KALMAR. Malmö FF defeats Kalmar 1-0 after J. Berget scored just 1 goal (83′).

A. Čolak squandered a penalty (12′) for Malmö FF.​

The match was played at the Guldfågeln Arena stadium in Kalmar on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim who had the assistance of Fredrik Klyver and Robin Wilde. The 4th official was Fredrik Klitte. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2 degrees Celsius or 35.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Malmö FF had a strong ball possession 55% while Kalmar was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the contest.​

Kalmar shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Malmö FF shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Kalmar didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Malmö FF received 1 yellow card (N. Moisander).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Kalmar will stay with 47 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Malmö FF will have 58 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Kalmar will play away with Hammarby on the 4th of December with a 11-3 head to head in favor of Kalmar (10 draws).

Malmö FF will host Halmstad on the 4th of December with a 14-2 head to head statistic in favor of Malmö FF (7 draws).

Kalmar – Formation

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

The manager Henrik Rydström decided to play with the following team: Lukas Hägg Johansson (7.5), Piotr Johansson (6.7), Lars Saetra (6.2), Rasmus Sjostedt (6.7), Sebastian Ring (6.8), Romarinho (6.8), Oliver Berg (6.6), Carl Gustafsson (6.6), Jonathan Ring (6.8), Filip Sachpekidis (7.0) and Nils Fröling (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Tobias Andersson, Victor Backman, Isak Jansson, Erik Israelsson, Johan Stenmark, Douglas Bergqvist and Emin Nouri.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 3 changes: F. Sachpekidis for D. Bergqvist (61′), P. Johansson for E. Nouri (72′) and N. Fröling for I. Jansson (72′).

Best player: Lukas Hägg Johansson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kalmar was the goalkeeper: Lukas Hägg Johansson. His rating is 7.51. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.

Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Johan Dahlin (7.0), Eric Larsson (6.5), Anel Ahmedhodžić (6.2), Lasse Nielsen (7.0), Niklas Moisander (6.7), Oscar Lewicki (6.6), Adi Nalić (6.8), Sergio Peña (7.1), Søren Rieks (7.0), Antonio Čolak (5.6) and Veljko Birmančević (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Erdal Rakip, Franz Brorsson, Sebastian Nanasi, Martin Olsson, Malik Abubakari, Ismael Diawara and Jo Inge Berget.

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 4 changes: J. Dahlin for I. Diawara (46′), A. Nalic for E. Rakip (69′), S. Peña for J. Berget (69′) and A. Čolak for M. Abubakari (82′).

Best player: Veljko Birmančević​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Malmö FF was Veljko Birmančević even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.1) with 14 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Degerfors – Norrköping – 4-1
• Djurgården – Varberg BoIS – 2-3
• Halmstad – Hammarby – 0-0
• IFK Göteborg – Östersunds FK – 4-0
• Kalmar – Malmö FF – 0-1