Malmö FF have excelled Sirius this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you require ahead of kickoff:
- Malmö FF have the most clean sheets (9) in Allsvenskan
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they had a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Zalgiris, so at least Malmö FF are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Malmö FF form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Allsvenskan games here at Swedbank Stadion for Malmö FF. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Malmö are confident in defense, having played 239 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The supporters hope that Malmö FF will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Zalgiris.
Before that match, a Allsvenskan win away at Norrköping.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Malmö home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 13 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them had goals from both sides.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Malmö FF, as the Champions League home game vs Zalgiris is only four days away.
Malmö have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Swedbank Stadion with 13 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Malmö FF have conceded only 4 goals.
Sirius form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sirius playing as the away team in the Allsvenskan this season.
Impressive finishing from Hellborg and Mathisen secured the home win 2-0 against Degerfors in their previous game. Defender Mathisen was the best team player with a rating of 9.0. Mathisen scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, Sirius travelled to Kalmar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.You'll want to know how Sirius managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 2 draws and 5 home wins.
The visiting Sirius have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Sirius struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Malmö FF won eight games, two matches ended with a tie and Sirius managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 5 goals |   C. Kouakou 5 goals |  V. Birmančević 3 goals |
Malmö FF missing players
Sirius missing players
| Malmö FF | Sirius | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 14 | 20 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 73% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 27% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 36% |
| 60% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 17.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 21% | 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 26% | 27% |
| 10.5 | 10.9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14 | 12.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4 | 3.6 |
- 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 the fewest points from losing position (0) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the most clean sheets (9) in Allsvenskan
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 30 |
| 3 | AIK | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Hammarby | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Sirius | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Elfsborg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | Mjallby | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Varberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 10 |
| 15 | Degerfors | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
- Malmö FF
- Sydsvenskan - (local newspaper)
- Svenska Fans: Malmö FF - (supporter blog)
- Sirius
- Svenska Fans: Sirius - (supporter blog)
- Allsvenskan official site
- Dagens Nyheter - (newspaper)
- Aftonbladet / Sportbladet - (newspaper)
- Expressen - (newspaper)
