Perhaps a welcome break from league football as IFK Malmö & Lund face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Svenska Cupen. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for IFK Malmö and Lund.
IFK Malmö form and stats
Last season their Svenska Cupen adventure ended in the 1st round.Malmö suffered an unexpected defeat 1-2 against GAIS in their previous outing, also played at home. Heartbreak for IFK Malmö in their last match as GAIS's Henriksson scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that, an away loss at Trollhattan in the Division 1: South.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Malmö have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 6.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for IFK Malmö as they are travelling to their away game against Tvååker in the Division 1: South. That match is three days after this one.
IFK Malmö have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; IFK Malmö scored 3 goals and let in 6 goals during these three games.
Lund form and stats
They also participated in Svenska Cupen last season. This ended in the 2nd round.There might be some fixture complaints from Lund as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Vanersborgs IF.
Before that, Lund secured a home win against Lindome with the score 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Lund in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lund, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Lund, the Division 1: South home match versus Falkenberg. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Lund as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Lund have played three with the results W1-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Lund has scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two IFK Malmö victories, one draw and seven Lund wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wendt 6 goals |  Z. Faour 3 goals | H. Ferhm 3 goals |
IFK Malmö missing players
Lund missing players
| IFK Malmö | Lund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Conceded | C | 25 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| 8.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
