On the 10th of July, Kalmar and Sirius will play a match in Kalmar in a clash of these two closely matched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Kalmar is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Helsingborg. Lars Sætra scored the first goal for Kalmar in the 37th minute, but Anthony van der Hurk got the equalizer for Helsingborg in the 90th minute earning Helsingborg a comeback draw. Kalmar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Sirius is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Norrköping. Yukiya Sugita struck first for Sirius in the 57th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Norrköping was frustrated by Sirius’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sirius ended the match with the shutout victory. Sirius is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Kalmar won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Sirius is fortunate enough to have Christian Kouakou in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Kalmar’s top weapon lately has been Lars Sætra, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.