Malmö FF expected to show superhero qualities when Östersunds FK visits

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Malmö FF have less rest than Östersunds FK in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Svenska Cupen game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lund.

Malmö's stadium, Malmö Stadion, has a grass surface. Östersunds FK have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Östersunds FK when playing on grass; 8 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 31.

It's quite the trip for Östersunds FK when visiting Malmö as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Malmö are already the Allsvenskan winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Östersunds FK is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Malmö FF form and stats

Malmö FF, who have the most scored goals (60) in Allsvenskan, are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Malmö Stadion. 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Malmö FF here at Malmö Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Varberg (2-3).

Everyone expects Malmö FF to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found three games: three home wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Malmö have won with at least two goals margin three times in similar situations.

Goals decide football matches and Malmö FF are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Malmö FF have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Östersunds FK form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in Allsvenskan, on their Allsvenskan travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Östersunds FK who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Sirius was the last time a defeat was avoided. Östersunds has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Östersunds FK aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 211 league minutes without a goal. B. Turgott was the last player to find the net.

Östersunds FK's previous game was their home loss versus IFK Göteborg (0-4). A 0-4 loss hosting Varberg before that.

Östersunds lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played eight away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with five wins, one draw and two defeats. one game were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visiting Östersunds have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. Östersunds have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Östersunds FK - Malmö FF 1-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Malmö FF wins - draws - Östersunds FK wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Thelin 13 goals

A. Christiansen 11 goals

O. Toivonen 8 goals

Malmö FF missing players

Östersunds FK missing players