Kalmar vs Mjallby Soccer Betting Picks

Kalmar and Mjallby have their paths crossed this Monday, August 24, in a match that is part of the program of the seventeenth round of the Swedish Championship 2020 version, the second of the second round. The meeting will take place at the Arena Guldfågeln, in Kalmar.

Allsvenskan uses a non-European standard calendar. Due to local climatic conditions it starts and ends in the same year. Under normal conditions, it runs from March to December. In 2020, due to the pandemic, the start was postponed and there is no forecast on the conclusion, since there is a dependence on the definition of the continental calendar. With 16 clubs, the competition has 30 rounds and, in the end, only the champion is entitled to participate in the Champions League, but only in the 2021/2022 season. The second and third positions yield a place in the Europa League. The relegation zone is formed by the last three, but there are differences. The worst two go directly to Second Division. The antepenultimate still has a chance to escape the sticking dispute by the playoff with Superettan’s third place, the Swedish Second.

Kalmar’s recent performance

The start of the second round was not very favorable for Kalmar. Acting as a visitor, the team was defeated, by 2 to 0, by Ostersunds. With that, it was parked at 13 points (three wins, four draws and nine losses). Same score as Falkenbergs and Helsiborgs, the trio that formed the relegation zone before the start of round 17.

When the tiebreaker criteria were used, Kalmar ended up appearing in the fifteenth – penultimate – position of the classification table, presenting a point less than the AIK, thirteenth placed and first team outside the region of the sticking.

The home performance gives your fans a little encouragement. It appears in the thirteenth position in the ranking of home owners of Allsvenskan. Of the 24 points he played as principal, he won six (one win, three draws and four defeats) having scored nine goals and conceded 11. Nothing spectacular, of course. However, if it only depended on these results, at least it would be out of Z3.

Kalmar in the current season

Allsvenskan
08/17 2020 Oestersunds FK 2 – 0 Kalmar FF
08/13 2020 Kalmar FF 1 – 1 IFK Gothenburg
08/09 2020 Haecken 0 – 2 Kalmar FF
06/08 2020 Kalmar FF 0 – 3 Orebro
02/08 2020 Kalmar FF 0 – 0 AIK Stockholm

Mjallby’s current form

The start of Mjallby in the second round was a little more encouraging. Having the possibility to play at home, he was in the tie, by 2 to 2, with Malmo, leader of the Swedish Championship. It was the fifth match in six rounds that managed to score. Four of those games ended in a draw. However, for a team that has moved up from the Second Division and whose main goal is to remain in the elite, this is an acceptable performance.

With 20 points (five wins, five draws and six losses), he started the dispute of the seventeenth round comfortably installed in the eighth position in the leaderboard. Nine points below Djurgaarden, third and last in the region that grants space for international tournaments, and seven in front of the relegation zone.

As a visitor, performance is slightly lower. It appears in the twelfth position in the ranking of this Allsvenskan criterion. Of the 24 points he played as a column two, he returned home with eight (two wins, two draws and four losses) having scored seven goals and conceded 11.

Mjallby in the current season

Allsvenskan
08/16 2020 Mjaellby 2 – 2 Malmo FF
12/8 2020 Djurgaarden 2 – 1 Mjaellby
08/09 2020 Mjaellby 3 – 1 AIK Stockholm
06/08 2020 Mjaellby 1 – 1 Sirius
03/08 2020 IFK Norrkoeping 1 – 1 Mjaellby