Match preview: Bodø / Glimt favourite to defeat Sarpsborg 08 at Aspmyra Stadion

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aspmyra Stadion (7354 seats)

Both sides are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Sarpsborg 08 having a 0 point edge on Bodø / Glimt in the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Bodø / Glimt have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals (28) in Eliteserien

It's quite the trip for Sarpsborg 08 when visiting Glimt as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

The hosts Bodø / Glimt saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus KI, was also a home game here at Aspmyra Stadion. The away team is better rested.

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Bodø / Glimt form and stats

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Bodø / Glimt have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 6 games.

Bodø / Glimt's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their own stadium, ending 3-0 versus KI. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

A Eliteserien defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Odd.

Observe: 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Glimt as they are travelling to their away game against KI in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.

The Bodø / Glimt manager Knutsen has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Glimt's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sarpsborg 08 playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.

Sarpsborg 08 won their last game, 4-3 versus Sandefjord played at home. A bonkers fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Sarpsborg 08, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this match be as gleeful? Midfield player Saletros was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.85/10. Saletros scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting HamKam's place.

Will there be lots of goals? This club have played 6 consecutive league fixtures all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).

Sarpsborg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bodø / Glimt six wins, four draws and Sarpsborg 08 zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bodø / GlimtA. Pellegrino
A. Pellegrino
8 goals
Sarpsborg 08M. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
6 goals
Sarpsborg 08G. Molins Palmeiro
G. Molins Palmeiro
5 goals

Bodø / Glimt missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Bodø / Glimt Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
5 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
4 4 2 Drew D 0 0 1
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
24 13 3 Scored S 2 15 28
17 7 3 Conceded C 3 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 67%
50% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 80% 50%
25% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 80% 50%
75% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 67%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 17%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 17%
 
6.8 7.3 11.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 6.2
3.8 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 9 7.5
1.2 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.8 17.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 18 15.4 15.6
3.3 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.8 5.9
60% 50% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 52% 39%
 
9.4 7.7 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 18.2 16.4
3.6 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.2 5.4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Bodø / Glimt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bodø / Glimt have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bodø / Glimt have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bodø / Glimt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals (15) away in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals (28) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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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”.