This match features two teams living in the basement of the Allsvenskan, Östersunds FK holding 12th place and Kalmar lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Östersunds and Kalmar.
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 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-31. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Kalmar when visiting Östersunds as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Östersunds FK form and stats
Östersunds FK's results here at Jämtkraft Arena in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Östersunds are slowly digging their own grave here at Jämtkraft Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sirius match.
It's back home for Östersunds, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AIK away with the result 1-0. Ludvig Fritzson found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Elfsborg that was lost 0-1.
Östersunds FK have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Kalmar form and stats
Kalmar have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
There were no winners in Kalmar's previous match, a Allsvenskan home game that ended 1-1 vs IFK Göteborg (placed 11th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Häcken.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kalmar have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Kalmar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Kalmar - Östersunds 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Östersunds FK victories, two draws and three Kalmar wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Fritzson 3 goals |  N. Sonko-Sundberg 2 goals |   F. Aliti 2 goals |
Östersunds FK missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Östersunds FK | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 80% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 33% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 27% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 152 | 66 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 64 | 197 |
| 44 | 18 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 25 | 59 |
| 27% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 29% |
- Kalmar has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Kalmar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Östersunds FK has the fewest points (2) at home
- Östersunds FK has the fewest scored goals (12)
- Östersunds FK has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Östersunds FK has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Östersunds FK has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
- Östersunds FK have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Östersunds FK have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Östersunds FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Östersunds FK have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Östersunds FK have yet to win a 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Häcken | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Sirius | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Östersunds FK | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Kalmar | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | AIK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
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- Allsvenskan official site
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