Allsvenskan: Kalmar - Värnamo game guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena (12150 seats)

Kalmar have delivered really well so far this season, proven by 5th place in the table. Värnamo have a view both ways from the 6th spot.

Insights:
  • Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This could be an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Kalmar form and stats

The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Kalmar at their home stadium (Guldfågeln Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Kalmar bring valid hopes of a third.

Happy days for Kalmar in their previous game, a fixture away at Degerfors (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The forward Skrabb was declared "man of the match" for Kalmar with a rating of 8.4/10. Skrabb scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Malmö FF.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kalmar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kalmar as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Kalmar has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

It should be noted that a glance at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Kalmar has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 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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Värnamo form and stats

Playing away, Värnamo have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Värnamo's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Malmö FF game.

Impressive finishing from Johansson, Ademi and Engvall secured the home win 3-1 against IFK Göteborg in their previous game. Defender Bergh was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Bergh won 10 of 12 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Norrköping.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Värnamo playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 8 Värnamo wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Värnamo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Värnamo have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Kalmar have been victorious in all of the 5 latest games against this opponent. Something to take note of?

The previous H2H encounter ended Värnamo - Kalmar 0-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

VärnamoG. Engvall
G. Engvall
9 goals
KalmarD. Hümmet
D. Hümmet
8 goals
KalmarS. Skrabb
S. Skrabb
7 goals

Kalmar missing players

Värnamo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kalmar Värnamo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
12 7 1 Won W 1 7 13
6 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
9 3 1 Lost L 3 5 12
32 15 4 Scored S 4 20 33
33 14 5 Conceded C 9 17 30
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 63%
44% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 44%
30% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 26%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
44% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 41%
33% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 33%
30% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 30%
 
4.3 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 5.7
6.5 6.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.7 5.6
1.3 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.3
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 10.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.5 12.4
3.4 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.2 4.4
35% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 28%
 
13.9 12.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 20 15.4 13.3
4.2 4.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Värnamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Elfsborg 27 19 3 5 55 22 14 10 2 2 31 11 13 9 1 3 24 11 33 60
2 Malmö FF 27 18 4 5 58 23 14 10 3 1 37 11 13 8 1 4 21 12 35 58
3 Häcken 27 17 3 7 63 33 14 13 0 1 45 16 13 4 3 6 18 17 30 54
4 Djurgården 27 14 5 8 36 29 14 10 2 2 23 11 13 4 3 6 13 18 7 47
5 Kalmar 27 12 6 9 32 33 13 7 3 3 15 14 14 5 3 6 17 19 -1 42
6 Värnamo 27 13 2 12 33 30 14 6 1 7 13 13 13 7 1 5 20 17 3 41
7 Hammarby 27 11 8 8 37 35 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 3 5 6 12 18 2 41
8 Norrköping 27 11 5 11 41 39 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 5 3 6 24 24 2 38
9 Sirius 27 10 5 12 43 40 14 6 1 7 29 23 13 4 4 5 14 17 3 35
10 Mjallby 27 10 5 12 27 30 13 3 3 7 12 16 14 7 2 5 15 14 -3 35
11 AIK 27 8 7 12 29 35 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 3 2 9 12 23 -6 31
12 Halmstad 27 8 7 12 24 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 13 4 2 7 13 24 -17 31
13 IFK Göteborg 27 7 9 11 29 33 13 5 3 5 18 11 14 2 6 6 11 22 -4 30
14 Brommapojkarna 27 8 3 16 35 49 13 4 2 7 15 20 14 4 1 9 20 29 -14 27
15 Degerfors 27 7 3 17 26 57 14 5 2 7 17 22 13 2 1 10 9 35 -31 24
16 Varberg 27 3 5 19 21 60 13 1 3 9 8 27 14 2 2 10 13 33 -39 14

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 Elfsborg 27 19 3 5 55 22 14 10 2 2 31 11 13 9 1 3 24 11 33 60
2 Malmö FF 27 18 4 5 58 23 14 10 3 1 37 11 13 8 1 4 21 12 35 58
3 Häcken 27 17 3 7 63 33 14 13 0 1 45 16 13 4 3 6 18 17 30 54
4 Djurgården 27 14 5 8 36 29 14 10 2 2 23 11 13 4 3 6 13 18 7 47
5 Kalmar 27 12 6 9 32 33 13 7 3 3 15 14 14 5 3 6 17 19 -1 42
6 Värnamo 27 13 2 12 33 30 14 6 1 7 13 13 13 7 1 5 20 17 3 41
7 Hammarby 27 11 8 8 37 35 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 3 5 6 12 18 2 41
8 Norrköping 27 11 5 11 41 39 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 5 3 6 24 24 2 38
9 Sirius 27 10 5 12 43 40 14 6 1 7 29 23 13 4 4 5 14 17 3 35
10 Mjallby 27 10 5 12 27 30 13 3 3 7 12 16 14 7 2 5 15 14 -3 35
11 AIK 27 8 7 12 29 35 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 3 2 9 12 23 -6 31
12 Halmstad 27 8 7 12 24 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 13 4 2 7 13 24 -17 31
13 IFK Göteborg 27 7 9 11 29 33 13 5 3 5 18 11 14 2 6 6 11 22 -4 30
14 Brommapojkarna 27 8 3 16 35 49 13 4 2 7 15 20 14 4 1 9 20 29 -14 27
15 Degerfors 27 7 3 17 26 57 14 5 2 7 17 22 13 2 1 10 9 35 -31 24
16 Varberg 27 3 5 19 21 60 13 1 3 9 8 27 14 2 2 10 13 33 -39 14

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