Can Arendal beat Egersund in Norac Stadion clash?

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Norac Stadion (3300 seats)

Season ticket holders at Norac Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Arendal languishing in the 5th position so far. The guesting Egersund will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Egersund's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Egersund have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 13 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 41-27 (scored/conceded).

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Arendal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Norac Stadion as Arendal, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in 2. Division, have scored 17 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 2. Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The spoils were shared in Arendal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Egersund (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Sotra.

The Arendal manager S. Pedersen has got the team scoring with 17 from 7 home games in the league. From these home matches, Arendal have conceded only 4 goals.

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Egersund form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in 2. Division, on their 2. Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Egersund are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Arendal (placed 5th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Vard.

Egersund are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. 8 goals have been conceded by Egersund in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Arendal - Egersund 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arendal won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Egersund has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Arendal missing players

Egersund missing players

Arendal Egersund
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 2 7 15
7 4 0 Won W 2 3 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
24 17 0 Scored S 3 11 36
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 8 16
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 87%
40% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 60%
27% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 40%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
40% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 47%
47% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 53%
20% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
155 84 0 Total Shots T S 21 76 184
65 40 0 Shots on Target S O 8 35 82
37% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 34%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Arendal has the fewest conceded goals (11) in 2. Division
  • Arendal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arendal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arendal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Egersund has the most clean sheets (8) in 2. Division
  • Egersund has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Division
  • Egersund has the the best goal difference (+20) in 2. Division
  • Egersund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Egersund have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Egersund 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 Bryne 15 10 4 1 38 19 8 8 0 0 25 7 7 2 4 1 13 12 19 34
2 Vard 15 9 1 5 29 14 8 4 1 3 15 10 7 5 0 2 14 4 15 28
3 Egersund 15 8 3 4 36 16 8 5 1 2 25 8 7 3 2 2 11 8 20 27
4 Asker 15 7 6 2 27 18 7 3 3 1 16 12 8 4 3 1 11 6 9 27
5 Arendal 15 7 4 4 24 11 7 4 2 1 17 4 8 3 2 3 7 7 13 25
6 Flekkerøy 14 6 3 5 18 15 7 4 1 2 8 3 7 2 2 3 10 12 3 21
7 Sotra 14 6 2 6 17 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 6 3 0 3 9 12 -2 20

Read more about 2. Division

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.