Can Vard beat Notodden in Haugesund Stadion clash?

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Competition: Norway 2. Division
Competition: Thu 29.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haugesund Stadion (8754 seats)

Vard prepare for this after their 2-2 result against Åkra (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties), a game they learned a lot from. How will they do against Notodden?

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

It's no vacation for neither Vard nor Notodden as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Notodden have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-0-9 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

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Vard form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Vard have to build on here at Haugesund Stadion in the 2. Division.

Vard shared the glory with Åkra (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

A 2-2 draw away in the 2. Division before that, with Flekkerøy the opponent.

Vard are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Division match at Øygarden awaits in three days.

Vard has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, Vard have conceded only 3 goals.

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Notodden form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Division travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Notodden play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Halsen. As mentioned above, Notodden was the only team on the pitch versus Halsen in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Fram in the 2. Division.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Notodden are regular goalscorers on their travels. Notodden have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Vard, zero draws and three wins for Notodden. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Vard missing players

Notodden missing players

Vard Notodden
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 4 8
4 2 2 Won W 0 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
13 5 4 Scored S 0 8 16
5 3 1 Conceded C 0 7 13
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 88%
38% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
38% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 62%
50% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
3.6 3 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.5
5.8 5.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.8 6.6
2 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 5.2 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 10.1
3.6 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 5
45% 62% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 40%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • All of Notodden's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Notodden have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Notodden have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Division
  • Notodden haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vard have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Vard have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Vard 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 Arendal 8 6 1 1 16 9 3 2 1 0 7 4 5 4 0 1 9 5 7 19
2 Skeid 8 6 0 2 15 5 4 3 0 1 9 3 4 3 0 1 6 2 10 18
3 Egersund 8 5 1 2 17 6 5 4 0 1 13 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 11 16
4 Vard 8 4 3 1 13 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 8 2 8 15
5 Øygarden 8 4 1 3 11 13 5 4 1 0 10 1 3 0 0 3 1 12 -2 13
6 Levanger 8 4 0 4 27 19 4 2 0 2 17 6 4 2 0 2 10 13 8 12
7 Notodden 8 4 0 4 16 13 4 2 0 2 8 6 4 2 0 2 8 7 3 12
8 Odd II 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 0 3 4 6 0 11
9 Kjelsås 8 3 1 4 9 14 3 3 0 0 7 4 5 0 1 4 2 10 -5 10
10 Nardo 8 2 3 3 9 17 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 0 1 3 3 13 -8 9
11 Fram 8 2 2 4 9 15 3 2 0 1 5 5 5 0 2 3 4 10 -6 8
12 Sotra 8 2 1 5 8 18 4 2 0 2 7 7 4 0 1 3 1 11 -10 7
13 Flekkerøy 8 0 4 4 6 11 5 0 3 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 4
14 Rosenborg II 8 1 1 6 8 19 4 1 0 3 5 11 4 0 1 3 3 8 -11 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.