The visiting Start side should be favourites in this visit to Notodden, as the away team holds a 34 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
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!
Notodden are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture.
Notodden form and stats
With 2 Obos-Ligaen wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Notodden are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Idrettsparken KG Notodden, but a victory now would be sweet for Notodden.
Notodden drew their last game, 2-2 away at Skeid (placed 15th). In the match before that, Notodden hosted Tromsdalen and drew the game 3-3.
Notodden are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Notodden defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Start form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Start are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Obos-Ligaen against Ullensaker / Kisa (placed 10th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Aalesund wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Start has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Start have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Start - Notodden 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last six meetings between the teams: Notodden won 2, Start won 4 and 0 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sigurdarson 13 goals |   M. Brekke 8 goals |  K. Skaanes 7 goals |
Notodden missing players
Start missing players
| Notodden | Start | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 35 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | 52 |
| 51 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 90% |
| 83% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | 76% |
| 59% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 55% |
| 38% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 29% | 34% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 17% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | 38% |
| 28% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 29% | 24% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Notodden 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 | Aalesund | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 40 | 76 |
| 2 | Sandefjord | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 25 | 65 |
| 3 | Start | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 59 |
| 4 | KFUM | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Nest-Sotra | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 7 | Kongsvinger | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 43 |
| 8 | Sandnes Ulf | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | Raufoss | 29 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 10 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | HamKam | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -5 | 35 |
| 12 | Jerv | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 36 | -18 | 33 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 25 |
| 14 | Notodden | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 15 | Skeid | 29 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Tromsdalen | 29 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 37 | -41 | 13 |