International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Malmö FF and Juventus are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Juventus when visiting Malmö as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League.Malmö FF are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Eleda Stadion. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Malmö drew their last game, also a home match. Norrköping was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Felix Beijmo, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Beijmo served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels. The hometeam coach J. Dahl Tomasson made a successful contribution in the game against Norrköping, bringing on Adi Nalić who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hammarby in the Allsvenskan.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Allsvenskan game versus Djurgården in only four days. This game is also played here at Eleda Stadion.
Goals decide football matches and Malmö are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. Malmö's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Juventus form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Porto drew the shortest straw.The Serie A season is young and Juventus have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Juventus play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Napoli. Midfield player Manuel Locatelli was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Locatelli dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, in the Serie A, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Empoli.It's early days yet, but Juventus has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior two meetings): Malmö won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Juventus have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 8 goals |  V. Birmančević 7 goals |  A. Nalic 5 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Juventus missing players
| Malmö FF | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.4 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
- Almagro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almagro have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Primera B Nacional
- Almagro have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Primera B Nacional
- Almagro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Almagro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Atlético Rafaela is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barracas Central | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 39 |
| 2 | Club Atletico Guemes | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Defensores de Belgrano | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Moron | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | Brown de Adrogue | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Independiente Rivadavia | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Almagro | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Instituto | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Tristan Suarez | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | San Martín San Juan | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | All Boys | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Atlético Rafaela | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | San Telmo | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Deportivo Santamarina | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 17 | Villa Dálmine | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Guillermo Brown | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 20 |