Champions League preview and statistics: Malmö FF vs Chelsea full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 02.November
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eleda Stadion

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Malmö FF and Chelsea are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

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 Malmö and Chelsea.

These teams have little in common geographically as Chelsea have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Malmö FF form and stats

Last season, Malmö FF's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.

Malmö FF are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Eleda Stadion. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Malmö FF has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

Malmö enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sirius's place. The match ended 3-2 with Antonio Čolak (2) and Jo Inge Berget scoring. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Dahl Tomasson when Antonio Čolak scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute. A late climax in the match against Sirius as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Antonio Čolak. Midfield player Jo Inge Berget got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Berget scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Malmö won a home game hosting AIK (1-0).

Goals decide football matches and Malmö FF are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Chelsea form and stats

Nothing but glory last season for Chelsea, as they won the Champions League.

4-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chelsea in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away. The fact that Chelsea have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is eager to challenge this, with his 299 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two travels in a row for Chelsea, whose manager T. Tuchel could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Newcastle United. Midfield player Reece James was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.23/10. James scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 63 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Southampton (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup.

As mentioned earlier, Chelsea will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (zero by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Chelsea are hosting Burnley in the Premier League only four days away.

Chelsea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Chelsea are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Chelsea - Malmö 4-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Malmö zero wins, zero draws and Chelsea three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MalmöA. Čolak
A. Čolak
13 goals
Malmö FFV. Birmančević
V. Birmančević
9 goals
Malmö FFA. Nalic
A. Nalic
7 goals

Malmö FF missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Malmö FF Chelsea
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
13 7   Won W   8 15
5 2   Drew D   1 5
7 3   Lost L   2 5
45 24   Scored S   18 46
31 13   Conceded C   7 17
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
64% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 52%
32% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 16%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
52% 58%   BTTS BTTS   45% 44%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 40%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   9% 16%
 
5.6 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 6.2
4.6 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.6
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.6 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 15.3
5.2 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.8
32% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
2 Chelsea 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
3 Zenit 3 1 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
4 Malmö FF 3 0 0 3 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 8 -11 0
  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 26 15 6 5 53 28 13 8 3 2 29 14 13 7 3 3 24 14 25 51
2 Elfsborg 25 15 3 7 43 26 13 8 2 3 24 13 12 7 1 4 19 13 17 48
3 Djurgården 25 14 5 6 40 26 13 9 2 2 27 15 12 5 3 4 13 11 14 47
4 AIK 25 14 5 6 33 20 13 11 2 0 22 6 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 47
5 Hammarby 25 12 7 6 42 33 13 9 3 1 27 14 12 3 4 5 15 19 9 43
6 Kalmar 26 11 8 7 35 32 13 5 5 3 17 14 13 6 3 4 18 18 3 41
7 Norrköping 25 12 4 9 39 31 12 7 3 2 23 12 13 5 1 7 16 19 8 40
8 Varberg 26 8 9 9 32 32 13 5 5 3 15 13 13 3 4 6 17 19 0 33
9 Häcken 26 8 8 10 42 40 13 5 3 5 27 20 13 3 5 5 15 20 2 32
10 IFK Göteborg 25 8 7 10 32 33 13 5 3 5 19 15 12 3 4 5 13 18 -1 31
11 Sirius 26 8 6 12 28 44 13 6 1 6 15 16 13 2 5 6 13 28 -16 30
12 Mjallby 25 6 10 9 25 24 12 4 4 4 12 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 1 28
13 Degerfors 25 8 4 13 28 43 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 10 27 -15 28
14 Halmstad 25 5 12 8 20 24 12 2 9 1 9 8 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 27
15 Örebro 25 4 5 16 18 49 12 2 4 6 10 18 13 2 1 10 8 31 -31 17
16 Östersunds FK 26 3 5 18 24 49 13 3 2 8 18 20 13 0 3 10 6 29 -25 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 10 8 1 1 26 3 5 4 0 1 16 2 5 4 1 0 10 1 23 25
2 Liverpool 10 6 4 0 29 8 5 2 3 0 10 5 5 4 1 0 19 3 21 22
3 Manchester City 10 6 2 2 20 6 5 3 1 1 12 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 14 20
4 West Ham United 9 5 2 2 16 10 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 17
5 Manchester United 10 5 2 3 19 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 17
6 Arsenal 10 5 2 3 12 13 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 2 1 2 3 7 -1 17
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 4 4 2 11 11 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 6 4 0 16
8 Tottenham Hotspur 10 5 0 5 9 16 5 3 0 2 4 7 5 2 0 3 5 9 -7 15
9 Everton 9 4 2 3 15 14 5 3 0 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 14
10 Leicester City 10 4 2 4 15 17 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 2 1 2 8 10 -2 14
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 4 1 4 9 9 4 1 0 3 2 5 5 3 1 1 7 4 0 13
12 Brentford 10 3 3 4 12 12 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 12
13 Crystal Palace 10 2 6 2 13 14 5 1 4 0 7 4 5 1 2 2 6 10 -1 12
14 Southampton 10 2 5 3 9 12 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 5 8 -3 11
15 Aston Villa 9 3 1 5 13 15 4 2 1 1 8 4 5 1 0 4 5 11 -2 10
16 Watford 10 3 1 6 12 18 5 1 1 3 4 11 5 2 0 3 8 7 -6 10
17 Burnley 10 1 4 5 10 16 5 1 2 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 5 11 -6 7
18 Leeds United 9 1 4 4 8 16 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 3 8 -8 7
19 Newcastle United 10 0 4 6 11 23 5 0 2 3 7 13 5 0 2 3 4 10 -12 4
20 Norwich City 9 0 2 7 2 23 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 0 1 4 0 15 -21 2

Malmö FF:
Chelsea:
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 Juventus 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
2 Chelsea 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
3 Zenit 3 1 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
4 Malmö FF 3 0 0 3 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 8 -11 0

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