Vålerenga II vs Vard: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Norway 2. Division - Group 1
Competition: Wed 05.Jul
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Intility Arena (1500 seats)

Loyal fans at Intility Arena haven’t seen many wins this season, with Vålerenga II decaying in the 10th spot. The guesting Vard will attempt to shield their higher league position in this match.

Insights:
  • Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals (32) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Vard have the most points from losing position (8) in 2. Division - Group 1

6 - 6 - 7 with 23-30. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vard when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vard play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

It's no vacation for neither Vålerenga nor Vard 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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Vålerenga II form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Intility Arena as Vålerenga II have scored 13 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 2. Division - Group 1 are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Vålerenga II club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Ørn Horten and win 4-1. Sweet to taste a league victory after five games without one.

Heartbreak before that as Vålerenga lost 0-4 at Lyn's place.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.

Vålerenga II can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Vard form and stats

Playing away, Vard have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the 2. Division - Group 1 this season.

Two trips in a row for Vard, whose coach Fosen could celebrate last time after the win against Fram. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without victory.

Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Notodden.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

After this away game Vard return home for a 2. Division - Group 1 game against Kjelsås. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Vard have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. 6 goals have been conceded by Vard in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vålerenga II have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Vard.

Top Goalscorers

VardA. Endresen
A. Endresen
8 goals

Vålerenga II missing players

Vard missing players

Vålerenga II Vard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 3 5 11
4 4 2 Won W 2 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
6 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
14 13 9 Scored S 5 7 19
32 7 1 Conceded C 1 6 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 91%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 91%
73% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 82%
55% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 45%
45% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
36% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 64%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 27%
36% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 18%
 
4.3 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.6 4.2
6.1 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 6.4
1.4 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 9.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.4 10.6
3 4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5 4.9
42% 54% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 28% 35%
 
14.5 9.8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12 12
7.5 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 6.2
Key stats in 2. Division - Group 1 this season:
  • Vard have the most points from losing position (8) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Vålerenga II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vålerenga II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals (32) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Vålerenga II have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in 2. Division - Group 1
  • Vålerenga II have the the worst goal difference (-18) 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.

  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 12 9 2 1 24 7 6 4 2 0 17 4 6 5 0 1 7 3 17 29
2 Lyn 11 8 0 3 30 9 5 4 0 1 15 2 6 4 0 2 15 7 21 24
3 Arendal 12 7 2 3 31 18 6 5 0 1 21 6 6 2 2 2 10 12 13 23
4 Notodden 12 7 3 2 22 11 7 4 2 1 12 3 5 3 1 1 10 8 11 21
5 Kjelsås 12 6 2 4 13 10 7 5 1 1 12 5 5 1 1 3 1 5 3 20
6 Træff 12 5 2 5 14 26 6 2 2 2 9 10 6 3 0 3 5 16 -12 17
7 Vard 11 4 3 4 19 19 6 2 1 3 12 13 5 2 2 1 7 6 0 15
8 Ørn Horten 11 4 1 6 15 18 4 2 1 1 7 3 7 2 0 5 8 15 -3 13
9 Grorud 12 3 4 5 7 12 6 1 1 4 2 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 -5 13
10 Vålerenga II 11 4 1 6 14 32 6 4 1 1 13 7 5 0 0 5 1 25 -18 13
11 Fram 12 3 3 6 15 19 6 2 1 3 5 9 6 1 2 3 10 10 -4 12
12 Brattvåg 10 2 1 7 10 17 5 1 1 3 5 7 5 1 0 4 5 10 -7 7
13 Aalesund II 9 1 3 5 8 13 4 1 1 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 8 -5 6
14 Flekkerøy 11 1 3 7 4 15 5 1 1 3 3 6 6 0 2 4 1 9 -11 6

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.