Arendal vs Egersund Preview & Prediction 14 Nov 2021

2. Division: Two teams who have done splendidly thus far. Let's get ready for Arendal - Egersund with this broad preview!

Insights:

Arendal is in the best form (4-1-1) in 2. Division
Egersund have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in 2. Division

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!

It should be mentioned that Egersund play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Egersund on artifical turf are 17 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 56-42. You can compare this with overall results below.

Egersund are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Arendal form and stats

Arendal are steadily winning 2. Division games and points here at Norac Stadion. 7 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 12 games. The Arendal fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Norac Stadion and will expect new points from this game. Arendal has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Arendal enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Odd II's place. The match ended 3-2 with A. Hellum (2) scoring.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Vard.

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 Arendal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.

Arendal are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Norac Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 12 matches. On the other hand, Arendal have conceded 12 goals.

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Egersund form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Division travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Egersund are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for Egersund in their previous game, as they lost their 2. Division-match, hosting Notodden, 1-3.

Preceding that game, the 3-6 loss visiting Rosenborg II's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Egersund in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Egersund, two draws and three defeats.

Egersund has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 12 games. The Egersund manager O. Bijan has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded history between these sides is the Egersund - Arendal 3-0 played previously this season. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Arendal won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Egersund managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

A. Hellum

17 goals

S. Rokås Michalsen

13 goals

P. Johannesen

13 goals

Arendal missing players

Egersund missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Arendal				Egersund
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
25	12	2	Played	P	2	12	25
12	7	1	Won	W	1	6	15
9	5	1	Drew	D	1	2	3
4	0	0	Lost	L	0	4	7
52	30	3	Scored	S	4	23	53
36	12	2	Conceded	C	3	24	35
96%	92%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	92%	96%
88%	83%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	75%	80%
76%	67%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	67%	68%
52%	42%	50%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	58%	52%
16%	17%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	50%	58%	36%
76%	75%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	100%	75%	60%
20%	25%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	17%	32%
8%	8%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	17%	12%

6.2	7.3	6.5	Corners for (avg)	C F	5.5	5.1	5.8
3.6	3.4	3	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.5	4.2	3.8
2.1	1.8	1.5	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1	1.4	1.8
0	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1

13	13.3	11.5	Shots (avg)	S (	9.5	10.3	11.5
5.6	6.2	4.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.5	3.8	4.8
37%	40%	33%	Goal Efficiency	G E	57%	50%	45%

8.8	7.8	5.5	Shots against (avg)	S A	6.5	10.4	9.3
3.9	3.3	2	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	2.5	5.2	4.3

Arendal			First Half	Egersund
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
25	12	2	Played	P	2	12	25
8	5	0	Won	W	1	5	14
13	6	1	Drew	D	0	4	6
4	1	1	Lost	L	1	3	5
20	12	0	Scored	S	1	12	31
11	5	1	Conceded	C	1	11	16
64%	75%	50%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	84%
36%	42%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	58%	60%
16%	8%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	42%	36%
4%	8%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	8%	8%
4%	8%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
28%	33%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	58%	36%
56%	58%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	33%	56%
52%	33%	100%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	25%	24%

Arendal			Second Half	Egersund
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
25	12	2	Played	P	2	12	25
12	6	2	Won	W	1	3	6
7	6	0	Drew	D	0	4	12
6	0	0	Lost	L	1	5	7
32	18	3	Scored	S	3	11	22
25	7	1	Conceded	C	2	13	19
92%	83%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	75%	64%
72%	75%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	50%	48%
44%	25%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	33%	32%
12%	8%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	17%	8%
4%	8%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	8%	4%
60%	58%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	42%	36%
28%	42%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	33%	48%
20%	17%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	50%	52%

Key stats in 2. Division this season:

Arendal have not yet lost a game at home.
Arendal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Arendal have the most points from losing position (17) in 2. Division
Arendal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
Arendal is in the best form (4-1-1) in 2. Division
Egersund have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in 2. Division

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Skeid	25	16	5	4	61	21	13	10	1	2	41	10	12	6	4	2	20	11	40	53
2	Egersund	25	15	3	7	53	35	13	9	1	3	30	11	12	6	2	4	23	24	18	48
3	Arendal	25	12	9	4	52	36	12	7	5	0	30	12	13	5	4	4	22	24	16	45
4	Vard	25	13	4	8	38	29	13	8	2	3	21	10	12	5	2	5	17	19	9	43
5	Levanger	25	12	4	9	61	40	13	7	0	6	37	20	12	5	4	3	24	20	21	40
6	Notodden	25	10	6	9	50	42	12	5	3	4	27	18	13	5	3	5	23	24	8	36
7	Øygarden	25	9	9	7	34	33	13	8	5	0	23	7	12	1	4	7	11	26	1	36
8	Odd II	25	10	4	11	32	39	13	5	4	4	19	20	12	5	0	7	13	19	-7	34
9	Kjelsås	25	8	9	8	42	40	12	6	4	2	26	16	13	2	5	6	16	24	2	33
10	Sotra	25	9	3	13	38	48	12	8	2	2	29	14	13	1	1	11	9	34	-10	30
11	Fram	25	6	9	10	32	40	12	4	5	3	18	17	13	2	4	7	14	23	-8	27
12	Flekkerøy	25	4	12	9	26	37	13	3	7	3	18	17	12	1	5	6	8	20	-11	24
13	Nardo	25	6	6	13	30	51	12	4	3	5	18	22	13	2	3	8	12	29	-21	24
14	Rosenborg II	25	2	3	20	28	86	12	2	1	9	17	29	13	0	2	11	11	57	-58	9

Norway:

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Skeid	25	16	5	4	61	21	13	10	1	2	41	10	12	6	4	2	20	11	40	53
2	Egersund	25	15	3	7	53	35	13	9	1	3	30	11	12	6	2	4	23	24	18	48
3	Arendal	25	12	9	4	52	36	12	7	5	0	30	12	13	5	4	4	22	24	16	45
4	Vard	25	13	4	8	38	29	13	8	2	3	21	10	12	5	2	5	17	19	9	43
5	Levanger	25	12	4	9	61	40	13	7	0	6	37	20	12	5	4	3	24	20	21	40
6	Notodden	25	10	6	9	50	42	12	5	3	4	27	18	13	5	3	5	23	24	8	36
7	Øygarden	25	9	9	7	34	33	13	8	5	0	23	7	12	1	4	7	11	26	1	36
8	Odd II	25	10	4	11	32	39	13	5	4	4	19	20	12	5	0	7	13	19	-7	34
9	Kjelsås	25	8	9	8	42	40	12	6	4	2	26	16	13	2	5	6	16	24	2	33
10	Sotra	25	9	3	13	38	48	12	8	2	2	29	14	13	1	1	11	9	34	-10	30
11	Fram	25	6	9	10	32	40	12	4	5	3	18	17	13	2	4	7	14	23	-8	27
12	Flekkerøy	25	4	12	9	26	37	13	3	7	3	18	17	12	1	5	6	8	20	-11	24
13	Nardo	25	6	6	13	30	51	12	4	3	5	18	22	13	2	3	8	12	29	-21	24
14	Rosenborg II	25	2	3	20	28	86	12	2	1	9	17	29	13	0	2	11	11	57	-58	9