Allsvenskan: Elfsborg welcome Kalmar in what promises to be an appealing football game. Tipsway gives you a full preview!
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kalmar have scored away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Kalmar have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
Elfsborg and Kalmar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Elfsborg form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Borås Arena as Elfsborg have scored 26 goals to get 26 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Allsvenskan are 8-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Elfsborg tasted defeat here at Borås Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
No payout for Elfsborg in their previous match, an away game at Varnamo that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfielder Baldursson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Baldursson hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Norrköping in a game that was won 3-2.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 11 games), Elfsborg's attacking play is working. Elfsborg have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kalmar form and stats
3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kalmar in their Allsvenskan matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Mjallby with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Gojani was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Gojani hit three key passes and had 78 successful passes (of 89 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brommapojkarna at their stadium, the result 3-2.Kalmar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These sides met each other before this campaign: Kalmar - Elfsborg 0-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Elfsborg wins - draws - Kalmar wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Okkels 9 goals |  S. Gudjohnsen 7 goals |  D. Hümmet 6 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Elfsborg | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 46 | 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 77% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 77% |
| 50% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 45% | 45% |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 36% | 32% |
| 18% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 50% |
| 45% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16.3 | 17.2 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 |
| 6 | 6.5 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 35% | 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | 34% |
| 10.8 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.5 | 14.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Elfsborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kalmar have scored away.
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg have the the best goal difference (+28) in Allsvenskan
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kalmar have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Kalmar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elfsborg | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 28 | 48 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Häcken | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Norrköping | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Mjallby | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Kalmar | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Varnamo | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Halmstad | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 29 |
| 11 | Brommapojkarna | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | -25 | 23 |
| 14 | AIK | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Sirius | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Varberg | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -24 | 14 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
