An important duel in the bottom section of the Allsvenskan, with both Kalmar and IFK Göteborg experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 11th place.
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 Kalmar and IFK Göteborg.
Kalmar form and stats
Kalmar's struggle is real here at Guldfågeln Arena with only 5 points collected from 7 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
A strong away win for Kalmar against Häcken the last match, as Piotr Johansson and Sebastian Ring were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Örebro (0-3).
Kalmar are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at Östersunds FK awaits in four days.
Kalmar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
1-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for IFK Göteborg in their Allsvenskan matches away. It's three draws from Göteborg's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Göteborg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Örebro (placed 10th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Östersunds FK.
A quick return to home after this game, as Göteborg are hosting Norrköping in the Allsvenskan only four days away.
IFK Göteborg find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Göteborg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kalmar-IFK Göteborg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kalmar four wins, IFK Göteborg three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Aiesh 3 goals |  P. Karlsson-Lagemyr 3 goals |   F. Aliti 2 goals |
Kalmar missing players
IFK Göteborg missing players
| Kalmar | IFK Göteborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 79% |
| 64% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 183 | 119 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 70 | 173 |
| 57 | 32 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 29 | 62 |
| 28% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 26% |
- IFK Göteborg have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Malmö FF | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Norrköping | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Häcken | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Hammarby | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Sirius | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Mjällby | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Varberg BoIS | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Örebro | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | AIK | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Helsingborg | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Falkenberg | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Fans: IFK Göteborg - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)