IFK Göteborg vs Kalmar match preview: Even contest expected at Gamla Ullevi

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Mon 27.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gamla Ullevi (18800 seats)

Here's all you must know, and then some, going into the IFK Göteborg - Kalmar match!

Insights:
  • Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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 IFK Göteborg and Kalmar.

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IFK Göteborg form and stats

All-inclusive Allsvenskan stats at home this season for IFK Göteborg are 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Göteborg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Allsvenskan game against Hammarby (placed 6th). Gustav Svensson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.12/10. Svensson hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as IFK Göteborg lost 1-3 at AIK's place.

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

Göteborg has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, IFK Göteborg have conceded 13 goals.

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Kalmar form and stats

Playing away, Kalmar have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season. Having won their last three away games Kalmar has no reason to fear anyone.

Kalmar's last game was the home draw against AIK (1-1). Attacker Oliver Berg got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Berg scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Halmstad with the score of 1-0.

Kalmar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Kalmar have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Kalmar - Göteborg 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Göteborg victories, three draws and five Kalmar wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KalmarO. Berg
O. Berg
8 goals
GöteborgT. Sana
T. Sana
5 goals
IFK GöteborgM. Berg
M. Berg
5 goals

IFK Göteborg missing players

Kalmar missing players

IFK Göteborg Kalmar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 9 20
5 3 0 Won W 3 4 8
7 3 3 Drew D 0 3 7
8 4 1 Lost L 0 2 5
24 14 4 Scored S 3 10 22
29 13 5 Conceded C 0 10 21
80% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 60%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
35% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 20%
25% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
55% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 50%
30% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 35%
35% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 25%
 
4.8 4.9 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 5.6 5.8
4.8 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 12.1 12.8
3.6 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4
33% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 27%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 12 5 3 34 17 11 8 2 1 24 10 9 4 3 2 10 7 17 41
2 AIK 20 12 5 3 30 16 11 9 2 0 20 6 9 3 3 3 10 10 14 41
3 Malmö FF 20 11 5 4 40 23 10 6 3 1 23 12 10 5 2 3 17 11 17 38
4 Elfsborg 20 11 3 6 34 21 11 6 2 3 20 13 9 5 1 3 14 8 13 36
5 Norrköping 20 10 3 7 32 21 9 5 2 2 16 8 11 5 1 5 16 13 11 33
6 Hammarby 20 9 6 5 34 26 11 7 3 1 22 11 9 2 3 4 12 15 8 33
7 Kalmar 20 8 7 5 22 21 11 4 4 3 12 11 9 4 3 2 10 10 1 31
8 Varberg BoIS 20 7 6 7 24 25 10 4 3 3 11 12 10 3 3 4 13 13 -1 27
9 Sirius 20 7 5 8 22 32 10 5 1 4 11 11 10 2 4 4 11 21 -10 26
10 Häcken 20 6 6 8 30 30 9 4 2 3 18 12 11 2 4 5 12 18 0 24
11 IFK Göteborg 20 5 7 8 24 29 10 3 3 4 14 13 10 2 4 4 10 16 -5 22
12 Halmstad 20 4 9 7 13 17 9 2 6 1 6 5 11 2 3 6 7 12 -4 21
13 Mjällby 20 3 9 8 13 19 9 2 4 3 3 5 11 1 5 5 10 14 -6 18
14 Degerfors 20 5 3 12 21 38 9 4 1 4 13 12 11 1 2 8 8 26 -17 18
15 Örebro 20 4 4 12 14 37 10 2 4 4 8 14 10 2 0 8 6 23 -23 16
16 Östersunds FK 20 3 3 14 19 34 10 3 1 6 17 13 10 0 2 8 2 21 -15 12

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Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.