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- Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Malmö FF saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Sivasspor, so at least Malmö are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Swedbank Stadion. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Malmö FF are returning here after guesting Sivasspor in a Europa League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
1-1 away at Mjallby before that.There will be little rest for Malmö FF after this match as they are travelling to Brålanda for a Svenska Cupen game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Malmö FF are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Malmö are not conceding a lot of goals here at Swedbank Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Kalmar form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kalmar so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Kalmar are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Kalmar are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against IFK Göteborg (placed 6th). Friedrich (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.0. Friedrich topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Kalmar manager Rydström faced defeat when travelling to Djurgården and losing 2-3.Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Kalmar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Svenska Cupen game at Tvååker is waiting in only three days.
Kalmar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Kalmar have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Malmö FF have won every one of the 8 latest battles versus this opponent. Can they do it again?Kalmar - Malmö FF 0-1 was the result in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 7 goals |  V. Birmančević 5 goals |   O. Berg 5 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Malmö FF | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 27 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 17 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 89% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 58% |
| 47% | 67% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 42% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 42% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.7 | 19.3 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
| 5.8 | 7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 24% | 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 29% |
| 9.8 | 9.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Malmö FF have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Malmö FF have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Malmö FF have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Malmö FF haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Hammarby | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 3 | Djurgården | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | AIK | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Kalmar | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Mjallby | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sirius | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Varberg | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -25 | 12 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -30 | 10 |
- Malmö FF
- Sydsvenskan - (local newspaper)
- Svenska Fans: Malmö FF - (supporter blog)
- Kalmar FF
- Svenska Fans: Kalmar FF - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
