Football Bet of the Day: Carnival time in Sweden

Sundsvall v Elfsborg
Monday 18:00

Atletico Madrid might have a few new players this season, but the results remain the same. In Spain yesterday, Diego Simeone's men served up an ever-so-familiar 1-0 away win to follow up a 1-0 home win from the opening day of La Liga. In so doing, they made a very tired man a very happy man. Kev finally slips off into the bank holiday after two weeks at the tiller, while we're headed to Sweden.

Sundsvall are rock bottom of the 16-team Allsvenskan, but could move out of the basement with a win at home to ninth-placed Elfsborg. As they're six games without a win at Idrottsparken, we can't recommend that, but we do fancy they can grab at least a goal this evening.

The Giffarna have scored in 7/9 on home turf this season, with both teams scoring in the same fraction. Both teams have also scored on each of Elfsborg's last three visits to Idrottsparken (and in 6/8 head-to-heads at home and away).

Elfsborg are tucked in mid-table, despite a woeful W1-D2-L7 away record. Jimmy Thelin's men have the second worst away defensive record in the league. They've conceded at least twice in eight of those games and even Sundsvall should be confident of finding ways through that leaky backline. Both teams have scored in all four of Elfsborg's previous trips to teams below now them in the league and we're jumping on BTTS for tonight's clash.