Eleda Stadion Europa League clash: Crowds ready for Malmö FF - Union Saint-Gilloise action

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 27.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eleda Stadion

Europa League betting and spectator preview: Malmö FF and Union Saint-Gilloise meet at Eleda Stadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

These teams have little in common geographically as Union Saint-Gilloise have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Malmö have less rest than Union Saint-Gilloise in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Allsvenskan game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Häcken, so at least Malmö FF are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Malmö FF form and stats

Malmö participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round.

When playing at home in the Allsvenskan, Malmö FF have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in this competition.

No payout for Malmö FF in their previous match, an away game at Häcken that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Peña got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Peña hit two key passes and had 78 successful passes (of 92 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Djurgården with the scoreline 2-3.

The manager Hareide will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Varberg in only three days.

Malmö FF have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eleda Stadion with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Malmö have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

Playing away, Union Saint-Gilloise have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pro League this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

Union Saint-Gilloise delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Club Brugge in their previous game. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Union Saint-Gilloise's duel with Club Brugge. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Nieuwkoop found the equalizer. Nieuwkoop got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Nieuwkoop scored one goal.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Gent in the Pro League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to RFC Seraing.

The Union Saint-Gilloise manager Geraerts has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Saint-Gilloise have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Union Saint-Gilloise - Malmö FF 3-2 was the end result in these participants' latest h2h match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Malmö FFI. Thelin
I. Thelin
11 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
6 goals
Malmö FFV. Birmančević
V. Birmančević
5 goals

Malmö FF missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Malmö FF Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
9 5   Won W   8 15
4 2   Drew D   3 6
12 5   Lost L   3 4
41 16   Scored S   26 48
31 13   Conceded C   16 30
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
76% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 84%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 68%
32% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 16%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 60%
24% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
32% 50%   Failed to Score F T   21% 12%
 
5.5 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.2
4.1 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.2
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
13.7 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.6
4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
34% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 42%
 
11.3 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 9.1
4.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 1 0 9 6 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 10
2 Sporting Braga 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 7
3 FC Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
4 Malmö FF 4 0 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -5 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 Häcken 28 17 9 2 62 34 14 9 3 2 35 18 14 8 6 0 27 16 28 60
2 Djurgården 27 15 6 6 50 24 13 10 1 2 34 10 14 5 5 4 16 14 26 51
3 Hammarby 28 14 8 6 54 25 14 8 5 1 33 11 14 6 3 5 21 14 29 50
4 Kalmar 27 14 5 8 35 23 14 9 2 3 16 7 13 5 3 5 19 16 12 47
5 AIK 27 13 8 6 43 33 14 8 4 2 21 10 13 5 4 4 22 23 10 47
6 Elfsborg 28 11 10 7 51 35 14 7 5 2 30 19 14 4 5 5 21 16 16 43
7 Malmö FF 28 12 6 10 37 30 14 8 3 3 23 11 14 4 3 7 14 19 7 42
8 IFK Göteborg 27 12 3 12 37 34 13 6 3 4 18 14 14 6 0 8 19 20 3 39
9 Mjallby 27 9 10 8 27 30 13 4 6 3 16 17 14 5 4 5 11 13 -3 37
10 Varnamo 27 9 8 10 32 42 13 5 5 3 15 13 14 4 3 7 17 29 -10 35
11 Norrköping 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 4 5 24 19 13 3 4 6 12 18 -1 32
12 Sirius 27 8 7 12 26 37 13 6 1 6 15 14 14 2 6 6 11 23 -11 31
13 Degerfors 28 7 8 13 30 47 14 5 5 4 17 18 14 2 3 9 13 29 -17 29
14 Varberg 27 7 7 13 25 46 14 4 5 5 13 20 13 3 2 8 12 26 -21 28
15 Helsingborg 28 4 5 19 22 47 14 2 3 9 9 20 14 2 2 10 13 27 -25 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 27 4 2 21 26 69 14 4 0 10 18 35 13 0 2 11 8 34 -43 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 Genk 13 11 1 1 33 12 7 6 1 0 18 6 6 5 0 1 15 6 21 34
2 Antwerp 13 11 0 2 27 11 7 7 0 0 19 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 16 33
3 Club Brugge 14 9 2 3 28 14 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 12 8 14 29
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 9 2 3 29 18 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 29
5 Standard Liege 13 7 1 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 12 7 6 3 0 3 7 10 2 22
6 Westerlo 14 7 1 6 25 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 8 3 0 5 13 20 -1 22
7 OH Leuven 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 8 3 3 2 16 13 0 21
8 Gent 13 6 2 5 23 16 6 3 1 2 12 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 7 20
9 Cercle Brugge 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 7 2 0 5 7 15 -2 18
10 Sint-Truiden 14 4 5 5 12 15 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 17
11 Mechelen 14 5 2 7 21 25 8 4 1 3 15 13 6 1 1 4 6 12 -4 17
12 Anderlecht 13 5 1 7 21 16 7 3 1 3 11 7 6 2 0 4 10 9 5 16
13 Sporting Charleroi 14 5 1 8 20 25 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 3 0 4 9 11 -5 16
14 AS Eupen 14 4 0 10 15 29 7 2 0 5 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 15 -14 12
15 RFC Seraing 13 3 2 8 13 22 6 0 1 5 1 10 7 3 1 3 12 12 -9 11
16 KV Oostende 13 3 2 8 13 25 6 2 0 4 6 13 7 1 2 4 7 12 -12 11
17 Zulte-Waregem 13 3 2 8 15 28 7 2 0 5 10 20 6 1 2 3 5 8 -13 11
18 Kortrijk 14 3 2 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 4 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 11

Malmö FF:
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 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 3 1 0 9 6 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 10
2 Sporting Braga 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 7
3 FC Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
4 Malmö FF 4 0 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -5 0

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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.