2. Division preview: Can Egersund edge out victory against Asker?

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sun 01.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Egersund Idrettsparken (1924 seats)

It's advantage Egersund so far with their 2nd position in the 2. Division table, welcoming Asker who are placed 3rd.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Asker play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Asker when playing on grass are 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 7 times in these games.

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Egersund form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 2. Division games here at Egersund Idrettsparken for Egersund. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Egersund haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Levanger, 77 days ago. After failing to beat Arendal here at Egersund Idrettsparken, Egersund has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A strong away win for Egersund against Flekkerøy the last match, as E. Hajdari (2) and A. Dang were on target. 1-1 away at Arendal before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Egersund have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.

Egersund always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Egersund Idrettsparken with 25 goals in 8 league games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Egersund have conceded 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Asker form and stats

4-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Asker, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Division, in their 2. Division matches away. Asker love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

185 minutes! That's how long the Asker goalkeeper Thomas Lia and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

F. Kastrati (2) scored in Asker's previous match, the home game against Sotra that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Vard.

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, two draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

Asker have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Asker as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Egersund and Asker have met before this season: Egersund - Asker 4-0.

Egersund missing players

Asker missing players

Egersund Asker
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 0 8 16
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 8
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
39 25 1 Scored S 0 11 29
17 8 0 Conceded C 0 6 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 94%
88% 88% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 88% 88%
62% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
44% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 31%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 50%
50% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 62% 38%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
196 108 12 Total Shots T S 0 93 190
89 47 4 Shots on Target S O 0 46 89
35% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 33%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Asker has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in 2. Division
  • Asker has the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Division
  • 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 most scored goals in the first half (22) in 2. Division
  • Egersund has the the best goal difference (+22) in 2. Division
  • Egersund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Egersund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Egersund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Asker have scored away.
  • Egersund have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Egersund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Egersund is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 16 11 4 1 39 19 8 8 0 0 25 7 8 3 4 1 14 12 20 37
2 Egersund 16 9 3 4 39 17 8 5 1 2 25 8 8 4 2 2 14 9 22 30
3 Asker 16 8 6 2 29 18 8 4 3 1 18 12 8 4 3 1 11 6 11 30
4 Vard 16 9 1 6 29 15 9 4 1 4 15 11 7 5 0 2 14 4 14 28
5 Arendal 15 7 4 4 24 11 7 4 2 1 17 4 8 3 2 3 7 7 13 25
6 Flekkerøy 15 6 3 6 19 18 8 4 1 3 9 6 7 2 2 3 10 12 1 21
7 Sotra 15 6 2 7 17 21 8 3 2 3 8 7 7 3 0 4 9 14 -4 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.