Eliteserien preview: Can Strømsgodset edge out victory against Haugesund?

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marienlyst Stadion (8935 seats)

Strømsgodset - Haugesund: Eliteserien cellar dwellers scrapping for points and glory. Read all the relevant statistics and information before the match!

Insights:
  • Strømsgodset have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strømsgodset have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Haugesund have scored away.

8 - 7 - 13 with 35-47. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Haugesund when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Haugesund play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

This should be an intriguing game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Strømsgodset form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Strømsgodset at their home stadium (Marienlyst Stadion) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. When Strømsgodset hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kristiansund, Jerv, Sandefjord, HamKam and Strømsgodset), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Strømsgodset drew their last game, 1-1 away at HamKam (placed 13th). Stengel (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Stengel hit one key pass.

Heartbreak before that as Strømsgodset lost 0-3 at Rosenborg's place.

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 Strømsgodset have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.

Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league games with this team has contained three or more goals.

Strømsgodset can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 29 times. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Haugesund form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Haugesund so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Grindhaug was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Haugesund Stadion. Haugesund suffered a 0-1 loss to Lillestrøm (placed 4th). Reese, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.15. Reese won 8 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kristiansund at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Haugesund 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, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

The visiting Haugesund have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. As for defending, Haugesund rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Strømsgodset and Haugesund have faced off before this season: Haugesund - Strømsgodset 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Strømsgodset victories, three draws and three Haugesund wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrømsgodsetJ. Hove
J. Hove
11 goals
HaugesundA. Ndour
A. Ndour
9 goals
HaugesundM. Sande
M. Sande
6 goals

Strømsgodset missing players

Haugesund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Strømsgodset Haugesund
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
9 7 2 Won W 1 3 9
6 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
12 4 1 Lost L 2 7 12
40 29 11 Scored S 1 14 37
44 19 7 Conceded C 2 21 42
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 70%
70% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 56%
41% 54% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 41%
22% 38% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
48% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 59%
26% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 11%
33% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 30%
 
5.7 7.3 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.8 4.8
6.2 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.4 6.2
1.4 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 17.7 23.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.2 12.1
3.9 5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.1 2.9
38% 45% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 52% 47%
 
14.1 14.3 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 15.9 13.9
4.7 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 4.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Haugesund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Haugesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strømsgodset have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strømsgodset have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Haugesund have scored away.
  • Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners at 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 Molde 27 22 3 2 63 22 14 11 1 2 37 12 13 11 2 0 26 10 41 69
2 Bodø / Glimt 27 16 6 5 75 32 14 7 6 1 42 16 13 9 0 4 33 16 43 54
3 Rosenborg 27 14 8 5 60 37 13 11 2 0 33 10 14 3 6 5 27 27 23 50
4 Lillestrøm 27 15 5 7 45 29 13 8 2 3 21 10 14 7 3 4 24 19 16 50
5 Vålerenga 27 13 3 11 47 43 13 9 1 3 27 16 14 4 2 8 20 27 4 42
6 Tromsø 27 9 11 7 40 44 13 8 3 2 25 19 14 1 8 5 15 25 -4 38
7 Odd 27 11 5 11 35 43 14 7 1 6 21 21 13 4 4 5 14 22 -8 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 27 11 3 13 49 47 14 6 2 6 25 22 13 5 1 7 24 25 2 36
9 Aalesund 27 9 8 10 28 38 14 5 5 4 15 16 13 4 3 6 13 22 -10 35
10 Viking 27 9 7 11 42 44 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 4 3 7 23 30 -2 34
11 Strømsgodset 27 9 6 12 40 44 13 7 2 4 29 19 14 2 4 8 11 25 -4 33
12 Haugesund 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 6 3 5 23 21 13 3 3 7 14 21 -5 33
13 HamKam 27 5 13 9 29 37 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 1 7 5 13 22 -8 28
14 Sandefjord 27 6 5 16 38 62 13 1 5 7 20 31 14 5 0 9 18 31 -24 23
15 Kristiansund 27 4 6 17 30 57 13 3 4 6 22 28 14 1 2 11 8 29 -27 18
16 Jerv 27 5 3 19 25 62 14 4 2 8 13 25 13 1 1 11 12 37 -37 18

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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 27 22 3 2 63 22 14 11 1 2 37 12 13 11 2 0 26 10 41 69
2 Bodø / Glimt 27 16 6 5 75 32 14 7 6 1 42 16 13 9 0 4 33 16 43 54
3 Rosenborg 27 14 8 5 60 37 13 11 2 0 33 10 14 3 6 5 27 27 23 50
4 Lillestrøm 27 15 5 7 45 29 13 8 2 3 21 10 14 7 3 4 24 19 16 50
5 Vålerenga 27 13 3 11 47 43 13 9 1 3 27 16 14 4 2 8 20 27 4 42
6 Tromsø 27 9 11 7 40 44 13 8 3 2 25 19 14 1 8 5 15 25 -4 38
7 Odd 27 11 5 11 35 43 14 7 1 6 21 21 13 4 4 5 14 22 -8 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 27 11 3 13 49 47 14 6 2 6 25 22 13 5 1 7 24 25 2 36
9 Aalesund 27 9 8 10 28 38 14 5 5 4 15 16 13 4 3 6 13 22 -10 35
10 Viking 27 9 7 11 42 44 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 4 3 7 23 30 -2 34
11 Strømsgodset 27 9 6 12 40 44 13 7 2 4 29 19 14 2 4 8 11 25 -4 33
12 Haugesund 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 6 3 5 23 21 13 3 3 7 14 21 -5 33
13 HamKam 27 5 13 9 29 37 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 1 7 5 13 22 -8 28
14 Sandefjord 27 6 5 16 38 62 13 1 5 7 20 31 14 5 0 9 18 31 -24 23
15 Kristiansund 27 4 6 17 30 57 13 3 4 6 22 28 14 1 2 11 8 29 -27 18
16 Jerv 27 5 3 19 25 62 14 4 2 8 13 25 13 1 1 11 12 37 -37 18

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.