The league table reveals that 13 points split the pair of contenders in this Allsvenskan match. Malmö FF hold both the points- and home advantage.
- Malmö FF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have scored more than double the goals of Halmstad.
This could be an entertaining game with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Eleda Stadion. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Malmö FF's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Värnamo (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league win after three matches without. Thelin, a striker, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.23 (out of 10). Thelin scored two goals.
Before that, Malmö FF played out a draw 0-0 when visiting AIK.Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league matches with this side has had three or more goals.
Goals are plentiful at Eleda Stadion in the league this season as Malmö has scored 25 goals here in 9 home games. From these home matches, Malmö FF have conceded only 8 goals.
Halmstad form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan.
Halmstad are looking to quickly end their 187 minutes long goal drought in the Allsvenskan.
Halmstad failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Varberg (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-5. Before that defeat this team had taken at least one point from eight league rounds in a row. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Varberg was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Love, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.15. Love hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw at IFK Göteborg's stadium before that.The visiting Halmstad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. Halmstad's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Malmö have put together a streak of 19 consecutive matches without losing (13-6-0) when facing Halmstad.Malmö FF and Halmstad have duelled previously this season: Halmstad - Malmö FF 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 12 goals |  S. Nanasi 9 goals |   V. Granat 6 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Halmstad missing players
| Malmö FF | Halmstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 38 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 76% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 71% | 89% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 41% | 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 41% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 7.4 | 8.7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 19.2 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| 6.4 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 29% |
| 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 18.5 | 16.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
- Halmstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Malmö FF have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Malmö FF have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Malmö FF have scored more than double the goals of Halmstad.
- Malmö FF have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Malmö FF 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 | Elfsborg | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Häcken | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Norrköping | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Halmstad | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Brommapojkarna | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Värnamo | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | AIK | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Sirius | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | IFK Göteborg | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Varberg | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
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