IFK Malmö are hosting Linköping City for yet another crucial fixture following their 1-1 result vs 7th-placed Lund.
- IFK Malmö have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the most conceded goals (78) in Ettan: South
This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
This pitch has grass, which is not Linköping City's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass Linköping City have performed like this: Played 30 matches with the outcome 5 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats with the goal data 38-70 (scored/conceded).
Relegation threatens IFK Malmö who should definitely be looking for some points here. Linköping City are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
IFK Malmö form and stats
The complete Ettan: South statistics playing at home this season for IFK Malmö are 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Malmö Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Lund (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Ettan: South game ended 1-1.
Before that, Malmö drew at home versus Vanersborgs IF.IFK Malmö are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. IFK Malmö have conceded 16 in these home matches. IFK Malmö has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Linköping City form and stats
There's been little loot from Linköping City's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 14 away games in the Ettan: South. Linköping City only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Three has not been a lucky number for Linköping City as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Åtvidaberg match.
Linköping failed to get anything from their last game, a Ettan: South home match vs Torns (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-4.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ljungskile wasn't a success with a 0-8 loss.Linköping are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). The Linköping defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 43 goals in their away games. When Linköping City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Åtvidaberg, Linköping, Österlen, Assyriska Turabdin and Lindome.
Head 2 Head
Linköping City - Malmö 1-2 was the output when these contenders formerly played each other, some time ago this season.Top Goalscorers
  B. Nouri 7 goals |  G. Balint 3 goals | E. Johansson 3 goals |
IFK Malmö missing players
Linköping City missing players
| IFK Malmö | Linköping City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 28 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 42 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 43 | 78 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 61% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 39% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 6.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.3 | 8.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 39% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 8.3 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.9 | 12.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6 |
- All of Linköping City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- IFK Malmö have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Ettan: South
- IFK Malmö have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ettan: South
- IFK Malmö have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Linköping City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Linköping City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Linköping City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the most conceded goals (43) away in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the most conceded goals (78) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the most conceded goals in the first half (45) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the the worst goal difference (-28) away in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have the the worst goal difference (-50) in Ettan: South
- Linköping City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Linköping City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Linköping City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skövde AIK | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 53 |
| 2 | Utsikten | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | Trollhattan | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 52 |
| 4 | Oskarshamns AIK | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 51 |
| 5 | Tvååker | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| 6 | Ljungskile | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Lund | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Vanersborgs IF | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | -2 | 37 |
| 9 | Qviding FIF | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Torns | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 11 | Åtvidaberg | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | IFK Malmö | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -14 | 33 |
| 13 | Lindome | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 32 |
| 14 | Österlen | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 31 | -14 | 30 |
| 15 | Assyriska Turabdin | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Linköping City | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 43 | -50 | 16 |