Football preview: Aalesund vs Odd - predictions and stats

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Color Line Stadion (10778 seats)

Here's the whole lot you need to learn, and then some, going into the Aalesund - Odd match!

Insights:
  • Odd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!

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Aalesund form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Aalesund at their home stadium (Color Line Stadion) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Aalesund with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Rosenborg game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Nilsen led his Aalesund to a defeat away at Rosenborg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Color Line Stadion. Heartbreak for Aalesund in their last match as Rosenborg's Tengstedt scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacking player Nordli won the honour of being "man of the match" for Aalesund with a rating of 7.83/10. Nordli scored one goal and hit five key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Haugesund with the scoreline 1-2.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

Aalesund are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Odd form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Odd had fun at their own home (Color Line Stadion) last time out, beating Sarpsborg 08 1-0. Jevtović scored. Those three points felt good as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory. Wahlstedt (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.04. Wahlstedt topped it up with a clean sheet.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Odd as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Odd have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other already this season, with the match result Odd - Aalesund 2-3 registered in the official records. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Aalesund won three, Odd were winners in five and we saw two draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OddT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
6 goals

Aalesund missing players

Odd missing players

Aalesund Odd
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 19
5 3 1 Won W 2 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 2
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 10
20 10 4 Scored S 5 6 20
29 11 4 Conceded C 4 15 33
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
74% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 63%
58% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 58%
32% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
53% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 42%
21% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 26%
37% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 37%
 
4.6 5.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.8
5.6 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.1 5.7
1.7 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.7 14.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 11.9 13.8
3.4 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.4 4.3
31% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 19% 25%
 
14.3 13.7 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 17.9 16.8
4.6 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.7 5.3
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Odd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 19 14 3 2 39 17 10 7 1 2 23 10 9 7 2 0 16 7 22 45
2 Lillestrøm 19 12 4 3 35 16 9 7 1 1 17 3 10 5 3 2 18 13 19 40
3 Bodø / Glimt 19 11 5 3 50 22 10 5 5 0 31 10 9 6 0 3 19 12 28 38
4 Rosenborg 19 10 7 2 38 23 9 7 2 0 20 8 10 3 5 2 18 15 15 37
5 Vålerenga 19 9 3 7 31 27 9 6 1 2 16 9 10 3 2 5 15 18 4 30
6 Viking 18 8 5 5 32 25 9 5 3 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 16 19 7 29
7 Strømsgodset 18 8 4 6 30 26 10 6 2 2 23 14 8 2 2 4 7 12 4 28
8 Odd 19 7 2 10 20 33 10 4 0 6 14 18 9 3 2 4 6 15 -13 23
9 Haugesund 19 6 4 9 29 31 10 4 2 4 17 16 9 2 2 5 12 15 -2 22
10 Tromsø 18 4 9 5 23 30 8 4 3 1 14 11 10 0 6 4 9 19 -7 21
11 Aalesund 19 5 6 8 20 29 9 3 3 3 10 11 10 2 3 5 10 18 -9 21
12 Sandefjord 19 6 3 10 31 42 9 1 3 5 15 23 10 5 0 5 16 19 -11 21
13 HamKam 19 3 11 5 23 24 10 2 5 3 11 11 9 1 6 2 12 13 -1 20
14 Sarpsborg 08 19 6 1 12 32 36 10 3 1 6 14 17 9 3 0 6 18 19 -4 19
15 Jerv 19 4 2 13 14 44 10 4 1 5 9 16 9 0 1 8 5 28 -30 14
16 Kristiansund 18 1 3 14 15 37 8 0 3 5 10 19 10 1 0 9 5 18 -22 6

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.