An important duel in the bottom section of the Eliteserien, with both Start and Sandefjord experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 13th place.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Start's stadium, Sparebanken Sør Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Sandefjord have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sandefjord when playing on artifical turf; 13 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 56 goals in these games and conceded 51.
Start form and stats
Start have played 11 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Sparebanken Sør Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Strømsgodset (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Eliteserien game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Haugesund.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Start handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and zero defeats.
The Start fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Start's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sandefjord form and stats
Playing away, Sandefjord have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Sandefjord's previous game was their home loss versus Vålerenga (0-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bodø / Glimt wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Sandefjord are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of three matches.
Sandefjord are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Sandefjord's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sandefjord - Start 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Start-Sandefjord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Start one win, Sandefjord six wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Schulze 7 goals |   S. Gussiås 7 goals |  M. Bringaker 4 goals |
Start missing players
Sandefjord missing players
| Start | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 40 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 34 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 76% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 76% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 57% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 19% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 5% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 48% |
| 19% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 24% |
| 38% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 268 | 154 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 103 | 200 |
| 84 | 48 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 38 | 61 |
| 30% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 37% | 34% |
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Start 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 46 | 56 |
| 2 | Molde | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | Odd | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Viking | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Brann | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | Start | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | -36 | 7 |
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