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- Malmö FF have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Värnamo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Europa League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus FC Union Berlin, was also a home game here at Swedbank Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Malmö FF form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Allsvenskan games here at Swedbank Stadion for Malmö FF. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
The Malmö FF fans got no joy from their last game, a Europa League duel also played here at Swedbank Stadion: A 0-1 defeat against FC Union Berlin. The forward Christiansen won the honour of being "man of the match" for Malmö FF with the rating of 7.85/10. Christiansen had 68 successful passes (of 77 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hammarby that ended 0-0.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 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 1 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Malmö FF after this match as they are travelling to FC Union Berlin for a Europa League game in only four days.
The Malmö FF fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Malmö have conceded only 8 goals.
Värnamo form and stats
Värnamo have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Allsvenskan, after 3-2-7 (12 played). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Värnamo hope to make it five in this match.
Värnamo had fun at their own home (Swedbank Stadion) last time out, beating Mjallby 2-1. Antonsson scored. Antonsson has bagged at least one goal for the visitors five fixtures in a row. The ability! Eriksson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.53. The defender Eriksson won 3 of 5 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Varberg.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Värnamo played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.
Värnamo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Värnamo have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest past result featuring both these contenders is the Värnamo - Malmö 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Malmö FF victories, one draw and zero Värnamo wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 18 goals |   I. Thelin 10 goals |  V. Birmančević 5 goals |
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Värnamo missing players
| Malmö FF | Värnamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 33 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | 38 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 75% |
| 50% | 58% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | 54% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 46% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 42% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.3 | 18.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 24% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 35% |
| 10 | 9.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.2 | 17.4 | 15.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 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 | Djurgården | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Häcken | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | AIK | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 36 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Värnamo | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 31 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Sirius | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Varberg | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -40 | 11 |
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