Helsingborg believe to get a lot of fans in for this match despite that the season has been hard so far with 5 points and a 16th place in the Allsvenskan table. Opponents Kalmar are in 6th place with 19 pts.
- Helsingborg is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Allsvenskan
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Helsingborg form and stats
Helsingborg's struggle is real here at Olympia with only 4 points collected from 6 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. It's trouble wherever Helsingborg are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Helsingborg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Malmö FF (1-2). The defeat against Malmö FF was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Sejdiu). Midfield player Acquah got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Acquah hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Varnamo with the scoreline 1-4.Helsingborg aren't scoring a lot here at Olympia in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Kalmar form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan.
Impressive finishing from Saetra secured the home win 1-0 against Varnamo in their previous game. Defender Saetra was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Saetra scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Djurgården.Kalmar have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kalmar have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Helsingborg, four draws and four wins for Kalmar. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Ali 3 goals | D. Olsson 2 goals | A. van den Hurk 2 goals |
Helsingborg missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Helsingborg | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | 26% |
| 14.1 | 12 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.4 | 11 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- Helsingborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Helsingborg is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | AIK | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Norrköping | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Sirius | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Varnamo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Varberg | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -15 | 7 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
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- Allsvenskan official site
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