It's match two of the 2. Division - Group 2 season and a lot to play for. Read our full preview of Vålerenga II-Asker!
It's no vacation for neither Vålerenga nor Asker 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.
Vålerenga II form and stats
In the previous season, Vålerenga II's league stats were 7 wins, 5 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 11th spot in the 2. Division. Over these 26 matches they scored 43 goals and let in 63. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Vålerenga II managed 4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 27 conceded. The hosts won their first 2. Division - Group 2 game here at Intility Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Vålerenga II last season were 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from 13 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Intility Arena.
The Vålerenga II club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Asker and win 2-1.
Previous to that game, a 2. Division home match hosting Moss in a game that was won 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vålerenga II handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, one draw and three defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from Vålerenga II's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Asker form and stats
Let's have a look at how Asker performed last season in the 2. Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 27/16 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the 2. Division - Group 2 ended in defeat. Last season Asker had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 7, drew 2 and lost 4.
There might be some fixture complaints from Asker as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Vålerenga II.
Prior to that result Asker won their away game at Senja in the 2. Division. The scoreline was 2-0.Asker are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Asker has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the result Vålerenga - Asker 2-1 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vålerenga II two wins, zero draws and Asker eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Vålerenga II missing players
Asker missing players
| Vålerenga II | Asker | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Vålerenga II | Last season | Asker | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 27 | 60 | ||
| 63 | 27 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 81% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 54% | ||
| 50% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 31% | ||
| 73% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 73% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 48% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 16.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kjelsås | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Træff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tromsdalen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Vålerenga II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Gjøvik-Lyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hødd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bærum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Levanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Asker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Frigg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Brattvåg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Eidsvold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kongsvinger | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 62 | 68 |
| 2 | Hødd | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 49 | 60 |
| 3 | Asker | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Tromsdalen | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | Brattvåg | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Alta | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Kvik Halden | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 33 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Eidsvold | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Bærum | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -10 | 30 |
| 10 | Moss | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Vålerenga II | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 36 | -20 | 26 |
| 12 | Florø | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -34 | 18 |
| 13 | Fløya | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 14 |
| 14 | Senja | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 41 | -43 | 11 |