3. Division prediction: Vard should edge out Bergen Nord on their own turf

It's no vacation for neither Vard nor Bergen Nord 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 Bergen Nord have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 0-0-3 (win-draw-loss) from three matches.

Vard form and stats

Vard, who have the most points (27) at home in 3. Division, have been very solid at home in the 3. Division so far, with 27 points collected from 10 matches (9-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. There’s a good atmosphere here at Haugesund Stadion after three straight home wins.

The Vard supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bergen Nord in 3. Division and win 5-0. Before that, Vard played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Lysekloster.

Everyone expects Vard to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 38 games: 20 home wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats. Vard have won with at least two goals margin 14 times in similar situations.

Vard always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Haugesund Stadion with 49 goals in 10 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Vard have only let in 5 goals at home.

Bergen Nord form and stats

Bergen Nord have only collected 4 points from their away games in the 3. Division, after 1-1-8 (10 played). Bitter travels for Bergen Nord as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Fana.

Bergen Nord play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Vard (placed 1st). Before that, Bergen Nord secured a home win against Fjora with the score 3-0.

Bergen Nord are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found two matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Of the defeats, 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.

The attacking power of Bergen Nord when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Bergen Nord's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 29 goals in 10 travels.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Vard - Bergen Nord 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Vard 2 wins, 0 draws and Bergen Nord 0 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Vard missing players

Bergen Nord missing players