National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mjällby or Falkenberg that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Mjällby and Falkenberg.
Mjällby form and stats
Mjällby have collected 0 points from their Allsvenskan home games so far after 0-0-1. On the other hand, in the Svenska Cupen, Mjällby has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Mjällby travelled for their previous game, a trip to IFK Göteborg that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was a Allsvenskan defeat to Falkenberg (0-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with Mjällby perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mjällby as a small favourite), we find five games. Mjällby has won four of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Mjällby as they have a new game in only three days, a Allsvenskan match thankfully also at home. Hammarby are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Mjällby at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Falkenberg form and stats
They also participated in Svenska Cupen last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. When we have look at the Svenska Cupen statistics, we find 3W-0D-1L. This is both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Falkenberg, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Falkenberg's previous game was their home loss versus Kalmar (0-2). Prior to that result Falkenberg won their away game at Mjällby in the Allsvenskan. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Falkenberg in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Falkenberg, two draws and one defeat.
Falkenberg has another fixture away, a Allsvenskan game, against Varberg in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Falkenberg have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mjällby three wins, four draws and Falkenberg three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Löfquist 1 goals |  J. Bergström 1 goals |   T. Karlsson 1 goals |
Mjällby missing players
Falkenberg missing players
| Mjällby | Falkenberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 289 | 121 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 266 | ||
| 123 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 101 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Kalmar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | AIK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Elfsborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Varberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Hammarby | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sirius | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Falkenberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Örebro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Häcken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Djurgården | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Mjällby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Östersunds FK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Helsingborg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 1 |