Week 26 brings us a match on Oct 15th, where Värnamo hosts Kalmar in a clash of these two mismatched Allsvenskan teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Värnamo sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Malmö FF. Neither Malmö FF nor Värnamo could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Värnamo should be reasonably happy with their performance, while kalmar sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Elfsborg. Sebastian Nanasi struck first for Kalmar in the 42nd minute on a feed from Carl Gustafsson, then Filip Sachpekidis added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Elfsborg couldn’t manage to score, and Kalmar took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Kalmar should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Värnamo and Kalmar last played eachother at the Guldfågeln Arena on the 27th of June. Kalmar won by a score of 1 to 0. Lars Sætra scored the first goal for Kalmar in the 5th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Värnamo was frustrated by Kalmar’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kalmar ended the match with the shutout victory.
Sebastian Nanasi has been the most prolific scorer on Kalmar in the last five matches with 3 goals. Marcus Antonsson has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 6 goals for Värnamo.