This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Malmö FF at Eleda Stadion when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and FC Union Berlin with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.Malmö FF are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Eleda Stadion. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Malmö FF has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Malmö FF drew their last game, also a home match. Hammarby was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Hadžikadunić, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Hadžikadunić won 2 of 4 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Helsingborg.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Varnamo are coming to town in three days.
Malmö FF have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eleda Stadion with 21 goals in 12 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 8 from 12 matches.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of FC Union Berlin playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
FC Union Berlin lost away at Eintracht Frankfurt (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Wolfsburg.The schedule is very tough for Berlin now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Bundesliga game at Stuttgart is waiting in only three days.
FC Union Berlin are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Berlin as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 10 goals |   S. Becker 6 goals |  V. Birmančević 5 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| Malmö FF | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Scored | S | 26 | 45 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.7 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 9.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 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 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Djurgården | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | AIK | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Elfsborg | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Varberg | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -38 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 1 |
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