The first of two encounters in the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Malmö FF will try to edge Víkingur Reykjavík in their own ballpark.
These teams have little in common geographically as Víkingur Reykjavík have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Malmö FF form and stats
Last season, Malmö's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Eleda Stadion as Malmö FF have scored 10 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Allsvenskan are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Malmö FF lost their last game at GIF Sundsvall after a 1-2 scoreline. Peña (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.41/10. Peña scored one goal, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Helsingborg.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Malmö FF, as the Allsvenskan home game vs Varberg is only four days away.
The Malmö FF fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Malmö are not conceding a lot of goals here at Eleda Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Víkingur Reykjavík form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Levadia and Inter Club d'Escaldes in order to reach 1st qualifying round of Champions League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Víkingur Reykjavík playing as the away team in the Pepsideild this season.
The Víkingur Reykjavík goalkeeper Thordur Ingason is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 191 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Víkingur Reykjavík, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus KR last time out.
hometeam won
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting IA in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Víkingur Reykjavík's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Reykjavík as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 4 goals |   K. Ingason 4 goals | N. Hansen 4 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Víkingur Reykjavík missing players
| Malmö FF | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 40 | 72 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 49% | ||
| 10 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Häcken | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | AIK | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Norrköping | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Sirius | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Varnamo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Varberg | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 9 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -15 | 7 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Breidablik | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Stjarnan | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Valur | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | KA | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | KR | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Keflavik | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Fram | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | FH | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | IA | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | IBV | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
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