The home supporters anticipate a win and three points in this game, and the home advantage might do the trick against a struggling visitor. Kalmar are in 6th spot while the guesting Värnamo sweat at 12th.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Värnamo have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Allsvenskan
Kalmar form and stats
The overall Allsvenskan stats at home this season for Kalmar are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Kalmar bring valid hopes of a third.
Kalmar shared the glory with Mjallby in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Bergqvist was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Bergqvist won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, Kalmar had a home game versus Djurgården which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kalmar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Kalmar has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Kalmar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Guldfågeln Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Värnamo form and stats
Playing away, Värnamo have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Allsvenskan this season.
The supporters enjoyed Värnamo's previous game versus Hammarby (placed 3rd), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfield player Johansson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.92/10. Johansson served one assist and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Helsingborg at their stadium, the result 4-1.Värnamo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Värnamo find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Kalmar-Värnamo H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Kalmar four wins, Värnamo zero wins, zero draws. four of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 5 goals |   N. Shamoun 2 goals |  O. Berg 2 goals |
Kalmar missing players
Värnamo missing players
| Kalmar | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | 20% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 13 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12 | 12 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 33% | 28% |
| 11.4 | 10.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
- All of Värnamo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Värnamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Värnamo have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Allsvenskan
- Värnamo 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 | Häcken | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | AIK | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Djurgården | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Norrköping | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Sirius | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Värnamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Varberg BoIS | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -15 | 6 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
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