Soccer match preview: Malmö FF confident before travelling to Kalmar

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena (12150 seats)

The visiting Malmö FF side should be favourites in this visit to Kalmar, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

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 Malmö FF.

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Kalmar form and stats

Kalmar's struggle is real here at Guldfågeln Arena with only 7 points collected from 11 Allsvenskan games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-6. With ten home Allsvenskan games in a row without a win, the Kalmar fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Helsingborg game long ago, can be stopped today.

Happy days for Kalmar in their previous game, a Svenska Cupen match away at Asarum that ended with a 4-1 victory. In the match before that, Kalmar hosted Varberg and drew the Allsvenskan game 1-1.

Kalmar has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Kalmar have conceded 18 from these games.

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Malmö FF form and stats

As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Malmö FF, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Allsvenskan, have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.

The manager J. Dahl Tomasson was unhappy after their last game, a Europa League match played at their home ground Swedbank Stadion. Malmö suffered a 1-3 loss to Granada. Before that, Malmö FF secured a home win against Häcken with the score 3-0.

Malmö are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, Malmö have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Malmö FF - Kalmar 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Kalmar victory, three draws and six Malmö FF wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Kalmar missing players

Malmö FF missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kalmar Malmö FF
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 4 10 22
4 1 0 Won W 2 4 12
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 8
11 6 2 Lost L 1 2 2
25 11 1 Scored S 8 19 42
37 18 4 Conceded C 5 13 21
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 82%
55% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 59%
23% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 27%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 14%
59% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 64%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 32%
27% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
273 156 17 Total Shots T S 61 137 358
85 44 6 Shots on Target S O 20 39 102
29% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 49% 41%
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Kalmar has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF has the fewest conceded goals (21) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF has the the best goal difference (+21) in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF has the the best goal difference (+6) away in Allsvenskan
  • Malmö FF have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Malmö FF 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 Malmö FF 22 12 8 2 42 21 12 8 4 0 23 8 10 4 4 2 19 13 21 44
2 Norrköping 22 10 6 6 45 32 11 5 4 2 18 10 11 5 2 4 27 22 13 36
3 Elfsborg 22 8 12 2 34 28 11 3 7 1 18 15 11 5 5 1 16 13 6 36
4 Häcken 21 9 8 4 33 22 10 6 3 1 20 6 11 3 5 3 13 16 11 35
5 Djurgården 21 9 5 7 31 24 11 4 4 3 19 13 10 5 1 4 12 11 7 32
6 Sirius 21 8 8 5 36 33 10 5 3 2 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 13 3 32
7 Hammarby 22 8 8 6 33 32 10 3 6 1 15 11 12 5 2 5 18 21 1 32
8 Östersunds FK 22 7 9 6 21 22 11 2 4 5 10 14 11 5 5 1 11 8 -1 30
9 Mjallby 22 7 7 8 30 33 11 4 4 3 17 18 11 3 3 5 13 15 -3 28
10 Varberg 22 7 6 9 32 34 11 5 2 4 16 15 11 2 4 5 16 19 -2 27
11 Örebro 22 7 6 9 25 30 11 5 3 3 15 15 11 2 3 6 10 15 -5 27
12 AIK 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 4 2 5 12 12 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 24
13 IFK Göteborg 22 3 12 7 25 34 11 1 4 6 11 22 11 2 8 1 14 12 -9 21
14 Helsingborg 22 4 9 9 24 35 11 3 4 4 12 13 11 1 5 5 12 22 -11 21
15 Kalmar 22 4 7 11 25 37 11 1 4 6 11 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -12 19
16 Falkenberg 22 3 7 12 24 38 11 1 4 6 11 19 11 2 3 6 13 19 -14 16

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Table
  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 22 12 8 2 42 21 12 8 4 0 23 8 10 4 4 2 19 13 21 44
2 Norrköping 22 10 6 6 45 32 11 5 4 2 18 10 11 5 2 4 27 22 13 36
3 Elfsborg 22 8 12 2 34 28 11 3 7 1 18 15 11 5 5 1 16 13 6 36
4 Häcken 21 9 8 4 33 22 10 6 3 1 20 6 11 3 5 3 13 16 11 35
5 Djurgården 21 9 5 7 31 24 11 4 4 3 19 13 10 5 1 4 12 11 7 32
6 Sirius 21 8 8 5 36 33 10 5 3 2 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 13 3 32
7 Hammarby 22 8 8 6 33 32 10 3 6 1 15 11 12 5 2 5 18 21 1 32
8 Östersunds FK 22 7 9 6 21 22 11 2 4 5 10 14 11 5 5 1 11 8 -1 30
9 Mjallby 22 7 7 8 30 33 11 4 4 3 17 18 11 3 3 5 13 15 -3 28
10 Varberg 22 7 6 9 32 34 11 5 2 4 16 15 11 2 4 5 16 19 -2 27
11 Örebro 22 7 6 9 25 30 11 5 3 3 15 15 11 2 3 6 10 15 -5 27
12 AIK 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 4 2 5 12 12 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 24
13 IFK Göteborg 22 3 12 7 25 34 11 1 4 6 11 22 11 2 8 1 14 12 -9 21
14 Helsingborg 22 4 9 9 24 35 11 3 4 4 12 13 11 1 5 5 12 22 -11 21
15 Kalmar 22 4 7 11 25 37 11 1 4 6 11 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -12 19
16 Falkenberg 22 3 7 12 24 38 11 1 4 6 11 19 11 2 3 6 13 19 -14 16

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