MALMö. Malmö FF defeats Kalmar 1-0 after I. Kiese scored a penalty (67′). Malmö FF took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Eleda Stadion (Malmö) stadium in Malmö on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim who had the assistance of Fredrik Klyver and Robin Wilde. The 4th official was Kristoffer Karlsson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Malmö FF had a superior ball possession 60% while Kalmar was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the match​.

Malmö FF shot 21 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Kalmar shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Malmö FF received 1 yellow card (S. Peña). On the opposite side, Kalmar received 1 yellow card (Lars Saetra).

Standings

After this match, Malmö FF has 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Kalmar stays with 0 points (15th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Malmö FF will play away with Varberg BoIS on the 4th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Malmö FF (2 draws).

Kalmar will play away agasint Varberg BoIS on the 30th of April with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Kalmar (3 draws).

Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Henrik Rydström decided to play with the following team: Johan Dahlin (7.0), Anton Tinnerholm (7.1), Derek Cornelius (6.8), Busanello (7.5), Taha Abdi Ali (7.0), Hugo Larsson (7.3), Sergio Peña (7.3), Sebastian Nanasi (7.3), Anders Christiansen (8.2), Isaac Kiese Thelin (7.7) and Stefano Vecchia (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ismael Diawara, Lasse Nielsen, Søren Rieks, Martin Olsson, Moustafa Zeidan, Patriot Sejdiu, Oscar Lewicki, Joseph Ceesay and Hugo Bolin.

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 4 changes: Sebastian Nanasi for Joseph Ceesay (80′), Stefano Holmquist Vecchia for Søren Rieks (81′), Anders Christiansen for Martin Olsson (87′) and Taha Ali for Oscar Lewicki (90′).

Best player: Anders Christiansen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Malmö FF was Anders Christiansen even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 38 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 12 crosses.

Kalmar – Formation

Kalmar started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Henrik Jensen played with: Ricardo Friedrich (6.9), Axel Lindahl (6.1), Lars Saetra (6.6), Rasmus Sjostedt (6.7), Davíð Kristján Ólafsson (6.2), Romarinho (6.3), Carl Gustafsson (6.9), Nahom Girmai (6.5), Simon Skrabb (6.8), Mileta Rajovic (6.8) and Noah Shamoun (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Saku Ylätupa, Motaraghebjafarpour Arash, Isak Bjerkebo, Elias Olsson, Deniz Hümmet (7.0), Kevin Jensen, Jakob Kindberg and Isak Vidjeskog.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 3 changes: Noah Shamoun for Deniz Hümmet (64′), Simon Skrabb for Kevin Jensen (79′) and Axel Lindahl for Arash Motaraghebjafarpour (79′).

Best player: Deniz Hümmet​

The most impressive player for Kalmar was Deniz Hümmet.

His rating is (7.0) with 3 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.​

• Malmö FF – Kalmar – 1-0
• Djurgården – Brommapojkarna – 3-1