A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Malmö FF fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Kalmar's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Malmö FF form and stats
The story so far in the Allsvenskan for Malmö FF at their home stadium (Malmö Stadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Malmö, who won 2-1 against Östersunds FK (placed 13th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Norrköping.
Malmö are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Malmö as they have a new game in only four days, a Allsvenskan match thankfully also at home. Hammarby are visiting.
A decent goal production from Malmö in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Malmö FF have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kalmar form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (14) in Allsvenskan, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. It's looking increasingly bleak for Kalmar who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Falkenberg was the last time a defeat was avoided. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Kalmar are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Kalmar's previous game was their home loss versus Hammarby (1-2). A loss against Elfsborg was the result prior to that, in a home game.
You'll want to know how Kalmar managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
A new game in only four days for Kalmar, the Allsvenskan home match versus Sirius. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Kalmar, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Malmö FF-Kalmar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Malmö FF six wins, Kalmar one win, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Christiansen 4 goals |  S. Krukow Rieks 2 goals |  I. Thelin 2 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Malmö FF | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 | 57 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 40 | 104 |
| 23 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 12 | 34 |
| 48% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 25% | 29% |
- Kalmar has the fewest matches under the total-line (2)
- Kalmar has the most conceded goals (14)
- Kalmar has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- Kalmar has the most matches over the total-line (6)
- Kalmar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malmö FF have not yet lost a game at home.
- Malmö FF have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Malmö FF 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 | Norrköping | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Häcken | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Varberg BoIS | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Mjällby | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Sirius | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | AIK | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Hammarby | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Örebro | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Kalmar | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Falkenberg | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
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