On Mon Aug 22nd, in week 19, Kalmar plays host to IFK Göteborg in a meeting of these two evenly matched Allsvenskan teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 7th placed Kalmar is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Djurgården. Gustav Wikheim scored the first goal for Djurgården in the 14th minute, then Gustav Wikheim added another in the 40th minute. Kalmar is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while iFK Göteborg is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hammarby. Steve scored the first goal for Hammarby in the 77th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed IFK Göteborg couldn’t manage to score, and Hammarby took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches IFK Göteborg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On May 2nd, IFK Göteborg hosted Kalmar in their last match together. Kalmar took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Vilhelmsson struck first for IFK Göteborg in the 34th minute, then Carl Gustafsson tied it up for Kalmar in the 49th minute on a feed from Oliver Berg Finally they completed the comback victory in the 87th minute on a goal by Romarinho to cap off a wild match.
IFK Göteborg’s top weapon lately has been Kevin Yakob, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Kalmar’s most prolific scorer has been Oliver Berg. The Norwegian midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.