Full preview: Hammarby odds-on to overcome Kalmar at Tele2 Arena

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tele2 Arena (40000 seats)

Hammarby and Kalmar are both successful in the Allsvenskan with their 3rd and 4th spots respectively. This could be a great match!

Insights:
  • Hammarby have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Allsvenskan

Kalmar are still fighting for top positions and their benefits. It should be mentioned that Kalmar play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kalmar on artifical turf are 5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 19-20. You can compare this with overall results below.

Hammarby and Kalmar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hammarby form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Allsvenskan games here at Tele2 Arena for Hammarby. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.

The fans are hoping that Hammarby will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Elfsborg (placed 6th). Up until that defeat this team had gone six consecutive league meetings without being beaten. Nilsson has scored in four games in a row. First-class! The striker Nilsson won the honour of being "man of the match" for Hammarby with a rating of 7.63/10. Nilsson scored one goal.

Before that, Hammarby drew at home versus Sirius.

Goals decide football matches and Hammarby are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 14 league matches. Hammarby have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kalmar form and stats

As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Kalmar have produced an overall stat of 5-4-5 so far.

Kalmar has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sirius for a 0-0 draw. Kalmar were so close to winning the game against Sirius, hitting the post four times. Defender Saetra was the best team player with a rating of 8.03. Saetra hit the woodwork two (!) times and won 7 of 8 duels.

A loss against Mjällby was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Low on goals? 15 of this side's latest 20 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

Kalmar have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kalmar have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Kalmar - Hammarby 2-0 entered in the official records. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Hammarby, five draws and three wins for Kalmar. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

HammarbyG. Ludwigson
G. Ludwigson
10 goals
KalmarO. Berg
O. Berg
6 goals

Hammarby missing players

Kalmar missing players

Hammarby Kalmar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
14 8 0 Won W 0 5 14
8 5 3 Drew D 0 4 6
6 1 0 Lost L 3 5 8
54 33 5 Scored S 3 19 35
25 11 5 Conceded C 7 16 23
89% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
75% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 61%
61% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 32%
25% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 14%
18% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 4%
43% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 43%
46% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 46%
21% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 14%
 
7.1 8.7 10.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.1 5.2
3.3 3.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.1 5
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.4 17.9 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 12.2 12.8
5.6 6.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 4.4
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 28%
 
9.2 8.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10.4 10.1
3 2.5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Hammarby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hammarby have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hammarby have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Allsvenskan
  • Hammarby have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Allsvenskan
  • Hammarby have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Hammarby have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Allsvenskan

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 28 17 9 2 62 34 14 9 3 2 35 18 14 8 6 0 27 16 28 60
2 Djurgården 28 16 6 6 54 24 14 11 1 2 38 10 14 5 5 4 16 14 30 54
3 Hammarby 28 14 8 6 54 25 14 8 5 1 33 11 14 6 3 5 21 14 29 50
4 Kalmar 28 14 6 8 35 23 14 9 2 3 16 7 14 5 4 5 19 16 12 48
5 AIK 28 13 8 7 43 34 14 8 4 2 21 10 14 5 4 5 22 24 9 47
6 Elfsborg 28 11 10 7 51 35 14 7 5 2 30 19 14 4 5 5 21 16 16 43
7 Malmö FF 28 12 6 10 37 30 14 8 3 3 23 11 14 4 3 7 14 19 7 42
8 IFK Göteborg 28 13 3 12 38 34 14 7 3 4 19 14 14 6 0 8 19 20 4 42
9 Mjällby 28 10 10 8 31 31 14 5 6 3 20 18 14 5 4 5 11 13 0 40
10 Värnamo 28 9 9 10 33 43 14 5 6 3 16 14 14 4 3 7 17 29 -10 36
11 Norrköping 28 8 9 11 37 38 14 5 4 5 24 19 14 3 5 6 13 19 -1 33
12 Sirius 28 8 8 12 26 37 14 6 2 6 15 14 14 2 6 6 11 23 -11 32
13 Degerfors 28 7 8 13 30 47 14 5 5 4 17 18 14 2 3 9 13 29 -17 29
14 Varberg 28 7 7 14 26 50 14 4 5 5 13 20 14 3 2 9 13 30 -24 28
15 Helsingborg 28 4 5 19 22 47 14 2 3 9 9 20 14 2 2 10 13 27 -25 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 28 4 2 22 26 73 14 4 0 10 18 35 14 0 2 12 8 38 -47 14

Read more about Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.