Struggling Falkenberg will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Malmö FF in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Falkenberg form and stats
With 0 Allsvenskan wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Falkenberg are certainly not brimming with confidence. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Falkenberg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hammarby (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Örebro.
Falkenberg are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Elfsborg awaits in four days.
Falkenberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Malmö FF form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Malmö FF, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Allsvenskan, playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Falkenberg. It’s been three wins in a row for Malmö on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Malmö FF are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Allsvenskan against Helsingborg (placed 15th). Preceding that game was the away victory against IFK Göteborg with the score of 3-0.
The 4-1 victory against Helsingborg could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Örebro in just three days.
The Malmö manager J. Dahl Tomasson has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. Malmö have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Falkenberg won zero, Malmö FF won eight and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 7 goals |   E. Sylisufaj 5 goals |  A. Christiansen 5 goals |
Falkenberg missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Falkenberg | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 159 | 82 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 71 | 184 |
| 50 | 21 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 17 | 52 |
| 30% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 88% | 76% | 54% |
- Falkenberg has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Falkenberg has the most conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Falkenberg has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
- Falkenberg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Falkenberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Falkenberg have yet to win a game at home.
- Falkenberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malmö FF has the most points from losing position (8)
- Malmö FF has the the best goal difference (+16)
- Malmö FF has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Malmö FF have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Malmö FF haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malmö FF is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Norrköping | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Häcken | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | Sirius | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Varberg BoIS | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Örebro | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Mjällby | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | AIK | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Falkenberg | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Kalmar | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
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