Match statistics and preview for 2. Division - Group 1: Arendal - Egersund at Norac Stadion

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Competition: Norway 2. Division - Group 1
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Norac Stadion (3300 seats)

The Arendal & Egersund bosses Risholt and Thu are both worrying about and feeling excited about this key fixture in the higher part of the 2. Division - Group 1 standings.

Insights:
  • Arendal have the most matches over the total-line (15) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Egersund have the most clean sheets (9) in 2. Division - Group 1

12 - 2 - 6 with 32-29. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Egersund when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Egersund play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

This should be an interesting match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Arendal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Norac Stadion as Arendal have scored 24 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the 2. Division - Group 1 are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Torp was the last player to score a league goal for Arendal and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Arendal haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Arendal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Flekkerøy.

Ahead of that match, Arendal lost 0-3 at home to Brattvåg.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arendal handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Goals are plenty in this club's league rounds, with 13 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).

On the other hand, Arendal have conceded 9 goals.

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Egersund form and stats

Egersund's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Egersund collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the 2. Division - Group 1. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Strangstad (2), Dahlby (2), Bergersen and Hafstad scored in Egersund's previous match, the home game against Ørn Horten that ended 6-0. As mentioned above, Egersund was the only team on the pitch versus Ørn Horten in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

A 1-2 defeat away at Lyn before that.

We have checked recent matches where Egersund have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Egersund have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arendal have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Egersund.

Egersund - Arendal 3-3 was the result in these participants' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

ArendalM. Johansen
M. Johansen
13 goals
EgersundM. Lankhof Dahlby
M. Lankhof Dahlby
8 goals
EgersundM. Höiseth
M. Höiseth
8 goals

Arendal missing players

Egersund missing players

Arendal Egersund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
9 6 1 Won W 0 6 12
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 2 2 2
37 24 2 Scored S 1 11 38
24 9 4 Conceded C 4 6 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 69%
94% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 56%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 44%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 31%
44% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 38%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 56%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 12%
 
5.6 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 5.6 5.6
4.4 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.1 3.6
1.2 0.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 16.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.6 12.1
6.4 9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.9 6
36% 33% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 23% 40%
 
8.9 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.8 7.9
4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.1 3.6
Key stats in 2. Division - Group 1 this season:
  • All of Arendal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arendal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arendal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Arendal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Egersund have scored away.
  • Arendal have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Arendal have the most matches over the total-line (15) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Arendal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Egersund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Egersund have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Egersund have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Egersund have the most clean sheets (9) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Egersund haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Egersund 16 12 2 2 38 11 8 6 2 0 27 5 8 6 0 2 11 6 27 38
2 Lyn 15 12 0 3 39 11 7 6 0 1 21 3 8 6 0 2 18 8 28 36
3 Notodden 16 10 3 3 30 17 9 6 2 1 18 4 7 4 1 2 12 13 13 30
4 Arendal 16 9 2 5 37 24 8 6 0 2 24 9 8 3 2 3 13 15 13 29
5 Kjelsås 16 7 4 5 16 13 9 5 2 2 12 6 7 2 2 3 4 7 3 25
6 Grorud 16 6 5 5 17 16 8 3 1 4 7 9 8 3 4 1 10 7 1 23
7 Ørn Horten 16 6 2 8 20 28 7 3 2 2 11 7 9 3 0 6 9 21 -8 20
8 Vard 16 5 4 7 24 28 8 2 1 5 14 17 8 3 3 2 10 11 -4 19
9 Træff 16 5 4 7 21 35 8 2 3 3 12 14 8 3 1 4 9 21 -14 19
10 Fram 16 4 4 8 20 27 8 3 2 3 9 12 8 1 2 5 11 15 -7 16
11 Vålerenga II 16 5 1 10 18 44 9 4 1 4 14 14 7 1 0 6 4 30 -26 16
12 Flekkerøy 16 4 3 9 11 21 8 3 1 4 8 8 8 1 2 5 3 13 -10 15
13 Aalesund II 15 3 3 9 14 21 6 2 1 3 8 8 9 1 2 6 6 13 -7 12
14 Brattvåg 14 3 1 10 16 25 7 1 1 5 7 13 7 2 0 5 9 12 -9 10

Read more about 2. Division - Group 1

The Norwegian 2. Division (often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the third highest level of football in Norway. It has 28 teams divided into two divisions each with 14 sides. At the end of the season the team topping the league table, after 26 fixtures, is promoted while the bottom three are relegated.