It's time for Kalmar - Helsingborg! Forget the ups and downs, this fixture should be great fun!
- Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Allsvenskan
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Kalmar form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Allsvenskan games here at Guldfågeln Arena for Kalmar. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
An away draw last time out for Kalmar, facing Norrköping in a game that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Rydström made a successful contribution in the game against Norrköping, bringing on Lindahl who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The forward Nanasi bested all teammates in that match and managed a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Nanasi scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Häcken that ended 1-1.Trench warfare? In this club's last 15 league matches, 12 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Kalmar has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Kalmar have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Helsingborg form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Helsingborg so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Helsingborg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Malmö FF proved too strong as Helsingborg slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Olympia. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Muhsin and that is solid stuff! Midfield player Fumaça was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Fumaça hit three key passes.
Prior to that result Helsingborg won their away game at IFK Göteborg. The scoreline was 3-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Helsingborg have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Helsingborg have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Helsingborg - Kalmar 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Kalmar wins - draws - Helsingborg wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Berg 5 goals |   A. Muhsin 4 goals |  L. Sætra 3 goals |
Kalmar missing players
Helsingborg missing players
| Kalmar | Helsingborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 57% | 42% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 65% |
| 30% | 8% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 52% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 22% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 43% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13.4 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.1 | 10.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 28% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 27% |
| 10.7 | 10.3 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 15.1 | 14 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Helsingborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Helsingborg have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar have the most clean sheets (8) at home 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 | Djurgården | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 42 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | AIK | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Elfsborg | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 33 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Sirius | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Varberg BoIS | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 18 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -38 | 11 |
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- Helsingborgs IF
- Svenska Fans: Helsingborgs IF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
