2. Division preview and news: Hødd - Tromsdalen at Høddvoll Stadion

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Høddvoll Stadion (3120 seats)

Hødd are positioned 2nd, while Tromsdalen are lingering 9 points behind in the league standings. Can they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • Hødd have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 2. Division
  • Tromsdalen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hødd and Tromsdalen.

These teams have little in common geographically as Tromsdalen have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Hødd form and stats

Hødd are steadily winning 2. Division games and points here at Høddvoll Stadion. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Hødd has recorded two wins in a row here at Høddvoll Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Arnold Otieno Origi not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Hødd, who won 4-0 against Eidsvold (placed 5th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Hødd played a great game against Eidsvold and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Fløya.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Hødd's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won three matches, drawn one and lost two.

A decent goal production from Hødd in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Defensively Hødd have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tromsdalen form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Tromsdalen playing as the away team in the 2. Division this season.

Tromsdalen go into this game after a win, the home game against Vålerenga II that ended 4-1.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Moss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Tromsdalen playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, two draws and zero home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tromsdalen have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. In the opposite end, Tromsdalen have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior eight meetings involving these two crews are: two wins for Hødd, three draws and three wins for Tromsdalen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

HøddO. Løken
O. Løken
6 goals
HøddE. Franke Saunes
E. Franke Saunes
5 goals
HøddR. Hjelmeseth
R. Hjelmeseth
5 goals

Hødd missing players

Tromsdalen missing players

Hødd Tromsdalen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
8 4 2 Won W 0 1 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
24 10 4 Scored S 1 6 21
7 2 0 Conceded C 1 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 73%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 73%
50% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
4.6 5.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 5
2.3 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
1.6 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 9.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 10.9
5.1 4.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 4.6
41% 38% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 55% 41%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • All of Tromsdalen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hødd have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Hødd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hødd have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hødd have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the most clean sheets (4) at home in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the most clean sheets (6) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have the most matches under the total-line (8) in 2. Division
  • Hødd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Hødd have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hødd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tromsdalen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tromsdalen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tromsdalen 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 Kongsvinger 11 9 1 1 34 15 5 5 0 0 17 7 6 4 1 1 17 8 19 28
2 Hødd 12 8 3 1 24 7 6 4 2 0 10 2 6 4 1 1 14 5 17 27
3 Asker 10 7 1 2 24 10 5 2 1 2 10 7 5 5 0 0 14 3 14 22
4 Alta 12 6 4 2 23 20 6 3 3 0 13 9 6 3 1 2 10 11 3 22
5 Eidsvold 12 7 0 5 22 19 6 4 0 2 13 10 6 3 0 3 9 9 3 21
6 Kvik Halden 12 6 2 4 23 19 6 5 0 1 16 7 6 1 2 3 7 12 4 20
7 Tromsdalen 11 5 3 3 21 14 6 4 1 1 15 6 5 1 2 2 6 8 7 18
8 Brattvåg 11 4 3 4 24 19 5 3 1 1 14 7 6 1 2 3 10 12 5 15
9 Vålerenga II 12 4 3 5 22 25 6 1 2 3 10 10 6 3 1 2 12 15 -3 15
10 Bærum 12 3 2 7 15 20 6 2 0 4 7 8 6 1 2 3 8 12 -5 11
11 Moss 12 2 4 6 17 30 5 0 1 4 5 18 7 2 3 2 12 12 -13 10
12 Senja 12 1 3 8 14 30 6 1 2 3 9 10 6 0 1 5 5 20 -16 6
13 Fløya 11 0 5 6 11 26 7 0 3 4 8 19 4 0 2 2 3 7 -15 5
14 Florø 12 1 2 9 8 28 6 0 2 4 4 11 6 1 0 5 4 17 -20 5

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.