2. Division: Arendal - Notodden preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sat 09.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Norac Stadion (3300 seats)

The standings reveals that 5 points separate the pair of competitors in this 2. Division fixture. Arendal carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Arendal have the most points from losing position (11) in 2. Division
  • Notodden have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in 2. Division

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Arendal form and stats

All-inclusive 2. Division stats at home this season for Arendal are 4-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Arendal has four draws from their last four matches.

Arendal drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fram (placed 9th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Skeid that ended 2-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Arendal's attacking play is working. Arendal have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Notodden form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Division.

Notodden go into this game after a win, the home game against Rosenborg II that ended 7-2. As you can tell from the results above, Notodden was very dominant against Rosenborg II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-2 (!) with M. Frithzell (2), W. Pozo-Venta (2), S. Lothe, K. Eggen and T. Lillo providing the goals.

A loss against Skeid was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Notodden are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. As for defending, Notodden rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Notodden - Arendal 1-2. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Arendal won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Notodden managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

NotoddenM. Frithzell
M. Frithzell
15 goals
ArendalA. Hellum
A. Hellum
10 goals
NotoddenJ. Voilas
J. Voilas
8 goals

Arendal missing players

Notodden missing players

Arendal Notodden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 1 10 20
8 4 3 Won W 0 4 8
9 5 1 Drew D 0 2 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 8
36 18 9 Scored S 2 17 41
28 9 3 Conceded C 3 19 35
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 85%
75% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
50% 44% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
10% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 78% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 65%
20% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 25%
10% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 15%
 
6 7.6 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.2
3.6 3.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.9 4.8
2.1 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 10.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.3 10.7
4.8 5.1 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.3 5.2
38% 39% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 40%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Arendal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Arendal have the most points from losing position (11) in 2. Division
  • Arendal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Arendal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Notodden have the most dropped points from leading position (16) 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 Egersund 20 14 2 4 43 19 10 8 0 2 24 5 10 6 2 2 19 14 24 44
2 Skeid 20 14 2 4 39 15 11 9 0 2 27 8 9 5 2 2 12 7 24 44
3 Vard 20 10 4 6 28 23 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 5 2 3 16 15 5 34
4 Arendal 20 8 9 3 36 28 9 4 5 0 18 9 11 4 4 3 18 19 8 33
5 Levanger 20 9 3 8 49 35 10 5 0 5 33 17 10 4 3 3 16 18 14 30
6 Notodden 20 8 4 8 41 35 10 4 2 4 24 16 10 4 2 4 17 19 6 28
7 Odd II 20 8 3 9 25 28 10 5 3 2 16 10 10 3 0 7 9 18 -3 27
8 Øygarden 19 6 8 5 23 24 10 6 4 0 17 4 9 0 4 5 6 20 -1 26
9 Fram 20 6 7 7 28 32 10 4 4 2 17 15 10 2 3 5 11 17 -4 25
10 Kjelsås 19 6 6 7 30 30 10 5 3 2 21 13 9 1 3 5 9 17 0 24
11 Nardo 19 5 6 8 24 35 9 4 3 2 15 12 10 1 3 6 9 23 -11 21
12 Sotra 20 6 3 11 26 39 9 5 2 2 19 9 11 1 1 9 7 30 -13 21
13 Flekkerøy 19 2 10 7 17 27 10 1 6 3 11 14 9 1 4 4 6 13 -10 16
14 Rosenborg II 20 1 3 16 18 57 10 1 1 8 10 23 10 0 2 8 8 34 -39 6

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.