Stats, patterns, recent fixtures, form, head to head, lineups and much more: Tipsway offers all you want to know on Sarpsborg 08 - Lillestrøm!
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lillestrøm have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien
Lillestrøm play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will be played on artifical turf. The latest results for Lillestrøm when featuring on artifical turf are 16 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats from 32 matches. They have created {58 goals} and conceded 53 times in these fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Sarpsborg 08 at their home stadium (Sarpsborg Stadion) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Billborn led his Sarpsborg 08 to a defeat away at Brann. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sarpsborg Stadion. Midfield player Torp got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Torp hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tromsø in a game that was won 4-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sarpsborg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 6.
Take note: 13 of the latest 17 league matches from this football club have had goals from both sides.
Goals decide football matches and Sarpsborg 08 are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 14 goals.
Lillestrøm form and stats
Playing away, Lillestrøm, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Lillestrøm are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Aalesund (placed 16th). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Olsen and that is quite the accomplishment! Garnas, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Garnas hit two key passes and won 3 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Strømsgodset with the score of 2-1.Lillestrøm are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 12 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lillestrøm have scored 13 goals in 10 league games away. As opposed to that, Lillestrøm have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sarpsborg and Lillestrøm have faced each other previously this season: Lillestrøm - Sarpsborg 08 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sarpsborg 08 wins - draws - Lillestrøm wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Lehne Olsen 9 goals |   K. Fardal Opseth 7 goals |  M. Maigaard 6 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Lillestrøm missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Lillestrøm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 37 |
| 34 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| 71% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 70% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 45% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 62% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 75% |
| 29% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 20% |
| 6.6 | 6.9 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 17.5 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 13.1 | 15.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 28% | 34% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 40% |
| 12.2 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 5 |
- Lillestrøm have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 45 |
| 2 | Viking | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Molde | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 37 |
| 5 | Brann | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Odd | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | HamKam | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 23 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -14 | 16 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 31 | -34 | 11 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Lillestrøm
- Romerikes Blad - (local newspaper)
- Kanari-Fansen forum - (supporter forum)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
