In a weekend match in week 8, on Sunday May 15th, Häcken hosts Kalmar at Bravida Arena in a Allsvenskan match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Häcken recorded a 2-1 win against Värnamo. Mikkel Rygaard Jensen scored the first goal for Häcken in the 38th minute, but Marcus Antonsson got the equalizer for Värnamo in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Häcken should be reasonably happy with their performance, while kalmar sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hammarby. Shamoun struck first for Kalmar in the 35th minute on a feed from Isak Jansson, then Shamoun added another in the 38th minute In the end, Hammarby couldn’t muster any offence and Kalmar ran away with the shutout win. Kalmar is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Kalmar’s top weapon lately has been Noah Shamoun, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Alexander Jeremejeff has been the most prolific scorer on Häcken in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.