Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Smedby & Malmö FF face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Smedby and Malmö FF.
Smedby form and stats
Smedby have reached this Svenska Cupen stage through battling and winning against Torstorps. Smedby was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Svenska Cupen.The Smedby crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Haninge here at PreZero Arena.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting IFK Eskilstuna.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Smedby as they are travelling to their away game against Sleipner in the Division 2: Sodra Svealand. That match is four days after this one.
Malmö FF form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Malmö FF have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far.
Malmö FF's last game was the home draw against Djurgården (0-0). Midfielder Peña was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Peña hit one key pass and had 86 successful passes (of 98 total).
It was a Allsvenskan defeat before that one as the away game against Mjällby wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Malmö find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 12 goals |  S. Nanasi 9 goals |  S. Vecchia Holmquist 5 goals |
Smedby missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Smedby | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 48 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 2.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 89% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Häcken | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 44 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Brommapojkarna | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Halmstad | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -23 | 20 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | AIK | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Varberg | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -22 | 11 |
- Malmö FF
- Sydsvenskan - (local newspaper)
- Svenska Fans: Malmö FF - (supporter blog)
