Europa League betting and spectator preview: Malmö FF and Lokomotiva Zagreb meet at Malmö Stadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Malmö have less rest than Lokomotiva Zagreb in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Allsvenskan game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Norrköping.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Honved and Cracovia Krakow. Malmö participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Malmö FF have performed here at Malmö Stadion this season with 7 wins from 11 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. The Malmö fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Malmö Stadion and will expect new points from this game. Malmö FF has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.
Malmö shared the glory with Norrköping in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Honved with a 2-0 scoreline.
Malmö are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew one and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Malmö, as the Allsvenskan home game vs Häcken is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Malmö FF in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Malmö have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
The 1. HNL season is young and Lokomotiva Zagreb have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Lokomotiva lost away at Sibenik (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Gorica was the result prior to that, in a 1. HNL home game.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Lokomotiva played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lokomotiva Zagreb manager G. Tomić as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Slaven Koprivnica.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lokomotiva Zagreb have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. The Lokomotiva defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
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Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Malmö FF | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 401 | 219 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 225 | ||
| 126 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 90 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 41 |
| 2 | Häcken | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Sirius | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Östersunds FK | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varberg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Örebro | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | AIK | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | IFK Göteborg | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Kalmar | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Gorica | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Osijek | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
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