Match preview: 13 points divide the sides up until now, Arendal having performed best. Will Vålerenga II shorten the gap?
- Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals (38) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Arendal have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in 2. Division - Group 1
Vålerenga II and Arendal 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.
Vålerenga II form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Division - Group 1 for Vålerenga II at their home stadium (Intility Arena) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Sanden led his Vålerenga II to a defeat away at Grorud. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Intility Arena.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vard (0-2).Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has contained three or more goals.
A decent goal production from Vålerenga in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Vålerenga II have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Arendal form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Arendal playing as the away team in the 2. Division - Group 1 this season.
The regulars enjoyed Arendal's previous fixture versus Flekkerøy (placed 13th), a 3-0 win played at home.
A 2-2 draw at Træff's stadium before that.Lots of goals? This club have played 10 consecutive league matches all with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Arendal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games.
Head 2 Head
Arendal - Vålerenga 11-0 was the end result in these contenders' latest head to head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Vålerenga II wins - draws - Arendal wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Skeie with 3 goals scored against Vålerenga II in these 3 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Johansen 12 goals | P. Skeie 6 goals |
Vålerenga II missing players
Arendal missing players
| Vålerenga II | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 38 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 3.8 | 5.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 8.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9 | 12.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 41% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 42% | 37% |
| 14.3 | 11.1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| 7.5 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4 |
- Arendal have scored more than double the goals of Vålerenga II.
- Arendal have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Arendal have the most matches over the total-line (12) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Arendal have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Arendal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vålerenga II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals (38) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Vålerenga II have the the worst goal difference (-23) in 2. Division - Group 1
- Vålerenga II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vålerenga II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vålerenga II is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Lyn | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 27 |
| 3 | Arendal | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Kjelsås | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Notodden | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Vard | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Træff | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 8 | Ørn Horten | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Grorud | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Vålerenga II | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | -23 | 13 |
| 11 | Fram | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Aalesund II | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Flekkerøy | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 9 |
| 14 | Brattvåg | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
