Europa League match preview: Malmö FF versus Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 27.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Malmö Stadion (5000 seats)

Europa League betting and spectator preview: Malmö FF and Cracovia Kraków meet at Malmö Stadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

The hosts Malmö saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Allsvenskan. This match was also played here at Malmö Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cracovia Kraków have had more rest.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cracovia Kraków, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

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Malmö FF form and stats

Last season, Malmö's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.

7-2-0 is the performance here at Malmö Stadion so far in the Allsvenskan, giving Malmö FF a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! The Malmö FF fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Malmö Stadion and will expect new points from this game. Malmö FF has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat. Malmö haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Elfsborg, 53 days ago.

Malmö's last game was hosting Falkenberg and winning 2-1. Before that, Malmö played out a Allsvenskan draw 2-2 when visiting Mjallby.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Allsvenskan game versus Elfsborg in only three days. This game is also played here at Malmö Stadion.

The Malmö manager J. Dahl Tomasson has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. From these home matches, Malmö have conceded only 7 goals.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.

The supporters enjoyed Cracovia's previous game versus Pogon Szczecin, a Ekstraklasa 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chrobry Gogow (after extra-time) at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Cracovia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ekstraklasa game at Podbeskidzie is waiting in only three days.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MalmöI. Thelin
I. Thelin
8 goals
Malmö FFA. Christiansen
A. Christiansen
6 goals
Malmö FFJ. Berget
J. Berget
6 goals

Malmö FF missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Malmö FF Cracovia Kraków
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
15 10   Won W   5 11
6 2   Drew D   1 3
4 1   Lost L   6 11
49 29   Scored S   17 36
27 13   Conceded C   16 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 80%
72% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 64%
28% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 20%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
64% 62%   BTTS BTTS   58% 64%
28% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 16%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   25% 24%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   7.7 6.8
3.8 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6 6.3
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
347 186   Total Shots T S   146 279
109 63   Shots on Target S O   67 120
45% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 30%

  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 17 11 5 1 35 16 9 7 2 0 19 7 8 4 3 1 16 9 19 38
2 Elfsborg 17 8 7 2 29 23 8 3 4 1 15 12 9 5 3 1 14 11 6 31
3 Djurgården 17 9 3 5 27 17 9 4 3 2 17 10 8 5 0 3 10 7 10 30
4 Norrköping 16 8 4 4 35 23 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 3 2 3 20 17 12 28
5 Sirius 17 7 7 3 32 27 9 4 3 2 21 19 8 3 4 1 11 8 5 28
6 Häcken 16 7 6 3 29 17 9 6 2 1 19 5 7 1 4 2 10 12 12 27
7 Hammarby 17 6 6 5 21 23 8 3 4 1 10 6 9 3 2 4 11 17 -2 24
8 Östersunds FK 17 5 6 6 15 18 8 1 2 5 7 12 9 4 4 1 8 6 -3 21
9 Varberg 17 5 5 7 25 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 8 1 3 4 12 14 -1 20
10 Mjallby 16 5 5 6 20 25 8 3 3 2 13 14 8 2 2 4 7 11 -5 20
11 Örebro 17 4 5 8 16 23 8 2 3 3 6 9 9 2 2 5 10 14 -7 17
12 AIK 17 4 5 8 16 24 8 2 2 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 8 13 -8 17
13 IFK Göteborg 17 2 10 5 20 27 9 1 4 4 10 16 8 1 6 1 10 11 -7 16
14 Kalmar 16 3 4 9 17 25 8 1 3 4 9 11 8 2 1 5 8 14 -8 13
15 Falkenberg 17 2 7 8 19 28 8 0 4 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 11 15 -9 13
16 Helsingborg 17 2 7 8 15 29 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 0 4 5 7 19 -14 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gornik Zabrze 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Slask Wrocaw 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Legia Warszawa 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Zagebie Lubin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Lechia Gdansk 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Stal Mielec 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Wisla Plock 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lech Poznan 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Pogon Szczecin 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Rakow Czestochowa 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Warta Poznan 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Podbeskidzie 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
15 Piast Gliwice 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Cracovia Kraków 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.