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Reigning champions and current leaders Malmo will travel to a struggling Mjallby side, hoping to go 5 points clear at the top of the table after 10 rounds in the Swedish Allsvenskan.
After a decent 11th place finish last year, Mjallby was thinking they can avoid the drop again this season, but seeing their level of football after the first 9 rounds, relegation seems a real possibility. Mjallby is second to last in the standings with just 8 points and a stat line of 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. The interesting fact is that all their points came against the worst placed teams in the league: 2 hard fought wins against 16th placed Brommapojkarna and 14th placed Halmstad and 2 draws against Norrköping (12th place) and Gefle (13th place). This is a pretty telling argument, as Mjallby was totally unable to challenge any top 10 side in the 9 rounds elapsed so far.
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Malmo is clearly the team to beat in Sweden. The visitors won the league pretty comfortable last year and are the odds-on favorites to repeat the scenario this year, especially after their strong start to the season. Malmo has 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and is 2 points clear of the 2nd place with one game in hand. The champions won all their 4 road games this season, so playing away from home does not seem to bother them too much. Malmo really is at another football level than the competition in Sweden right now.
Last year Mjallby held to a 2-2 draw at home against Malmo and lost 2-1 on the road, but the hosts were stronger back then and Malmo was arguably weaker, as they added some top class players this season like ex – Werder Bremen striker Markus Rosenberg.
Malmo is the only swedish team at an european level at the moment, they are hoping to do some damage in the Champions League or Europa League and are miles away from Mjallby in terms of form and quality. Considering the horrible form of the hosts and the fact that they lost all games against top 10 sides this season, a solid Malmo side should be able to easily make it 5 out of 5 on the road after this match. The simple win looks almost a banker here but the odds are dropping fast and a price of 1.60 can only give you so much profit – I will take a calculated risk and go with the -1 asian handicap. Money back looks like the worst case scenario for this bet. Prediction: Mjallby – Malmo 0-2.
Pick: Malmo (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 2.06 @ Sbobet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 8.48
Event date: 22 May
