Kalmar vs Norrköping match preview: Even contest expected at Guldfågeln Arena

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Competition: Sweden Allsvenskan
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guldfågeln Arena (12150 seats)

Allsvenskan: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Kalmar and Norrköping have taken so far. Both participants are ready for the match; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Norrköping haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kalmar and Norrköping should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This ground has grass, which is not Norrköping's regular surface at their own pitch. When playing on grass Norrköping have performed like this: Played 27 matches with the output 14 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats with the goal production 46-32 (scored/conceded).

Kalmar are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Norrköping are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Kalmar form and stats

5-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Allsvenskan numbers at home for Kalmar so far this season.

Happy days for Kalmar in their previous game, a Allsvenskan match away at Häcken (placed 9th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Jonathan Ring (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.15/10. Ring scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).

In the match before that, Kalmar hosted Varberg BoIS and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kalmar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kalmar as a small favourite), we find four games. Kalmar has won zero of these, drawn four and lost zero.

The Kalmar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Kalmar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norrköping form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of Norrköping playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Norrköping are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Carl Björk, Linus Wahlqvist and Samuel Adegbenro scored in Norrköping's previous match, the home game against Elfsborg that ended 3-2. Attacker Samuel Adegbenro got a player rating of 8.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Adegbenro scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A draw for Norrköping before that, at their own venue hosting Mjallby (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Norrköping in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Norrköping, two draws and five defeats.

The visiting Norrköping have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. Norrköping have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo faced each other before this season: Norrköping - Kalmar 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Kalmar victory, two draws and seven Norrköping wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorrköpingS. Adegbenro
S. Adegbenro
16 goals
KalmarO. Berg
O. Berg
10 goals
KalmarJ. Ring
J. Ring
7 goals

Kalmar missing players

Norrköping missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kalmar Norrköping
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
11 5 0 Won W 1 5 13
8 5 2 Drew D 0 1 4
7 3 1 Lost L 2 7 9
35 17 4 Scored S 3 16 42
32 14 5 Conceded C 8 19 33
92% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 81%
46% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 65%
35% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 23%
15% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 15%
54% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 62%
31% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
23% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 19%
 
5.1 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 4.9
3.8 3.5 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 4.8
1.7 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 12.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 13.9 14.4
4.2 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.1 5.3
32% 31% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 31%
 
9.7 8.8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14 13.4
3.5 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Allsvenskan this season:
  • Norrköping 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 Malmö FF 26 15 6 5 53 28 13 8 3 2 29 14 13 7 3 3 24 14 25 51
2 Djurgården 26 15 5 6 41 26 13 9 2 2 27 15 13 6 3 4 14 11 15 50
3 Elfsborg 26 15 3 8 45 29 13 8 2 3 24 13 13 7 1 5 21 16 16 48
4 AIK 25 14 5 6 33 20 13 11 2 0 22 6 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 47
5 Hammarby 25 12 7 6 42 33 13 9 3 1 27 14 12 3 4 5 15 19 9 43
6 Norrköping 26 13 4 9 42 33 13 8 3 2 26 14 13 5 1 7 16 19 9 43
7 Kalmar 26 11 8 7 35 32 13 5 5 3 17 14 13 6 3 4 18 18 3 41
8 Varberg BoIS 26 8 9 9 32 32 13 5 5 3 15 13 13 3 4 6 17 19 0 33
9 Häcken 26 8 8 10 42 40 13 5 3 5 27 20 13 3 5 5 15 20 2 32
10 IFK Göteborg 25 8 7 10 32 33 13 5 3 5 19 15 12 3 4 5 13 18 -1 31
11 Sirius 26 8 6 12 28 44 13 6 1 6 15 16 13 2 5 6 13 28 -16 30
12 Mjallby 25 6 10 9 25 24 12 4 4 4 12 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 1 28
13 Degerfors 25 8 4 13 28 43 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 10 27 -15 28
14 Halmstad 25 5 12 8 20 24 12 2 9 1 9 8 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 27
15 Örebro 26 4 5 17 18 50 13 2 4 7 10 19 13 2 1 10 8 31 -32 17
16 Östersunds FK 26 3 5 18 24 49 13 3 2 8 18 20 13 0 3 10 6 29 -25 14

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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 26 15 6 5 53 28 13 8 3 2 29 14 13 7 3 3 24 14 25 51
2 Djurgården 26 15 5 6 41 26 13 9 2 2 27 15 13 6 3 4 14 11 15 50
3 Elfsborg 26 15 3 8 45 29 13 8 2 3 24 13 13 7 1 5 21 16 16 48
4 AIK 25 14 5 6 33 20 13 11 2 0 22 6 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 47
5 Hammarby 25 12 7 6 42 33 13 9 3 1 27 14 12 3 4 5 15 19 9 43
6 Norrköping 26 13 4 9 42 33 13 8 3 2 26 14 13 5 1 7 16 19 9 43
7 Kalmar 26 11 8 7 35 32 13 5 5 3 17 14 13 6 3 4 18 18 3 41
8 Varberg BoIS 26 8 9 9 32 32 13 5 5 3 15 13 13 3 4 6 17 19 0 33
9 Häcken 26 8 8 10 42 40 13 5 3 5 27 20 13 3 5 5 15 20 2 32
10 IFK Göteborg 25 8 7 10 32 33 13 5 3 5 19 15 12 3 4 5 13 18 -1 31
11 Sirius 26 8 6 12 28 44 13 6 1 6 15 16 13 2 5 6 13 28 -16 30
12 Mjallby 25 6 10 9 25 24 12 4 4 4 12 8 13 2 6 5 13 16 1 28
13 Degerfors 25 8 4 13 28 43 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 10 27 -15 28
14 Halmstad 25 5 12 8 20 24 12 2 9 1 9 8 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 27
15 Örebro 26 4 5 17 18 50 13 2 4 7 10 19 13 2 1 10 8 31 -32 17
16 Östersunds FK 26 3 5 18 24 49 13 3 2 8 18 20 13 0 3 10 6 29 -25 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.