Kalmar can not await any easy points from their host Värnamo in this Allsvenskan game. Here's our broad preview!
- Kalmar is in the best form (4-2-0) in Allsvenskan
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an active match!
Värnamo form and stats
Värnamo have collected 20 points from their Allsvenskan home games so far after 5-5-2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Värnamo, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Värnamo manager Hellberg and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Malmö FF (placed 6th). Goalkeeper Vojtekhnovich got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.3 out of ten. Vojtekhnovich topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Värnamo won a home game hosting Mjallby (2-1).Värnamo are traveling soon after this match as the Allsvenskan match at GIF Sundsvall awaits in four days.
Värnamo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Värnamo have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kalmar form and stats
As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Kalmar have produced an overall stat of 4-3-5 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kalmar goalkeeper Ricardo Henrique Schuck Friedrich is eager to challenge this, with his 211 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Kalmar, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Elfsborg (placed 7th) last time out. The attacker Nanasi got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Nanasi scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Helsingborg.Low-scoring game? 14 of this side's latest 17 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.
Kalmar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Kalmar have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported scoreline featuring both these teams is the Kalmar - Värnamo 1-0 played not long ago this season. Stats for the prior four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Värnamo, zero draws and four wins for Kalmar. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonsson 18 goals |   O. Berg 5 goals |  A. Magashy 4 goals |
Värnamo missing players
Kalmar missing players
| Värnamo | Kalmar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 38 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 20 |
| 84% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 60% |
| 52% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 28% |
| 32% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 28% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 40% |
| 28% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 48% |
| 32% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | 29% |
| 15.9 | 14.1 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.3 | 10.6 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Kalmar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kalmar have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Allsvenskan
- Kalmar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kalmar is in the best form (4-2-0) in Allsvenskan
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 54 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 48 |
| 3 | Kalmar | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | AIK | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 43 |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 7 | Elfsborg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 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 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 32 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Sirius | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Varberg | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Degerfors | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 22 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 25 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -39 | 14 |
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