Österlen want to sell many tickets for this fixture even though the season has been difficult up to now with 30 points and a 15th place in the Ettan: South table. Guests IFK Malmö own 10th place with 36 pts.
- IFK Malmö have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ettan: South
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Österlen have had a bad season and will be relegated from Ettan: South. Malmö are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Österlen form and stats
Österlen's struggle is real here at Skillinge Idrottsplats with only 12 points collected from 14 Ettan: South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-8. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Österlen to get some points in this home game.
Österlen lost their last game at Qviding FIF (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home game against Lindome that was lost 1-2.A decent goal production from Österlen in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Österlen have conceded 27 from these games.
IFK Malmö form and stats
There's been little loot from IFK Malmö's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Ettan: South. IFK Malmö only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
Malmö won their last game, 4-0 versus Linköping City played at home. As mentioned above, Malmö was the only team on the pitch versus Linköping City in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lund.The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Malmö have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other already this season, with the match result IFK Malmö - Österlen 1-1 logged in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the former six meetings): Österlen won two games, one match ended with a tie and IFK Malmö got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / oneTop Goalscorers
  E. Egbedi 8 goals |  H. Bjurnemark 6 goals | Z. Jovanovic 5 goals |
Österlen missing players
IFK Malmö missing players
| Österlen | IFK Malmö | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 44 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 60 | 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | 42 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 86% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 79% |
| 69% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 52% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 21% |
| 31% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 7% |
| 76% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 45% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 57% | 41% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.6 | 8.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 38% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 23% | 31% |
| 11.6 | 9.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- IFK Malmö have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- IFK Malmö have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 (11) away in Ettan: South
- IFK Malmö have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Utsikten | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Skövde AIK | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 54 |
| 3 | Trollhättan | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Oskarshamns AIK | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 51 |
| 5 | Tvååker | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 49 |
| 6 | Ljungskile | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 45 |
| 7 | Lund | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -1 | 41 |
| 8 | Vänersborgs IF | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Qviding FIF | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | IFK Malmö | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Lindome | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Torns | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -16 | 35 |
| 13 | Åtvidaberg | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | -2 | 34 |
| 14 | Assyriska Turabdin | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -15 | 33 |
| 15 | Österlen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Linköping City | 29 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 47 | -54 | 16 |