Allsvenskan: A pair of participants who have played superbly thus far. Get ready for Kalmar - Elfsborg with this broad guide!
- Kalmar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
This ground uses the playing surface grass, unlike Elfsborg's home stadium. The latest 26 games by the guests on grass have ended with 16 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kalmar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Guldfågeln Arena as Kalmar have scored 11 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Allsvenskan are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Guldfågeln Arena.
The home team returns to Guldfågeln Arena after drawing with Mjällby (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The attacking player Hümmet was named "man of the match" for Kalmar with the rating of 7.64/10. Hümmet hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with AIK the opponent.The Kalmar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Elfsborg form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Elfsborg so far, with 5-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Allsvenskan statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Elfsborg as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Impressive finishing from Guðjohnsen and Larsson secured the home win 2-0 against Hammarby in their previous game. Goalkeeper Valdimarsson got the top player rating of the team with 8.44/10. Valdimarsson topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Djurgården.The travelling fans enjoy Elfsborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Kalmar wins - draws - Elfsborg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rajovic 7 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 5 goals |
Kalmar missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Kalmar | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 85% |
| 46% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.3 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 16.2 |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 36% |
| 13.8 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
- All of Kalmar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game away.
- Elfsborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the most points (16) away in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kalmar have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kalmar have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 34 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | Häcken | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 29 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Halmstad | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Brommapojkarna | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Mjällby | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Varnamo | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Sirius | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | -22 | 11 |
| 14 | AIK | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Varberg | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 5 |
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
