Kalmar vs Malmö Prediction: Can the Red Brothers get a win over the Blue Ones?

Malmö will travel to the Guldfågeln Arena on Saturday to slug it out against Kalmar. The pride of Småland are not in great form at the moment, sitting 15th on the table, but they defeated Malmö in the last game between the two sides at this venue. Below are previews, possible starting 11, expert betting tips, and odds.

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Kalmar recorded a 4-0 win over Angelholm in their last game in the Svenska Cupen qualification final. They will now shift their attention back to the league, where they have lost their previous four games. They have lost 2-0 to Norrkoping, 4-1 to Hammarby, 3-1 to Sirius, and 2-1 to Vasteras in the losing run. However, at home, they have won 3 of their last five games. They sit 15th on the table with 16 points in 19 games, scoring 24 goals and conceding 42. Dino Islamovic (accumulated yellow cards) is out of this clash.

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Malmö suffered a 2-0 loss to Sparta Prague in the first leg of the Champions League qualification final. They will shift their focus back to the league, where they defeated Norrkoping in their last game. They have won 3 of their previous four league games. They sit first in the league with 44 points in 19 games, scoring 47 goals and conceding 17. Isaac Kiese Thelin will hope to end his goal drought after the league’s top scorer, with 12 goals, has failed to score in his last six games. However, Niklas Moisander (knee surgery), Anton Tinnerholm (groin injury), and Stefano Vecchia (back injury) are all ruled out of this clash.

Kalmar — Samuel Brolin, Rasmus Sjöstedt, Arash Motaraghebjafarpour, Lars Saetra, Melker Hallberg, Abdussalam Magashy, Robert Gojani, Johan Karlsson, Simon Skrabb, Kevin Jensen, Romario Pereira Sipiao.

Malmo — Ricardo Friedrich, Colin Rösler, Nils Zätterström, Martin Olsson, Busanello, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Anders Christiansen, Taha Abdi Ali, Otto Rosengren, Sebastian Jørgensen, Erik Botheim.

Malmo should rest some players ahead of their second-leg clash against Sparta Prague at the epet ARENA in Prague. With this in mind, it will be more reasonable to stake in the goal market.

• BTTS for 1.75 odds
• Second half: Over 1.5 for 1.83 odds
• Over 2.5 for 1.60 odds