Start favourites for feisty fight facing Bryne

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Obos-Ligaen: Start host Bryne in what promises to be an action-packed football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!

Insights:
  • Start have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that Bryne play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Bryne on artifical turf are 6 victories, 4 draws and 13 defeats from 23 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-45. You can compare this with overall results below.

Start and Bryne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Start form and stats

Start are steadily winning Obos-Ligaen games and points here at Sparebanken Sør Arena. 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. In general it's been a long time since Start tasted defeat here at Sparebanken Sør Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

No payout for Start in their previous match, an away game at Mjøndalen that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kongsvinger.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Start handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Start can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 29 times.

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Bryne form and stats

Bryne have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 3-1-9 (13 played).

Impressive finishing from Jonassen secured the home win 1-0 against Skeid in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Knappen when Jonassen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.

A 0-1 defeat away at KFUM before that.

Bryne 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 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Bryne have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bryne have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the sides met previously this campaign; Bryne - Start 2-2. Start-Bryne H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Start five wins, Bryne four wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StartL. Mares
L. Mares
6 goals
StartM. Grundetjern
M. Grundetjern
6 goals
StartA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
6 goals

Start missing players

Bryne missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Bryne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
11 9 2 Won W 1 3 11
9 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
7 1 1 Lost L 3 9 11
45 29 8 Scored S 5 15 37
33 13 7 Conceded C 7 22 33
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
78% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 74%
67% 77% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 63%
37% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 26%
11% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
59% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 63%
33% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 22%
19% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 22%
 
4.8 5.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.7 4.6
4.2 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.5
1.7 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.2 11.9
4.2 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.7
40% 47% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 29%
 
9.7 8.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.8 9.6
3.7 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bryne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Start have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Start have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (29) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Obos-Ligaen

  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 27 17 9 1 46 19 13 9 4 0 24 7 14 8 5 1 22 12 27 60
2 KFUM 27 15 6 6 46 30 14 9 3 2 26 12 13 6 3 4 20 18 16 51
3 Kongsvinger 27 14 4 9 45 35 13 7 2 4 23 16 14 7 2 5 22 19 10 46
4 Kristiansund 27 12 8 7 48 36 14 8 3 3 28 14 13 4 5 4 20 22 12 44
5 Start 27 11 9 7 45 33 13 9 3 1 29 13 14 2 6 6 16 20 12 42
6 Sogndal 27 12 6 9 43 39 13 7 3 3 24 17 14 5 3 6 19 22 4 42
7 Ranheim 27 12 3 12 34 48 13 6 1 6 22 29 14 6 2 6 12 19 -14 39
8 Bryne 27 11 5 11 37 33 14 8 4 2 22 11 13 3 1 9 15 22 4 38
9 Raufoss 27 9 8 10 33 33 13 5 6 2 19 11 14 4 2 8 14 22 0 35
10 Sandnes Ulf 27 9 7 11 39 37 14 5 3 6 22 20 13 4 4 5 17 17 2 34
11 Moss 27 9 7 11 32 35 14 8 1 5 18 11 13 1 6 6 14 24 -3 34
12 Mjøndalen 27 9 6 12 34 37 14 5 4 5 20 16 13 4 2 7 14 21 -3 33
13 Åsane 27 7 9 11 37 43 13 5 4 4 21 20 14 2 5 7 16 23 -6 30
14 Jerv 27 7 6 14 39 58 14 4 3 7 18 25 13 3 3 7 21 33 -19 27
15 Hødd 27 6 8 13 26 37 14 3 7 4 14 14 13 3 1 9 12 23 -11 26
16 Skeid 27 3 5 19 24 55 13 2 2 9 15 27 14 1 3 10 9 28 -31 14

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 Fredrikstad 27 17 9 1 46 19 13 9 4 0 24 7 14 8 5 1 22 12 27 60
2 KFUM 27 15 6 6 46 30 14 9 3 2 26 12 13 6 3 4 20 18 16 51
3 Kongsvinger 27 14 4 9 45 35 13 7 2 4 23 16 14 7 2 5 22 19 10 46
4 Kristiansund 27 12 8 7 48 36 14 8 3 3 28 14 13 4 5 4 20 22 12 44
5 Start 27 11 9 7 45 33 13 9 3 1 29 13 14 2 6 6 16 20 12 42
6 Sogndal 27 12 6 9 43 39 13 7 3 3 24 17 14 5 3 6 19 22 4 42
7 Ranheim 27 12 3 12 34 48 13 6 1 6 22 29 14 6 2 6 12 19 -14 39
8 Bryne 27 11 5 11 37 33 14 8 4 2 22 11 13 3 1 9 15 22 4 38
9 Raufoss 27 9 8 10 33 33 13 5 6 2 19 11 14 4 2 8 14 22 0 35
10 Sandnes Ulf 27 9 7 11 39 37 14 5 3 6 22 20 13 4 4 5 17 17 2 34
11 Moss 27 9 7 11 32 35 14 8 1 5 18 11 13 1 6 6 14 24 -3 34
12 Mjøndalen 27 9 6 12 34 37 14 5 4 5 20 16 13 4 2 7 14 21 -3 33
13 Åsane 27 7 9 11 37 43 13 5 4 4 21 20 14 2 5 7 16 23 -6 30
14 Jerv 27 7 6 14 39 58 14 4 3 7 18 25 13 3 3 7 21 33 -19 27
15 Hødd 27 6 8 13 26 37 14 3 7 4 14 14 13 3 1 9 12 23 -11 26
16 Skeid 27 3 5 19 24 55 13 2 2 9 15 27 14 1 3 10 9 28 -31 14

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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.