No fear and expected victory for Vard when visiting Valdres

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 Valdres and Vard.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Vard have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 7-4-14 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.

Valdres form and stats

Valdres's struggle is real here at Blåbærmyra Stadion with only 3 points collected from 6 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-0-5. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Valdres have lost nine games in a row. It's been an uphill battle for Valdres in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Vestfossen game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Valdres fans got no joy from their last match, a 3. Division game also here at Blåbærmyra Stadion: A 0-11 defeat against Vard. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brann II (1-7).

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Valdres had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Valdres lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.

The Valdres fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Valdres have let the opposition score 37 times, an average of more than three per game.

Vard form and stats

Vard's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Vard, who have the most scored goals (44) in 3. Division, collect 12 points from their 6 away matches. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Vard hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Vard in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Vard play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 11-0 victory visiting Valdres. Before that, Vard secured a home win against Stord with the score 3-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Vard given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with 1 win as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.

Vard are scoring goals for fun in their away games this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (22 goals from 6 away games). Vard have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Valdres and Vard have met before this season: Valdres - Vard 0-11. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 0 - 1 (Valdres wins - draws - Vard wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

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