Football match preview: Kalmar vs Häcken

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena (12150 seats)

It's been seven days and nights since Kalmar ran out versus Elfsborg and the score was 3-0. Can they win against Häcken?

Insights:
  • Kalmar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (55) in Allsvenskan

Häcken could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Häcken.

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Kalmar form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Kalmar so far this season.

It's back home for Kalmar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Elfsborg away with the result 3-0. Saetra and Girmai found the net in that victory. Kalmar decided the match against Elfsborg in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy. Goalkeeper Friedrich got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.15 out of ten. Friedrich topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Mjallby (0-2).

Kalmar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kalmar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Häcken form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (55) in Allsvenskan, on their Allsvenskan travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Häcken are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Two away matches in a row for Häcken, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Europa League. Midfield player Jensen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Jensen hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 59 successful passes (of 69 total).

Before that, Häcken secured a home win against Halmstad with the score 3-2.

The schedule is very tough for Häcken now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Svenska Cupen game at Jonsered is waiting in only three days.

The visiting Häcken have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. Häcken have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Häcken - Kalmar 1-3 was the scoreline in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Kalmar won three, Häcken triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

HäckenM. Rygaard Jensen
M. Rygaard Jensen
7 goals
KalmarD. Hümmet
D. Hümmet
6 goals
HäckenE. Hovland
E. Hovland
6 goals

Kalmar missing players

Häcken missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kalmar Häcken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
9 5 0 Won W 0 4 15
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 2
8 3 1 Lost L 2 5 6
27 13 0 Scored S 2 16 55
31 14 4 Conceded C 4 14 29
91% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 83%
48% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 70%
30% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 61%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 35%
48% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 65%
30% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 17%
30% 27% 100% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 17%
 
4.5 5.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.2 6.2
6.6 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 5.4
1.4 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 0.9
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.9 11.3 4 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 15.5 16.6
3.4 3.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.2 6.3
34% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 28% 38%
 
14.4 12.9 19 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.2 14.4
4.2 4.4 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.3
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Häcken have scored more than double the goals of Kalmar.
  • Häcken have the most points from losing position (16) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have the most scored goals (55) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Allsvenskan
  • Häcken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kalmar have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 23 15 4 4 49 20 12 8 3 1 30 10 11 7 1 3 19 10 29 49
2 Elfsborg 23 15 3 5 46 21 12 8 2 2 26 10 11 7 1 3 20 11 25 48
3 Häcken 23 15 2 6 55 29 12 11 0 1 39 15 11 4 2 5 16 14 26 47
4 Djurgården 23 12 4 7 34 27 12 9 1 2 22 11 11 3 3 5 12 16 7 40
5 Hammarby 23 10 5 8 33 32 11 8 1 2 22 14 12 2 4 6 11 18 1 35
6 Norrköping 23 10 4 9 36 31 12 5 2 5 16 15 11 5 2 4 20 16 5 34
7 Mjallby 23 10 4 9 24 24 11 3 3 5 10 12 12 7 1 4 14 12 0 34
8 Kalmar 23 9 6 8 27 31 11 5 3 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 14 17 -4 33
9 Varnamo 23 10 2 11 25 25 11 4 1 6 8 10 12 6 1 5 17 15 0 32
10 Halmstad 23 8 5 10 23 38 11 4 3 4 10 15 12 4 2 6 13 23 -15 29
11 IFK Göteborg 23 6 8 9 26 28 12 5 3 4 18 10 11 1 5 5 8 18 -2 26
12 Brommapojkarna 23 8 2 13 30 39 11 4 1 6 13 15 12 4 1 7 17 24 -9 26
13 AIK 23 6 7 10 26 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 12 3 2 7 12 18 -4 25
14 Sirius 23 6 5 12 35 36 12 4 1 7 23 19 11 2 4 5 12 17 -1 23
15 Degerfors 23 7 2 14 22 49 12 5 2 5 15 17 11 2 0 9 7 32 -27 23
16 Varberg 23 3 5 15 20 51 11 1 3 7 8 25 12 2 2 8 12 26 -31 14

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Table
  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 23 15 4 4 49 20 12 8 3 1 30 10 11 7 1 3 19 10 29 49
2 Elfsborg 23 15 3 5 46 21 12 8 2 2 26 10 11 7 1 3 20 11 25 48
3 Häcken 23 15 2 6 55 29 12 11 0 1 39 15 11 4 2 5 16 14 26 47
4 Djurgården 23 12 4 7 34 27 12 9 1 2 22 11 11 3 3 5 12 16 7 40
5 Hammarby 23 10 5 8 33 32 11 8 1 2 22 14 12 2 4 6 11 18 1 35
6 Norrköping 23 10 4 9 36 31 12 5 2 5 16 15 11 5 2 4 20 16 5 34
7 Mjallby 23 10 4 9 24 24 11 3 3 5 10 12 12 7 1 4 14 12 0 34
8 Kalmar 23 9 6 8 27 31 11 5 3 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 14 17 -4 33
9 Varnamo 23 10 2 11 25 25 11 4 1 6 8 10 12 6 1 5 17 15 0 32
10 Halmstad 23 8 5 10 23 38 11 4 3 4 10 15 12 4 2 6 13 23 -15 29
11 IFK Göteborg 23 6 8 9 26 28 12 5 3 4 18 10 11 1 5 5 8 18 -2 26
12 Brommapojkarna 23 8 2 13 30 39 11 4 1 6 13 15 12 4 1 7 17 24 -9 26
13 AIK 23 6 7 10 26 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 12 3 2 7 12 18 -4 25
14 Sirius 23 6 5 12 35 36 12 4 1 7 23 19 11 2 4 5 12 17 -1 23
15 Degerfors 23 7 2 14 22 49 12 5 2 5 15 17 11 2 0 9 7 32 -27 23
16 Varberg 23 3 5 15 20 51 11 1 3 7 8 25 12 2 2 8 12 26 -31 14

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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.