Sotra fights Arendal in 2. Division battle

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Wed 04.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Straume stadion (1000 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Sotra, but Arendal are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Sotra have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in 2. Division
  • Arendal have the most points from losing position (7) in 2. Division

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a NM Cup game only three days ago.

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Sotra form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Division for Sotra at their home stadium (Straume stadion) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Sotra are returning here after visiting Rosenborg II in a 2. Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. F. Falck scored the goal(s).

Heartbreak before that as Sotra lost 1-2 at Fana's place.

The Sotra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Sotra have conceded 7 from these games.

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Arendal form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (12) away in 2. Division, are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Division.

Arendal won their last game, 5-4 versus Sandefjord (after extra-time) played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sandefjord (after extra-time) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Flekkerøy in the 2. Division.

The travelling fans enjoy Arendal's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Arendal have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sotra-Arendal H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sotra one win, Arendal one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Sotra missing players

Arendal missing players

Sotra Arendal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 1 Won W 1 4 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
10 7 1 Scored S 4 9 17
18 7 2 Conceded C 0 5 10
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 78%
44% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 33%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 67%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 22%
44% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
2.3 1.5 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.2 6.9
6.7 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 3.4 3.2
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11 12
5 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4 5
22% 30% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 38%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Arendal have created more than twice as many corners as Sotra.
  • Arendal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arendal have the most points (12) away in 2. Division
  • Arendal have the most points from losing position (7) in 2. Division
  • Arendal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Arendal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sotra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sotra have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in 2. Division
  • Sotra have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sotra haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Skeid 9 7 0 2 17 6 5 4 0 1 11 4 4 3 0 1 6 2 11 21
2 Arendal 9 6 2 1 17 10 4 2 2 0 8 5 5 4 0 1 9 5 7 20
3 Vard 9 5 3 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 2 2 0 8 2 9 18
4 Egersund 9 5 1 3 19 9 5 4 0 1 13 2 4 1 1 2 6 7 10 16
5 Levanger 9 5 0 4 28 19 4 2 0 2 17 6 5 3 0 2 11 13 9 15
6 Odd II 9 4 2 3 11 10 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 1 0 3 4 6 1 14
7 Øygarden 9 4 1 4 12 15 5 4 1 0 10 1 4 0 0 4 2 14 -3 13
8 Notodden 9 4 0 5 18 16 4 2 0 2 8 6 5 2 0 3 10 10 2 12
9 Fram 9 3 2 4 12 17 4 3 0 1 8 7 5 0 2 3 4 10 -5 11
10 Kjelsås 9 3 1 5 9 15 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 10
11 Sotra 9 3 1 5 10 18 4 2 0 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 11 -8 10
12 Nardo 9 2 3 4 10 19 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 0 1 4 4 15 -9 9
13 Flekkerøy 9 0 5 4 7 12 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 6 -5 5
14 Rosenborg II 9 1 1 7 8 21 5 1 0 4 5 13 4 0 1 3 3 8 -13 4

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.