Can Sotra beat Egersund in Straume stadion clash?

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Straume stadion (1000 seats)

A swift look at the 2. Division standings indicate an advantage to Egersund when they visit Sotra. Even so; let's await the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Egersund have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in 2. Division

Sotra and Egersund 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.

This arena has artifical turf, unlike Egersund's home arena. The former 29 games by the visitors on artifical turf have resulted in 18 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses.

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Sotra form and stats

Sotra have performed here at Straume stadion this season with 6 wins from 10 2. Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

A nice win for Sotra last time playing, versus Fram. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with L. Kilen (3) scoring for the victors. L. Kilen was absolutely essential when Sotra beat Fram 3-2, scoring three goals.

Heartbreak before that as Sotra lost 1-3 at Kjelsås's place.

Sotra can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Sotra have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Egersund form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the 2. Division. Egersund have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Egersund played 2-2 against Skeid in their previous match. Drawing 2-2 against Skeid after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager O. Bijan needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Nardo with the score of 3-2.

Egersund are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Egersund have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played earlier this season: Egersund - Sotra 5-0. Sotra-Egersund H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sotra zero wins, Egersund three wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EgersundP. Johannesen
P. Johannesen
11 goals
EgersundS. Rokås Michalsen
S. Rokås Michalsen
10 goals
SotraL. Kilen
L. Kilen
7 goals

Sotra missing players

Egersund missing players

Sotra Egersund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
7 6 2 Won W 2 6 14
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
11 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
29 22 5 Scored S 7 19 45
41 11 3 Conceded C 5 14 21
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
81% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 76%
71% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 62%
57% 60% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 43%
29% 40% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 33%
48% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 52%
29% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 38%
38% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 14%
 
3 2.9 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.6 5.3
5.6 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4.5 4
1.4 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 11.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10 11.2
4.8 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.5
29% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 50% 49%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Egersund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Egersund have the most points (20) away in 2. Division
  • Egersund have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in 2. Division

  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 21 14 3 4 45 21 11 8 1 2 26 7 10 6 2 2 19 14 24 45
2 Skeid 21 14 3 4 41 17 11 9 0 2 27 8 10 5 3 2 14 9 24 45
3 Vard 21 11 4 6 33 24 11 6 2 3 17 9 10 5 2 3 16 15 9 37
4 Arendal 21 9 9 3 38 29 10 5 5 0 20 10 11 4 4 3 18 19 9 36
5 Levanger 21 10 3 8 55 35 10 5 0 5 33 17 11 5 3 3 22 18 20 33
6 Øygarden 20 7 8 5 26 26 11 7 4 0 20 6 9 0 4 5 6 20 0 29
7 Notodden 21 8 4 9 42 37 10 4 2 4 24 16 11 4 2 5 18 21 5 28
8 Odd II 21 8 3 10 25 34 11 5 3 3 16 16 10 3 0 7 9 18 -9 27
9 Fram 21 6 7 8 30 35 10 4 4 2 17 15 11 2 3 6 13 20 -5 25
10 Kjelsås 20 6 6 8 32 33 10 5 3 2 21 13 10 1 3 6 11 20 -1 24
11 Nardo 20 6 6 8 27 36 9 4 3 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 12 24 -9 24
12 Sotra 21 7 3 11 29 41 10 6 2 2 22 11 11 1 1 9 7 30 -12 24
13 Flekkerøy 20 2 10 8 18 32 10 1 6 3 11 14 10 1 4 5 7 18 -14 16
14 Rosenborg II 21 1 3 17 19 60 11 1 1 9 11 26 10 0 2 8 8 34 -41 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.