Football betting preview: Kvik Halden vs Fredrikstad

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Halden Stadion (5000 seats)

Struggling Kvik Halden will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Fredrikstad in the upcoming league round. It’s 5th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Kvik Halden and Fredrikstad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kvik Halden form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 2. Division games here at Halden Stadion for Kvik Halden. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

In their previous game, the manager K. Bergersen led his Halden to a defeat in the 2. Division match away at Skeid. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Halden Stadion. 4-4 away at Alta before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kvik Halden perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kvik Halden as a small favourite), we find four games. Halden has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Kvik Halden's attacking play is working. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Fredrikstad form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Fredrikstad so far, with 7-0-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are 2. Division statistics.

Fredrikstad won their last game, 6-0 versus Brattvåg played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tromsdalen at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, Fredrikstad was the only team on the pitch versus Brattvåg in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Fredrikstad in our archives, and the results are: one win for Fredrikstad, zero draws and zero defeats.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Fredrikstad alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (24 from 7 played). As opposed to that, Fredrikstad have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Halden - Fredrikstad 1-5 played earlier this season. Kvik Halden-Fredrikstad H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Kvik Halden two wins, Fredrikstad four wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Kvik Halden missing players

Fredrikstad missing players

Kvik Halden Fredrikstad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 0 Played P 2 7 16
9 6 0 Won W 2 7 15
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 1
35 18 0 Scored S 4 24 54
27 10 0 Conceded C 2 8 16
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 88%
50% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 62%
38% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 50%
62% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 62%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 38%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
139 78 0 Total Shots T S 11 68 188
66 41 0 Shots on Target S O 5 36 87
42% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 61% 53%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • All of Fredrikstad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fredrikstad has the fewest conceded goals (8) away in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most matches over the total-line (10) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most points (21) away in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most scored goals (24) away in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most scored goals (54) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the most scored goals in the second half (32) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the the best goal difference (+16) away in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad has the the best goal difference (+38) in 2. Division
  • Fredrikstad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fredrikstad have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Fredrikstad have won all their away games so far.
  • Fredrikstad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kvik Halden has the most conceded goals (27) in 2. Division
  • Kvik Halden has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in 2. Division
  • Kvik Halden have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kvik Halden haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kvik Halden is in the worst form (1-2-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fredrikstad 16 15 0 1 54 16 9 8 0 1 30 8 7 7 0 0 24 8 38 45
2 Skeid 15 10 1 4 34 19 7 6 0 1 14 6 8 4 1 3 20 13 15 31
3 Hødd 16 9 2 5 27 13 8 6 1 1 15 4 8 3 1 4 12 9 14 29
4 Alta 15 9 2 4 32 23 7 4 2 1 18 10 8 5 0 3 14 13 9 29
5 Kvik Halden 16 9 2 5 35 27 8 6 0 2 18 10 8 3 2 3 17 17 8 29
6 Tromsdalen 16 6 3 7 30 22 8 5 1 2 19 9 8 1 2 5 11 13 8 21
7 Brattvåg 15 5 4 6 28 26 8 3 3 2 18 10 7 2 1 4 10 16 2 19

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.