2. Division match preview: Egersund versus Odd II

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Egersund Idrettsparken (1924 seats)

The league table in 2. Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Egersund leading Odd II by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

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!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Odd II have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-3-7 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.

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Egersund form and stats

Egersund, who have the most clean sheets (6) in 2. Division, have collected 10 points from their 2. Division home games so far after 3-1-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Egersund after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Egersund, as their goalkeeper Deniss Korneiciks has completely shut out the opponents for 218 minutes in the 2. Division.

Egersund enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Flekkerøy's place. The match ended 1-0 with A. Dang scoring. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Rosenborg II.

Egersund are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Egersund Idrettsparken in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Egersund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Odd II form and stats

Odd II, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in 2. Division, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the 2. Division, after 0-1-5 (6 played).

The supporters enjoyed Odd's previous game versus Vard (placed 2nd), a 2. Division 2-1 win played at home. Before that, Odd travelled to Fram and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Odd's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. Odd are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Egersund-Odd II H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Egersund one win, Odd II one win, four draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EgersundB. Sumareh
B. Sumareh
6 goals
Odd IIB. Njie
B. Njie
5 goals
EgersundE. Hajdari
E. Hajdari
4 goals

Egersund missing players

Odd II missing players

Egersund Odd II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 1 5 7
26 16 5 Scored S 0 2 9
15 8 2 Conceded C 4 16 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
67% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 42%
42% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 42%
50% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
165 96 34 Total Shots T S 2 36 92
75 43 13 Shots on Target S O 0 13 37
35% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 24%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • All of Egersund's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Egersund has the most clean sheets (6) in 2. Division
  • Egersund has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Division
  • Egersund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Egersund have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Egersund have scored more than double the goals of Odd II.
  • Egersund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Egersund is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Odd II has the fewest points (1) away in 2. Division
  • Odd II has the fewest scored goals (2) away in 2. Division
  • Odd II has the fewest scored goals (9) in 2. Division
  • Odd II has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in 2. Division
  • Odd II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Odd II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Odd II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Odd II have yet to win a game away.
  • Odd II 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 12 8 3 1 32 16 6 6 0 0 22 7 6 2 3 1 10 9 16 27
2 Vard 12 8 1 3 27 9 6 3 1 2 13 6 6 5 0 1 14 3 18 25
3 Egersund 12 6 2 4 26 15 6 3 1 2 16 8 6 3 1 2 10 7 11 20
4 Flekkerøy 12 6 2 4 17 12 7 4 1 2 8 3 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 20
5 Asker 12 5 5 2 19 15 6 3 2 1 13 9 6 2 3 1 6 6 4 20
6 Sotra 11 6 2 3 16 14 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 3 0 2 8 10 2 20
7 Arendal 12 5 3 4 19 10 5 3 1 1 13 3 7 2 2 3 6 7 9 18
8 Notodden 12 5 1 6 14 21 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 1 0 5 3 14 -7 16
9 Levanger 11 4 4 3 17 15 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 2 14
10 Bærum 12 1 8 3 13 15 7 1 4 2 9 10 5 0 4 1 4 5 -2 11
11 Nardo 12 2 5 5 11 19 5 0 3 2 7 9 7 2 2 3 4 10 -8 11
12 Rosenborg II 12 3 2 7 12 23 7 2 1 4 6 9 5 1 1 3 6 14 -11 11
13 Odd II 12 2 3 7 9 23 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 1 5 2 16 -14 9
14 Fram 12 0 3 9 14 39 5 0 1 4 5 14 7 0 2 5 9 25 -25 3

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.