Kalmar contests Mjällby game

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Thu 20.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena (12150 seats)

Kalmar are placed 4th, while Mjällby are bringing up the rear 13 points behind in the league table. Can they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Allsvenskan

The visiting Mjällby played their last game only four days ago, a Allsvenskan match.

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Kalmar form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 13 Allsvenskan games here at Guldfågeln Arena for Kalmar. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since Kalmar tasted defeat here at Guldfågeln Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

A strong away win for Kalmar against Varnamo the last match, as Sachpekidis, Karlsson and Berg were on target. Berg, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.9 (out of 10). Berg scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 55 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Elfsborg and winning 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kalmar's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 18 league matches, 14 have contained two goals or less.

There will be little rest for Kalmar after this match as they are travelling to Sirius for a Allsvenskan game in only four days.

The Kalmar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Defensively Kalmar have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mjällby form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Allsvenskan travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Hammarby with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Mjällby did not look prepared in the first half against Hammarby and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one. Defender Haliti was the best team player with a rating of 7.31. Haliti won 0 of 2 duels.

Before that, Mjällby travelled to Norrköping and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mjällby when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mjällby are hosting Varberg in the Allsvenskan only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mjällby as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Mjällby - Kalmar 1-1. Kalmar-Mjällby H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kalmar six wins, Mjällby two wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MjällbyS. Nwankwo
S. Nwankwo
8 goals
KalmarO. Berg
O. Berg
6 goals
KalmarL. Sætra
L. Sætra
3 goals

Kalmar missing players

Mjällby missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kalmar Mjällby
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
14 9 3 Won W 1 4 8
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 10
7 2 1 Lost L 2 5 8
34 15 3 Scored S 1 9 25
21 5 1 Conceded C 3 12 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
62% 46% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 54% 73%
31% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 31%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
42% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 50%
46% 69% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 46% 31%
12% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 27%
 
5 5.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.2
5.2 5.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6 5.2
1.1 0.8 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.7 13.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.2 10.7
4.4 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 2.8 3.3
30% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 29%
 
10.5 10 13 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14 12.9
3.3 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Kalmar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Allsvenskan
  • Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kalmar is in the best form (4-2-0) in Allsvenskan

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 26 15 9 2 58 32 13 8 3 2 33 17 13 7 6 0 25 15 26 54
2 Hammarby 26 14 7 5 52 22 13 8 4 1 32 10 13 6 3 4 20 12 30 49
3 Djurgården 26 14 6 6 47 22 13 10 1 2 34 10 13 4 5 4 13 12 25 48
4 Kalmar 26 14 5 7 34 21 13 9 2 2 15 5 13 5 3 5 19 16 13 47
5 AIK 26 13 8 5 42 31 13 8 4 1 20 8 13 5 4 4 22 23 11 47
6 Malmö FF 25 12 6 7 33 23 13 8 3 2 21 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 10 42
7 Elfsborg 26 9 10 7 46 34 13 6 5 2 28 18 13 3 5 5 18 16 12 37
8 IFK Göteborg 25 11 3 11 34 30 12 5 3 4 16 13 13 6 0 7 18 17 4 36
9 Mjällby 26 8 10 8 25 29 13 4 6 3 16 17 13 4 4 5 9 12 -4 34
10 Varnamo 26 8 8 10 30 41 13 5 5 3 15 13 13 3 3 7 15 28 -11 32
11 Sirius 26 8 6 12 25 36 13 6 1 6 15 14 13 2 5 6 10 22 -11 30
12 Norrköping 26 7 8 11 34 37 13 4 4 5 22 19 13 3 4 6 12 18 -3 29
13 Varberg 26 7 7 12 25 43 13 4 5 4 13 17 13 3 2 8 12 26 -18 28
14 Degerfors 26 5 8 13 25 45 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 1 3 9 11 28 -20 23
15 Helsingborg 26 4 5 17 21 43 13 2 3 8 8 18 13 2 2 9 13 25 -22 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 26 4 2 20 25 67 13 4 0 9 17 33 13 0 2 11 8 34 -42 14

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 Häcken 26 15 9 2 58 32 13 8 3 2 33 17 13 7 6 0 25 15 26 54
2 Hammarby 26 14 7 5 52 22 13 8 4 1 32 10 13 6 3 4 20 12 30 49
3 Djurgården 26 14 6 6 47 22 13 10 1 2 34 10 13 4 5 4 13 12 25 48
4 Kalmar 26 14 5 7 34 21 13 9 2 2 15 5 13 5 3 5 19 16 13 47
5 AIK 26 13 8 5 42 31 13 8 4 1 20 8 13 5 4 4 22 23 11 47
6 Malmö FF 25 12 6 7 33 23 13 8 3 2 21 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 10 42
7 Elfsborg 26 9 10 7 46 34 13 6 5 2 28 18 13 3 5 5 18 16 12 37
8 IFK Göteborg 25 11 3 11 34 30 12 5 3 4 16 13 13 6 0 7 18 17 4 36
9 Mjällby 26 8 10 8 25 29 13 4 6 3 16 17 13 4 4 5 9 12 -4 34
10 Varnamo 26 8 8 10 30 41 13 5 5 3 15 13 13 3 3 7 15 28 -11 32
11 Sirius 26 8 6 12 25 36 13 6 1 6 15 14 13 2 5 6 10 22 -11 30
12 Norrköping 26 7 8 11 34 37 13 4 4 5 22 19 13 3 4 6 12 18 -3 29
13 Varberg 26 7 7 12 25 43 13 4 5 4 13 17 13 3 2 8 12 26 -18 28
14 Degerfors 26 5 8 13 25 45 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 1 3 9 11 28 -20 23
15 Helsingborg 26 4 5 17 21 43 13 2 3 8 8 18 13 2 2 9 13 25 -22 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 26 4 2 20 25 67 13 4 0 9 17 33 13 0 2 11 8 34 -42 14

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Allsvenskan (meaning All Swedish in English) is the top level division in Swedish football. Seasons run from late March or early April to November, with 16 teams playing a total of 240 fixtures. The best placed team in the league table after this is called the Swedish champion.