The first leg ended Linfield-Bodø / Glimt 1-0. All is set for the decider in this Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Linfield have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-2-2 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Linfield have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Bodø / Glimt have less rest than Linfield in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eliteserien game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Aspmyra Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Linfield have had more rest.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Action has already taken place for Glimt in Champions League as they have defeated KI to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Bodø / Glimt participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Legia Warszawa.16 points is a decent return from 8 Eliteserien games here at Aspmyra Stadion for Bodø / Glimt. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. 1W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Bodø / Glimt.
The Bodø / Glimt regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Jerv and win 5-0. As mentioned above, Bodø / Glimt "killed" Jerv in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Pellegrino when beating Jerv, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Pellegrino, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 9.3 (out of 10). Pellegrino scored three goals and hit two key passes.
Bodø / Glimt are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Aspmyra Stadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 6 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Glimt has won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Bodø / Glimt has won by at least two goals 5 times when in this position.
Bodø / Glimt are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Aalesund awaits in three days.
Bodø / Glimt are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Aspmyra Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches.
Linfield form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated The New Saints in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Linfield was sent out of Champions League in the 1st qualifying round last season, when Žalgiris turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
The fans enjoyed Linfield's previous match versus Bodø / Glimt, a Champions League win (1-0) played at home.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other already this season, with the match result Linfield - Bodø / Glimt 1-0 logged in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 13 goals |  U. Saltnes 4 goals |  V. Boniface 4 goals |
Bodø / Glimt missing players
Linfield missing players
| Bodø / Glimt | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.6 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Viking | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | HamKam | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Vålerenga | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 1 |
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