Fram expected to fight losing battle when facing Arendal

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Thu 08.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Norac Stadion (3300 seats)

Arendal will battle it out with Fram in this 2. Division game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

The hosts Arendal saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the 2. Division. That game was an away game at Rosenborg II, so at least Arendal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Fram have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 9-9-20 (win-draw-loss) from 38 matches.

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Arendal form and stats

Arendal have only played one 2. Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 9 matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lars Larsson Jendal not having conceded a league goal in 260 minutes.

Arendal are returning here after visiting Rosenborg II in a 2. Division game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. E. Hajdari and T. Hafstad (2) scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Arendal played a great game against Rosenborg II and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Vard and winning 1-0.

Arendal are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Norac Stadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 14 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Arendal has won seven times, drawn four and lost three. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Arendal has won by at least two goals five times when in this position.

There will be little rest for Arendal after this match as they are travelling to Notodden for a 2. Division game in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Arendal's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Fram form and stats

Fram are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Division, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Fram has drawn their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing from S. Brewer secured the home win 2-1 against Kjelsås in their previous game.

A 0-0 draw at Flekkerøy's stadium before that.

Nobody expects Fram to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 20 times before, with the overall statistics of won four, draw two and lost 14. When defeated, seven matches have been lost by two or more goals.

A new game in only three days for Fram, the 2. Division home match versus Rosenborg II. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Fram has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Arendal wins - draws - Fram wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Arendal missing players

Fram missing players

Arendal Fram
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 0 2 4
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 3 3 Scored S 0 2 4
2 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
7 10 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4
4.2 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.8
1.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 20 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.5
6 10 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.2
42% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 31%
Arendal Last season Fram
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
19 9   Played P   7 13
9 5   Won W   0 1
5 3   Drew D   2 3
5 1   Lost L   5 9
32 23   Scored S   9 17
18 7   Conceded C   25 41
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
47% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   86% 85%
32% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   71% 77%
16% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   57% 54%
42% 44%   BTTS BTTS   57% 62%
47% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   43% 38%
 
5.5 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.4
5.6 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6.2
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.3 11   Shots (avg) S (   5.9 9.3
4 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 4
42% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 33%

  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 5 4 1 0 13 3 3 3 0 0 9 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 10 13
2 Arendal 4 4 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 7 1 8 12
3 Levanger 4 3 0 1 15 9 2 1 0 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 7 5 6 9
4 Skeid 5 3 0 2 10 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Vard 5 2 2 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 8
6 Øygarden 5 2 1 2 8 5 3 2 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 7
7 Notodden 4 2 0 2 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 6
8 Fram 4 1 2 1 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 -3 5
9 Odd II 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 4
10 Nardo 5 1 1 3 4 13 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 1 11 -9 4
11 Sotra 5 1 1 3 4 13 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 0 9 -9 4
12 Kjelsås 4 1 0 3 4 9 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 1 7 -5 3
13 Flekkerøy 4 0 2 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 2
14 Rosenborg II 4 0 1 3 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -8 1
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 Bryne 19 13 5 1 47 23 10 10 0 0 30 8 9 3 5 1 17 15 24 44
2 Asker 19 10 7 2 38 21 9 5 3 1 22 13 10 5 4 1 16 8 17 37
3 Egersund 19 10 4 5 48 22 10 6 2 2 33 11 9 4 2 3 15 11 26 34
4 Vard 19 11 1 7 34 19 10 4 1 5 15 12 9 7 0 2 19 7 15 34
5 Arendal 19 9 5 5 32 18 9 5 3 1 23 7 10 4 2 4 9 11 14 32
6 Flekkerøy 18 6 3 9 21 27 10 4 1 5 11 12 8 2 2 4 10 15 -6 21
7 Sotra 18 6 2 10 21 34 9 3 2 4 10 10 9 3 0 6 11 24 -13 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.