Allsvenskan preview: Can Elfsborg edge out victory against Kalmar?

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Borås Arena (17800 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Elfsborg and Kalmar in this fresh Allsvenskan season. Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Kalmar have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Allsvenskan

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Kalmar play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Kalmar when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 37 times in these games.

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Elfsborg form and stats

Only two Allsvenskan home games for Elfsborg so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Elfsborg faced defeat in their previous match, away at AIK (0-1). Before that, Elfsborg had a home game versus Mjallby which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Elfsborg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won two times, drawn seven and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elfsborg as they are travelling to their away game against Sirius in the Allsvenskan. That match is four days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Elfsborg at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Kalmar form and stats

Kalmar are still undefeated on their travels in the Allsvenskan. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Kalmar has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sirius for a Allsvenskan game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Örebro.

Kalmar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.

A new game in only four days for Kalmar, the Allsvenskan home match versus IFK Göteborg. Busy days.

Kalmar have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Elfsborg-Kalmar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Elfsborg five wins, Kalmar one win, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ElfsborgM. Ndione
M. Ndione
3 goals
ElfsborgM. Lamine Jarjué
M. Lamine Jarjué
1 goals
KalmarI. Jansson
I. Jansson
1 goals

Elfsborg missing players

Kalmar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elfsborg Kalmar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 12 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 12.8
4.5 6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4
22% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 19%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Kalmar have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Allsvenskan
Elfsborg Last season Kalmar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 6   Won W   5 6
15 8   Drew D   4 10
3 1   Lost L   6 14
49 27   Scored S   19 30
38 20   Conceded C   24 49
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 90%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
53% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
40% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 27%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 10%
67% 73%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
27% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 27%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   20% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
5 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
14.6 15.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 11
4.7 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.4
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 29%

  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 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 AIK 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 9
3 Sirius 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
4 Kalmar 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
5 Norrköping 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 7
6 Malmö FF 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
7 Elfsborg 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 6
8 Östersunds FK 4 1 2 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 5
9 IFK Göteborg 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 Hammarby 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 4
11 Halmstad 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
12 Varberg 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 4
13 Degerfors 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
14 Häcken 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Mjallby 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
16 Örebro 4 0 1 3 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -9 1
Last season 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 30 17 9 4 64 30 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 6 5 4 30 21 34 60
2 Elfsborg 30 12 15 3 49 38 15 6 8 1 27 20 15 6 7 2 22 18 11 51
3 Häcken 30 12 13 5 45 29 15 9 4 2 30 11 15 3 9 3 15 18 16 49
4 Djurgården 30 14 6 10 48 33 15 7 4 4 27 16 15 7 2 6 21 17 15 48
5 Mjallby 30 13 8 9 48 44 15 8 4 3 27 21 15 5 4 6 21 23 4 47
6 Norrköping 30 13 7 10 60 46 15 6 5 4 28 19 15 7 2 6 32 27 14 46
7 Örebro 30 12 6 12 37 41 15 8 3 4 23 21 15 4 3 8 14 20 -4 42
8 Hammarby 30 10 11 9 47 47 15 4 9 2 23 18 15 6 2 7 24 29 0 41
9 AIK 30 10 9 11 30 33 15 6 2 7 15 15 15 4 7 4 15 18 -3 39
10 Sirius 30 9 11 10 43 51 15 5 6 4 28 27 15 4 5 6 15 24 -8 38
11 Varberg 30 10 7 13 45 44 15 7 3 5 25 22 15 3 4 8 20 22 1 37
12 IFK Göteborg 30 7 13 10 35 41 15 3 5 7 15 24 15 4 8 3 20 17 -6 34
13 Östersunds FK 30 8 9 13 27 46 15 2 4 9 12 27 15 6 5 4 15 19 -19 33
14 Kalmar 30 6 10 14 30 49 15 1 6 8 11 25 15 5 4 6 19 24 -19 28
15 Helsingborg 30 5 11 14 33 48 15 3 6 6 12 15 15 2 5 8 21 33 -15 26
16 Falkenberg 30 5 9 16 33 54 15 3 4 8 19 28 15 2 5 8 14 26 -21 24

Elfsborg:
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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 Djurgården 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 AIK 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 9
3 Sirius 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
4 Kalmar 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
5 Norrköping 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 7
6 Malmö FF 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
7 Elfsborg 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 6
8 Östersunds FK 4 1 2 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 5
9 IFK Göteborg 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 Hammarby 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 4
11 Halmstad 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
12 Varberg 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 4
13 Degerfors 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
14 Häcken 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
15 Mjallby 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
16 Örebro 4 0 1 3 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -9 1

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