Sogndal clashes with Kristiansund in Obos-Ligaen confrontation

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5622 seats)

Sogndal have been busy practising for this game after their 3-1 result versus Jerv, a game they learned a lot from. What will happen against Kristiansund?

Insights:
  • Sogndal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kristiansund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Sogndal nor Kristiansund as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sogndal form and stats

The story so far in the Obos-Ligaen for Sogndal at their home stadium (Fosshaugane Campus) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Sogndal, who won 3-1 against Jerv (placed 14th). Finally, a league win after three fixtures without one.

Before that, Sogndal drew at home versus Åsane.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sogndal matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sogndal, as the Obos-Ligaen home game vs Moss is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Sogndal in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Sogndal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kristiansund form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kristiansund so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Kristiansund, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Kristiansund's previous game was their home loss versus KFUM (0-2). That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bryne.

The schedule is very tough for Kristiansund now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Obos-Ligaen game at Hødd is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kristiansund have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. In the opposite end, Kristiansund have conceded 20 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kristiansund - Sogndal 2-1 was the output when these squads last met, some time ago this season. Previous six meetings involving these sides: Sogndal won two, Kristiansund were winners in one and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KristiansundB. Stokke
B. Stokke
11 goals
SogndalV. Ingimundarson
V. Ingimundarson
7 goals
SogndalK. Nesso
K. Nesso
5 goals

Sogndal missing players

Kristiansund missing players

Sogndal Kristiansund
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 11 24
11 6 2 Won W 0 2 9
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 8
8 2 1 Lost L 3 4 7
37 20 6 Scored S 2 15 39
32 12 5 Conceded C 11 20 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
79% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
58% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 54%
25% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 46%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 17%
62% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 62%
17% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
25% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 25%
 
6.5 7.3 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.2 6.1
4.5 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.7 5.1
1.1 0.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11 10.9 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.1 11.3
4.4 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.1
35% 40% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 34% 39%
 
9.5 8.4 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.6 9.9
3.3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 4.1
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Kristiansund's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kristiansund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sogndal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fredrikstad 24 14 9 1 36 17 12 8 4 0 21 7 12 6 5 1 15 10 19 51
2 KFUM 25 14 5 6 45 30 12 8 2 2 25 12 13 6 3 4 20 18 15 47
3 Kongsvinger 24 13 4 7 41 30 12 7 2 3 22 13 12 6 2 4 19 17 11 43
4 Start 25 10 9 6 43 30 12 8 3 1 27 12 13 2 6 5 16 18 13 39
5 Sogndal 24 11 5 8 37 32 11 6 3 2 20 12 13 5 2 6 17 20 5 38
6 Kristiansund 24 9 8 7 39 33 13 7 3 3 24 13 11 2 5 4 15 20 6 35
7 Sandnes Ulf 25 9 7 9 37 31 13 5 3 5 20 17 12 4 4 4 17 14 6 34
8 Raufoss 24 9 6 9 33 30 12 5 5 2 19 11 12 4 1 7 14 19 3 33
9 Ranheim 24 10 3 11 29 43 12 5 1 6 18 27 12 5 2 5 11 16 -14 33
10 Bryne 24 9 5 10 33 31 13 7 4 2 21 11 11 2 1 8 12 20 2 32
11 Moss 24 8 7 9 28 32 12 7 1 4 15 10 12 1 6 5 13 22 -4 31
12 Mjøndalen 25 8 5 12 32 37 13 4 4 5 18 16 12 4 1 7 14 21 -5 29
13 Åsane 24 6 9 9 33 35 11 4 4 3 18 16 13 2 5 6 15 19 -2 27
14 Jerv 25 7 6 12 37 52 13 4 3 6 18 23 12 3 3 6 19 29 -15 27
15 Hødd 24 6 7 11 24 31 12 3 6 3 12 11 12 3 1 8 12 20 -7 25
16 Skeid 25 2 5 18 21 54 12 1 2 9 12 27 13 1 3 9 9 27 -33 11

Read more about Obos-Ligaen

The Norwegian 1. divisjon (usually referred to as OBOS-ligaen) is the second highest level of football in Norway. 16 teams play each other home and away. After these 240 fixtures the top two teams in the league table are promoted, while another can promote through playoff. Relegation follows a similar system.