Levanger vs Vard match preview

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: TOBB ARENA Levanger (6000 seats)

Top-ranking Vard land at Levanger after their 2-0-result vs Odd II. Get out our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • Levanger have the most scored goals (46) in 2. Division
  • Vard have the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Division

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

14 - 7 - 13 with 64-54. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vard when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vard play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Levanger form and stats

5-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Division numbers at home for Levanger so far this season.

Levanger travelled for their previous game, a trip to Øygarden that ended 2-2. Levanger salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Øygarden, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in A. Gundersen equalizing.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Egersund (0-1).

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Levanger is on fire here. A stunning 30 from 9 league matches. Levanger's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vard form and stats

Playing away, Vard, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Division, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the 2. Division this season. The fact that Vard have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Vard have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Thomas Kinn. It's been 416 minutes since they last conceded in 2. Division.

Two travels in a row for Vard, whose manager K. Fosen could celebrate last time after the 2. Division win against Odd II.

Before that, Vard secured a home win against Øygarden with the score 2-0.

Vard are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Vard in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered result involving both these squads is the Vard - Levanger 3-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Levanger wins - draws - Vard wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LevangerA. Gunnes
A. Gunnes
14 goals
VardE. Flotve Myklebust
E. Flotve Myklebust
12 goals
LevangerA. Gundersen
A. Gundersen
9 goals

Levanger missing players

Vard missing players

Levanger Vard
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 2 4 9
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 4 2 Lost L 1 3 6
46 30 4 Scored S 7 12 24
31 13 4 Conceded C 3 12 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
79% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 63%
74% 89% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 32%
58% 67% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 32%
42% 56% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
63% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 22% 32%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 56% 42%
11% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
5.8 6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.2 4.2
4.4 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 4.9
1.5 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 13.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.2 8.3
5.2 6.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.3 3.9
46% 51% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 25% 31%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Levanger have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Levanger have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Levanger have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vard have scored away.
  • Levanger have the most scored goals (30) at home in 2. Division
  • Levanger have the most scored goals (46) in 2. Division
  • Levanger have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in 2. Division
  • Levanger haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vard have the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Division
  • Vard have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 19 13 2 4 40 17 10 8 0 2 24 5 9 5 2 2 16 12 23 41
2 Skeid 18 12 2 4 34 13 10 8 0 2 25 8 8 4 2 2 9 5 21 38
3 Arendal 19 8 8 3 35 27 9 4 5 0 18 9 10 4 3 3 17 18 8 32
4 Vard 19 9 4 6 24 20 10 5 2 3 12 8 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 31
5 Levanger 19 9 3 7 46 31 9 5 0 4 30 13 10 4 3 3 16 18 15 30
6 Odd II 19 8 3 8 25 26 10 5 3 2 16 10 9 3 0 6 9 16 -1 27
7 Notodden 18 7 4 7 32 30 8 3 2 3 15 11 10 4 2 4 17 19 2 25
8 Øygarden 18 6 7 5 23 24 10 6 4 0 17 4 8 0 3 5 6 20 -1 25
9 Fram 19 6 6 7 27 31 9 4 3 2 16 14 10 2 3 5 11 17 -4 24
10 Kjelsås 17 5 6 6 27 28 8 4 3 1 18 11 9 1 3 5 9 17 -1 21
11 Sotra 19 6 3 10 25 36 9 5 2 2 19 9 10 1 1 8 6 27 -11 21
12 Nardo 17 4 6 7 21 32 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 0 3 6 8 23 -11 18
13 Flekkerøy 18 2 9 7 17 27 9 1 5 3 11 14 9 1 4 4 6 13 -10 15
14 Rosenborg II 19 1 3 15 16 50 10 1 1 8 10 23 9 0 2 7 6 27 -34 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.