Week 20 brings us a match on Aug 28th, where Kalmar will travel to Malmö to battle Malmö FF in a clash of these two evenly matched Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Malmö FF recorded a 1-1 draw against Mjällby. Viktor Gustafsson scored the first goal for Mjällby in the 58th minute, then in the 62nd minute, Anders Christiansen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Veljko Birmancevic squeezing out at least the one point for Malmö FF. Malmö FF should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while kalmar sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against IFK Göteborg. Carl Johansson struck first for Kalmar on an own goal in the 59th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, IFK Göteborg was frustrated by Kalmar’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kalmar ended the match with the shutout victory. Kalmar is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 3rd of April, Kalmar hosted Malmö FF in their last match together. Malmö FF won by a score of 1 to 0. Isaac Thelin struck first for Malmö FF in the 76th minute on a feed from Eric Larsson, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Kalmar was frustrated by Malmö FF’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Malmö FF ended the match with the shutout victory.
Kalmar’s most prolific scorer has been Oliver Berg. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. For Malmö FF, their top scorers are Isaac Thelin and Veljko Birmancevic, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.