Bodø / Glimt vs Sandefjord betting preview

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 Glimt and Sandefjord.

Glimt's stadium, Aspmyra Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Sandefjord have grass 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 Sandefjord when playing on artifical turf; 15 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses from 34 matches. They have scored 56 goals in these games and conceded 57.

These teams have little in common geographically as Sandefjord have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Bodø / Glimt form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Aspmyra Stadion as Bodø / Glimt have scored 29 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Glimt has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sandefjord defeat 123 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Glimt, who won 2-0 against Molde (placed 2nd). Goalkeeper Nikita Haikin got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.94 out of ten. Haikin stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

1-1 away at Strømsgodset before that.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Bodø / Glimt home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Bodø / Glimt after this match as they are travelling to Roma for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.

The Glimt manager K. Knutsen has got the team scoring with 29 from 12 home games in the league. From these home matches, Glimt have conceded only 11 goals.

Sandefjord form and stats

There's been little loot from Sandefjord's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Eliteserien. Sandefjord only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sandefjord are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Impressive finishing from Alexander Ruud Tveter and Viðar Ari Jónsson secured the home win 2-0 against Strømsgodset in their previous game. Viðar Ari Jónsson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Jónsson scored one goal.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rosenborg wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sandefjord played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sandefjord have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. For Sandefjord, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Sandefjord - Bodø / Glimt 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Glimt victories, two draws and four Sandefjord wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Botheim 13 goals

U. Saltnes 7 goals

O. Solbakken 6 goals

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