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Steffen Schmidt - August 18, 2023
Hacken vs Sirius
Swedish Allsvenskan
Date: 20 August 2023, Sunday
Kick-off at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET
Venue: Bravida Arena (Goteborg).
Hacken will continue their title-defense quest in Swedish top flight on Sunday afternoon when they host bottom-half Sirius in the 20th round of the competition.
The team led by Norwegian manager Per Mathias Hogmo have been on a scintillating run of form lately.
They won seven, drew one, and lost one of the previous nine domestic league matches. Hacken are now only one point shy of leaders Elfsborg and they can ill afford a slip-up here knowing third-placed Malmo are just behind them on the same number of points.
Hacken play attractive football under Hogmo. They boast the best offensive record in the league with 47 goals in 19 matches.
They have continued a brilliant attacking form on Thursday night, filling up Zalgiris’ net to the maximum in another UEFA Europa League win.
We can only expect the hosts to maintain this level and pick up another win on Sunday given their opposition comes in the likes of Sirius.
The visitors have just ended a three-game losing streak in the league by beating Kalmar 3-0 on the home patch. They’ve bagged all goals within the inaugural 19 minutes of the affair on the occasion.
Christer Mattiasson’s men have escaped the red zone in the Allsvenskan table as a consequence. Nevertheless, they still have three losses in the last four away fixtures (including one friendly) and they are massive underdogs ahead of the tie with the in-form defending champions.
Hacken are on a hot run of form and we expect them to clinch yet another three-pointer in the title race without too many problems on Sunday. However, since Sirius notched three goals in the last weekend’s win, we would not be surprised to see them on the scoresheet in Goteborg as well.
This makes the Home win & Both Teams To Score the standout betting option at the odds of 2.50. You can alternatively back Hacken to win by two or more goals difference at the 2.10 odds.
