Allsvenskan 2020: Malmo FF vs Mjallby AIF – tactical analysis

Malmo FF failed to claim the Allsvenskan title in 2019, under their new manager Jon Dahl Tomasson (former player of AC Milan and Newcastle United), they will try to be the best in Sweden again. In the first league game in 2020, they faced Mjallby AIF – the Superettan (Swedens second tier) champion in the previous year.

Thanks to the double of the former Chievo Verona player Anders Christiansen, Tomasson got his first victory in Allsvenskan. However, the process was not the smoothest as they took 51 minutes to deal with the defensive block of Mjällby.

In this tactical analysis, we will dissect how Tomasson and Marcus Lantz set their tactics against each other.

Lineups

Malmö played in a 4-2-3-1 formation, as Tomasson has sent a very strong squad out. The 18-year-old youngster, Tim Prica was given a chance to play as a left-winger as his second Allsvenskan game, handed an assist. The new strikers – Ola Toivonen and Isaac Kiese Thelin were not starting, as Guillermo Molins played as the lone striker.

Mjällby got David Bantanero for free but he was not starting. Instead, the midfield was formed by David Löfquist, Jonas Gustavsson and Viktor Gustafson. Besard Sabovic was supporting Mamudo, hence, it was a 3-5-1-1 formation.

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