Vålerenga look to Intility Arena supporters for inspiration before Sarpsborg 08 match

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Intility Arena (1500 seats)

The standings reveals that 6 points split the two two sets of gladiators in this Eliteserien fixture. Vålerenga have both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an active match!

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Vålerenga form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Intility Arena as Vålerenga have scored 27 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Vålerenga to get some points in this home game.

Vålerenga are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Odd. Jensen, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Jensen hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Bodø / Glimt with the scoreline 0-6.

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 Vålerenga have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 latest league matches with this side has had three or more goals.

Goals decide football matches and Vålerenga are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.

Sarpsborg 08's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tromsø that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Sarpsborg 08 drew the match against Tromsø. Manager Billborn brought on Opseth to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Saletros was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Saletros served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 73 successful passes (of 84 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Viking with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Sarpsborg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Sarpsborg 08's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sarpsborg 08 - Vålerenga 0-1 was the story when this pair of sides last played each other, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Vålerenga won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Sarpsborg 08 managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

VålerengaA. Layouni
A. Layouni
7 goals
Sarpsborg 08M. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
7 goals

Vålerenga missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vålerenga Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
13 9 3 Won W 0 5 11
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
11 3 1 Lost L 3 7 13
47 27 9 Scored S 2 24 49
43 16 3 Conceded C 9 25 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 78%
67% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 69% 63%
48% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 69% 52%
22% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 46% 37%
48% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 69% 67%
26% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
26% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 19%
 
6.2 7.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.9 6
4.9 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7 5.9
1.3 0.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
14.4 18.1 19.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.6 15.4
5.1 6.5 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.5 5.4
34% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 41% 34%
 
13.1 11.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 20 16.3 15.1
4.4 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vålerenga 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 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”.