Struggling Kalmar will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Elfsborg in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Kalmar's stadium, Guldfågeln Arena, has a grass surface. Elfsborg have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Elfsborg when playing on grass; 8 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 45.
Kalmar form and stats
Only two Allsvenskan home games for Kalmar so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Kalmar to get some points in this home game.
Kalmar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Varberg BoIS (0-1). Preceding that match was a defeat to Östersunds FK (1-2).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kalmar as they have a new game in only three days, a Allsvenskan match thankfully also at home. Hammarby are visiting.
At Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Elfsborg form and stats
Elfsborg are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Allsvenskan, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Elfsborg has drawn their two previous away games.
Elfsborg had fun at their own home (Guldfågeln Arena) last time out, beating Malmö FF 1-0. Frederik Holst scored. A 1-1 draw at Norrköping's stadium before that.
The attacking power of Elfsborg when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Elfsborg are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Kalmar, four draws and three wins for Elfsborg. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pereira Sipião 2 goals |  N. Fröling 2 goals |   P. Frick 2 goals |
Kalmar missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Kalmar | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 | 47 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 25 | 72 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 28% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
- All of Kalmar's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Elfsborg has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Elfsborg has the most matches under the total-line (5)
- Elfsborg have not yet lost a game.
- Elfsborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Norrköping | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Sirius | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Varberg BoIS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Häcken | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Mjällby | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | AIK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Djurgården | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Kalmar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Örebro | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)