Allsvenskan preview: Can Häcken edge out victory against Kalmar?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Häcken and Kalmar.

Häcken form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Häcken have to build on here at Bravida Arena. Häcken has recorded two wins in a row here at Bravida Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to Bravida Arena after sharing the points with Östersunds FK on their last time out; the Allsvenskan game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against GIF Sundsvall.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Häcken's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The manager A. Alm will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sirius in only four days.

Häcken have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bravida Arena with 6 goals in 4 matches. Defensively Häcken have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Kalmar form and stats

Kalmar are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

The supporters enjoyed Kalmar's previous game versus Helsingborg, a Allsvenskan 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Östersunds FK.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kalmar playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 0 home wins.

The schedule is very tough for Kalmar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Allsvenskan game at Malmö FF is waiting in only four days.

Kalmar find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Kalmar have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 8 Häcken victories, 1 draw and 1 Kalmar win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paulinho 4 goals / 1 assists

A. Jeremejeff 3 goals / 1 assists

A. Andersson 2 goals

Häcken missing players

Kalmar missing players