Sarpsborg 08 vs Tromsø preview

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table places so far. Get set for Sarpsborg 08 - Tromsø!

Insights:
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tromsø have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Tromsø have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Sarpsborg 08 and Tromsø should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Sarpsborg 08 have to build on here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the Eliteserien. There’s a good atmosphere here at Sarpsborg Stadion after three straight home wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anders Kristiansen not having conceded a league goal in 226 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Sarpsborg 08, who won 1-0 against Viking (placed 9th). Hagelskjær was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Hagelskjær won 4 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Sarpsborg won a home game hosting Haugesund (4-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sarpsborg 08 handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 15 of the 20 latest league games with this side has had at least three goals.

The Sarpsborg 08 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sarpsborg defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Tromsø form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tromsø so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-5 (win-draw-lose).

Tromsø go into this game after a win, the home game against Odd that ended 3-2. The end of the last match, against Odd, was very satisfying as Kitolano scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Opsahl was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Opsahl hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 76 successful passes (of 84 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Strømsgodset with the score of 2-1.

Tromsø 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, 7 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 19 of this club's last 25 league games.

The visiting Tromsø have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. Tromsø have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended Tromsø - Sarpsborg 08 2-5, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Sarpsborg 08 won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Tromsø have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

TromsøE. Bugale Kitolano
E. Bugale Kitolano
10 goals
SarpsborgM. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
7 goals

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Tromsø missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sarpsborg 08 Tromsø
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
11 6 2 Won W 0 1 9
2 1 0 Drew D 1 7 10
13 6 1 Lost L 2 5 7
48 24 5 Scored S 3 14 39
46 21 1 Conceded C 6 24 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 77% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 85%
65% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 58%
54% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 35%
38% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
65% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 77% 73%
15% 15% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
19% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 15%
 
5.8 6.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.6 4.4
6.1 5.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.5 4.5
1.7 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.7
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 15.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.8 13.3
5.3 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4.3
35% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 35%
 
15.4 14.5 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 10.9
4.8 4.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4 3.4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tromsø have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tromsø have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tromsø haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 26 21 3 2 61 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 13 11 2 0 26 10 40 66
2 Bodø / Glimt 26 15 6 5 70 32 13 6 6 1 37 16 13 9 0 4 33 16 38 51
3 Rosenborg 26 14 8 4 59 35 13 11 2 0 33 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 24 50
4 Lillestrøm 26 14 5 7 44 29 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 6 3 4 23 19 15 47
5 Vålerenga 26 13 3 10 46 41 13 9 1 3 27 16 13 4 2 7 19 25 5 42
6 Tromsø 26 9 10 7 39 43 13 8 3 2 25 19 13 1 7 5 14 24 -4 37
7 Sarpsborg 08 26 11 2 13 48 46 13 6 1 6 24 21 13 5 1 7 24 25 2 35
8 Odd 26 10 5 11 33 42 13 6 1 6 19 20 13 4 4 5 14 22 -9 35
9 Viking 26 9 6 11 40 42 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 33
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 37 41 13 6 3 4 23 20 13 3 3 7 14 21 -4 33
11 Strømsgodset 26 9 5 12 39 43 13 7 2 4 29 19 13 2 3 8 10 24 -4 32
12 Aalesund 25 7 8 10 26 38 13 4 5 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 29
13 HamKam 26 5 12 9 28 36 13 4 5 4 15 14 13 1 7 5 13 22 -8 27
14 Sandefjord 26 6 5 15 38 61 13 1 5 7 20 31 13 5 0 8 18 30 -23 23
15 Kristiansund 26 4 6 16 30 52 13 3 4 6 22 28 13 1 2 10 8 24 -22 18
16 Jerv 25 5 2 18 23 59 12 4 1 7 11 22 13 1 1 11 12 37 -36 17

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 26 21 3 2 61 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 13 11 2 0 26 10 40 66
2 Bodø / Glimt 26 15 6 5 70 32 13 6 6 1 37 16 13 9 0 4 33 16 38 51
3 Rosenborg 26 14 8 4 59 35 13 11 2 0 33 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 24 50
4 Lillestrøm 26 14 5 7 44 29 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 6 3 4 23 19 15 47
5 Vålerenga 26 13 3 10 46 41 13 9 1 3 27 16 13 4 2 7 19 25 5 42
6 Tromsø 26 9 10 7 39 43 13 8 3 2 25 19 13 1 7 5 14 24 -4 37
7 Sarpsborg 08 26 11 2 13 48 46 13 6 1 6 24 21 13 5 1 7 24 25 2 35
8 Odd 26 10 5 11 33 42 13 6 1 6 19 20 13 4 4 5 14 22 -9 35
9 Viking 26 9 6 11 40 42 13 5 4 4 19 14 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 33
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 37 41 13 6 3 4 23 20 13 3 3 7 14 21 -4 33
11 Strømsgodset 26 9 5 12 39 43 13 7 2 4 29 19 13 2 3 8 10 24 -4 32
12 Aalesund 25 7 8 10 26 38 13 4 5 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 29
13 HamKam 26 5 12 9 28 36 13 4 5 4 15 14 13 1 7 5 13 22 -8 27
14 Sandefjord 26 6 5 15 38 61 13 1 5 7 20 31 13 5 0 8 18 30 -23 23
15 Kristiansund 26 4 6 16 30 52 13 3 4 6 22 28 13 1 2 10 8 24 -22 18
16 Jerv 25 5 2 18 23 59 12 4 1 7 11 22 13 1 1 11 12 37 -36 17

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