Yet another interesting fixture in the Allsvenskan. IFK Göteborg is in the 4th position after participating in five fixtures. They receive Kalmar who are placed 11th after five matches.
- IFK Göteborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kalmar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
Only two Allsvenskan home games for IFK Göteborg so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
IFK Göteborg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Malmö FF (0-1). Göteborg's goalkeeper Hahn was extremely busy against Malmö FF, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Djurgården that ended 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with IFK Göteborg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with IFK Göteborg as a small favourite), we find five games. IFK Göteborg has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.
IFK Göteborg has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Kalmar form and stats
Things could have gone better for Kalmar in their Allsvenskan away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Kalmar failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Norrköping (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Jansson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Jansson scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting GIF Sundsvall's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kalmar playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Kalmar wins, three draws and four defeats.
It's early days yet, but Kalmar has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two IFK Göteborg victories, three draws and five Kalmar wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Berg 2 goals |   O. Berg 2 goals |  H. Aiesh 1 goals |
IFK Göteborg missing players
Kalmar missing players
| IFK Göteborg | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 7.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 15.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 50% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 26% |
| 12.6 | 10.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
- All of IFK Göteborg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- IFK Göteborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- IFK Göteborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kalmar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| IFK Göteborg | Last season | Kalmar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 30% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 23% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | ||
| 13.4 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hammarby | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Mjallby | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | IFK Göteborg | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | AIK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Häcken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Djurgården | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Varberg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Sirius | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Kalmar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Värnamo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Norrköping | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 16 | Degerfors | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Fans: IFK Göteborg - (supporter blog)
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
