Perhaps a welcome break from league football as IFK Göteborg & Malmö FF face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither IFK Göteborg nor Malmö FF as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
IFK Göteborg form and stats
Göteborg was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Svenska Cupen.IFK Göteborg's results here at Nya Gamla Ullevi in the Allsvenskan have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats. On the other hand, in the Svenska Cupen, IFK Göteborg has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Göteborg are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Göteborg have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Göteborg drew their last game, 0-0 away at Häcken. Before that, Göteborg drew at home versus Falkenberg.
The Göteborg goalkeeper Giannis Anestis was crucial in the match against Häcken last time out, making eight saves.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Göteborg, as the Allsvenskan home game vs Malmö FF is only three days away.
Göteborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Göteborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Malmö FF form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the group stage.2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Malmö FF in their Allsvenskan matches away. When we have look at the Svenska Cupen statistics, we find 5W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. The fact that Malmö FF have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Malmö, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Malmö, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Sirius in the Allsvenskan last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Hammarby in the Allsvenskan.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Malmö, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Malmö FF manager J. Dahl Tomasson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against IFK Göteborg.
Malmö FF have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Malmö in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for IFK Göteborg, three draws and six wins for Malmö FF. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 6 goals |  A. Christiansen 4 goals |   H. Aiesh 3 goals |
IFK Göteborg missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| IFK Göteborg | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 58 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 296 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 326 | ||
| 105 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 116 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norrköping | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Elfsborg | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Häcken | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Djurgården | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sirius | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Varberg | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Örebro | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | IFK Göteborg | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Hammarby | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | AIK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Östersunds FK | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Falkenberg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Kalmar | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Fans: IFK Göteborg - (supporter blog)
- Malmö FF
- Sydsvenskan - (local newspaper)
- Svenska Fans: Malmö FF - (supporter blog)