyr, the standout winger, are both unable to play due to injury. Their absence has been keenly felt up to this point, and it is anticipated that this will remain the case moving forward. As if all of this wasn't bad enough, another starting forward, Bjarnason, was injured over the weekend, and his condition is currently quite uncertain.

Kalmar: Ricardo Friedrich (GK), Axel Lindahl, Lars Saetra, Rasmus Sjöstedt, D. K. Ólafsson, Deniz Hummet, R. Pereira Sipiao, Nahom Girmai Netabay, Simon Skrabb, Mileta Rajovic, A. Motaraghebjafarpour.

Sirius: Jakob Tannander (GK), Aron Bjarnason, J. V. Persson, Marcus Mathisen, Dennis Widgren, Melker Heier, Jamie Roche, Daniel Stensson, Andre Alsanati, Magnus Kaastrup, Tashreeq Matthews.

We are of the opinion that IK Sirius have the ability to score a goal against this Kalmar FF lineup; yet, we do not rule out the possibility that they will still allow a couple of goals to be scored against them. It appears that the host will come out on top.

• Total 2: Over 0.5 for 1.60 odds
• W1 for 1.90 odds
• BTTS for 1.89 odds