This could be an interesting match as Kalmar have their presumed home advantage while Elfsborg are ahead 6 points in the Allsvenskan table.
- Elfsborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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!
It should be mentioned that Elfsborg play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Elfsborg on grass are 14 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 47-43. You can compare this with overall results below.
Kalmar form and stats
Kalmar have played 8 Allsvenskan games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Kalmar in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at Östersunds FK (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Midfielder Nils Fröling was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Fröling scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lund (after extra-time) and winning 3-1.Kalmar aren't scoring a lot here at Guldfågeln Arena in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. From these home matches, Kalmar have conceded only 6 goals.
Elfsborg form and stats
Playing away, Elfsborg have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season.
Elfsborg's last game was the home draw against Hammarby (2-2). Attacker Alexander Bernhardsson got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Bernhardsson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. It looked so good for Elfsborg vs Hammarby, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. As mentioned above, Elfsborg drew the match against Hammarby. Manager J. Thelin brought on Jacob Ondrejka to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hammarby at their stadium, the result 2-0.Elfsborg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Elfsborg as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams met previously this season; Elfsborg - Kalmar 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Kalmar wins - draws - Elfsborg wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Berg 5 goals |   M. Ndione 5 goals |  J. Okkels 4 goals |
Kalmar missing players
Elfsborg missing players
| Kalmar | Elfsborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 40% | 37% |
- Elfsborg 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 | Djurgården | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | AIK | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Elfsborg | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Norrköping | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Halmstad | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Häcken | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Degerfors | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Sirius | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 14 | Örebro | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 13 |
| 15 | Mjällby | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
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- IF Elfsborg
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- Allsvenskan official site
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- Expressen - (newspaper)