Östersunds FK will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get at least a point from this demanding meeting, against lively Malmö FF.
- Östersunds FK have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the most scored goals (45) in Allsvenskan
The visiting Malmö FF played their last game only three days ago, a Svenska Cupen match.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Malmö FF have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-4-6 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
It's quite the trip for Malmö FF when visiting Östersunds FK as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Östersunds FK form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Allsvenskan this season. Östersunds FK have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Jämtkraft Arena.
Östersunds FK manager A. Azrafshan and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Halmstad (placed 12th) in the Allsvenskan. The Östersunds FK goalkeeper Aly Keita was crucial in the match against Halmstad last time out, making seven saves. Goalkeeper Aly Keita got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.81 out of ten. Keita stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Djurgården (0-3).Östersunds have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jämtkraft Arena with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Östersunds have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Malmö FF form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Malmö FF, who have the most scored goals (45) in Allsvenskan, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.
Malmö are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the Svenska Cupen against Onsala. As mentioned above, Malmö was the only team on the pitch versus Onsala in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, in the Allsvenskan, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Mjallby.Malmö have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Champions League fixture vs Chelsea. A rough itinerary for the visiting team!
The travelling fans enjoy Malmö's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Malmö FF in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Malmö FF - Östersunds FK 1-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Östersunds zero wins, four draws and Malmö FF six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 10 goals |   B. Turgott 9 goals | V. Birmančević 7 goals |
Östersunds FK missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Östersunds FK | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 45 |
| 38 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 86% |
| 55% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 41% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 27% |
| 41% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 60% | 68% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 27% |
| 50% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 9% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 8.3 | 8.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 8.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.2 | 17 | 18 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 34% | 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | 34% |
- Malmö FF have scored more than double the goals of Östersunds FK.
- Malmö FF have the most scored goals (17) away in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the most scored goals (45) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the the best goal difference (+20) in Allsvenskan
- Malmö FF have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Östersunds FK have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Allsvenskan
- Östersunds FK 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 | Djurgården | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | AIK | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Malmö FF | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Norrköping | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Häcken | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Varberg | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Sirius | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 27 |
| 11 | Mjallby | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Halmstad | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -16 | 22 |
| 15 | Örebro | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 28 | -28 | 16 |
| 16 | Östersunds FK | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
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