This season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, good and bad leading to mid-table places so far. Clear the decks for Vard - Notodden!
- Vard have the most conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Division - Group 1
- Notodden have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It should be mentioned that Notodden play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Notodden on grass are 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-20. You can compare this with overall results below.
Vard and Notodden 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.
Vard form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Division - Group 1 for Vard at their home stadium (Haugesund Stadion) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Vard, facing Flekkerøy in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Grorud that ended 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vard have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Vard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Haugesund Stadion with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Notodden form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Notodden playing as the away team in the 2. Division - Group 1 this season.
234 minutes! That's how long the Notodden goalkeeper Maciej Raniowski and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Frithzell and Berntsen scored in Notodden's previous match, the home game against Egersund that ended 2-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Arendal.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Notodden playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Notodden wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Notodden's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. 5 goals have been conceded by Notodden in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous nine meetings): Vard won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Notodden got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Frithzell 10 goals |  A. Endresen 8 goals |  A. Berntsen 4 goals |
Vard missing players
Notodden missing players
| Vard | Notodden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 56% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 7.4 |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 24% |
| 11.8 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 10.6 |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
- All of Vard's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Notodden have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Notodden have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Notodden haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vard have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Vard have the most conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Division - Group 1
- Vard haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Lyn | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Arendal | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Kjelsås | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Notodden | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Træff | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 7 | Vard | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Grorud | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Fram | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Ørn Horten | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Vålerenga II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | -17 | 10 |
| 12 | Brattvåg | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Aalesund II | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Flekkerøy | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
