All the pre-match info you need for the Sotra - Notodden game:

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Straume stadion (1000 seats)

Sotra are ready to forget the league table before this match against Notodden. Here's all you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Sotra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Notodden have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Division

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 Sotra and Notodden.

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Sotra form and stats

The overall 2. Division statistics at home this season for Sotra are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sotra after consecutive victories at their own ground.

No payout for Sotra in their previous match, an away game at Fram that ended in defeat 1-3.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Arendal.

Sotra are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Division match at Nardo awaits in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Sotra's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sotra defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Notodden form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Division.

Two travels in a row for Notodden, whose manager M. Erga could celebrate last time after the 2. Division win against Nardo.

The game before that, in the NM Cup, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Mjøndalen.

A new game in only four days for Notodden, the 2. Division home match versus Flekkerøy. Busy days.

The Notodden manager M. Erga has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Notodden struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

NotoddenM. Frithzell
M. Frithzell
8 goals
SotraF. Falck
F. Falck
4 goals
SotraL. Kilen
L. Kilen
2 goals

Sotra missing players

Notodden missing players

Sotra Notodden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 3 6 10
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
15 11 0 Scored S 6 12 20
22 8 2 Conceded C 3 10 16
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
64% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 60%
55% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 50%
27% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 50%
45% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 60%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 30%
36% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 10%
 
2.3 1.6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 3.7
6.5 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.3 6
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 10.5
4.7 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.7 5
29% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 40%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • All of Notodden's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Notodden have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Division
  • Notodden haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sotra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 Egersund 11 7 1 3 24 11 6 5 0 1 15 2 5 2 1 2 9 9 13 22
2 Skeid 10 7 0 3 19 9 6 4 0 2 13 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 10 21
3 Arendal 11 6 3 2 19 15 5 2 3 0 9 6 6 4 0 2 10 9 4 21
4 Levanger 11 6 1 4 32 20 5 3 0 2 20 6 6 3 1 2 12 14 12 19
5 Vard 11 5 3 3 17 11 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 18
6 Øygarden 11 5 2 4 17 18 6 5 1 0 13 2 5 0 1 4 4 16 -1 17
7 Odd II 11 5 2 4 12 13 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 2 0 4 5 9 -1 17
8 Notodden 10 5 0 5 20 16 4 2 0 2 8 6 6 3 0 3 12 10 4 15
9 Fram 11 4 2 5 15 20 5 4 0 1 11 8 6 0 2 4 4 12 -5 14
10 Sotra 11 4 1 6 15 22 5 3 0 2 11 8 6 1 1 4 4 14 -7 13
11 Nardo 11 3 3 5 12 21 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 0 1 4 4 15 -9 12
12 Kjelsås 10 3 2 5 11 17 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 11
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 10 1 1 8 8 23 5 1 0 4 5 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 -15 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.