The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Vard are in the 4th position while the guesting Arendal worry at 5th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Vard's stadium, Haugesund Stadion, has a grass surface. Arendal have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Arendal when playing on grass; 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from nine matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 13.
Vard form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Division, Vard have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. The Vard manager K. Fosen might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Vard, who won 2-1 against Flekkerøy (placed 6th). Before that match, a win away at Sotra.
The Vard fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Vard's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arendal form and stats
3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arendal, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in 2. Division, in their 2. Division matches away.
Arendal's last game was the home draw against Bryne (3-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Asker wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Bryne was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The attacking power of Arendal when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Arendal in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Arendal - Vard 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Vard, zero draws and three wins for Arendal. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Flotve Myklebust 11 goals |  R. Miljeteig 7 goals |  C. Wallem 6 goals |
Vard missing players
Arendal missing players
| Vard | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 34 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 31 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 72% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 72% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 195 | 120 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 75 | 174 |
| 68 | 37 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 26 | 74 |
| 50% | 41% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 31% | 42% |
- Arendal has the fewest scored goals (8) away in 2. Division
- Arendal has the most matches over the total-line (10) in 2. Division
- Vard has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in 2. Division
- Vard has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 2. Division
- Vard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bryne | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Asker | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Egersund | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 34 |
| 4 | Vard | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Arendal | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
| 6 | Flekkerøy | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 7 | Sotra | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 20 |