The battle of Northern Norway: Bodø / Glimt vs Tromsø

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aspmyra Stadion (7354 seats)

It's a new Eliteserien campaign and Bodø / Glimt are eager to get started here at Aspmyra Stadion. Tromsø are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

Tromsø and Bodø are the two largest cities in the Northern part of Norway, and their teams are the best performing ones from that part of the country. The rivalry really started in the early 1990s as both teams began playing at the top level. Norwegian football needed more rivalries and the media started branding this one as the "battle of the north". Matches draw big crowds and are often played on the 16th of May, the day before the Norwegian Constitution Day.

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Bodø / Glimt form and stats

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Glimt matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).

The manager K. Knutsen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kristiansund in only three days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Bodø / Glimt, who have participated in seven training matches. Bodø / Glimt have won 3 of these, drawn 3 and were beaten in 1 game.

Glimt could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Eliteserien. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Aspmyra Stadion they witnessed 15 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W26 - D3 - L1 from 30 games.

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Tromsø form and stats

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Tromsø playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and five home wins.

A new game in only four days for Tromsø, the Eliteserien home match versus Molde. Busy days.

It's a day of discovery for Tromsø as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Tromsø have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Tromsø has scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.

A job perfectly done for Tromsø last season as they secured promotion from Obos-Ligaen. With a grand total of 19 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Glimt won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Tromsø has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Bodø / Glimt missing players

Tromsø missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bodø / Glimt Tromsø
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Bodø / Glimt Last season Tromsø
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
26 15   Won W   7 19
3 0   Drew D   4 6
1 0   Lost L   4 5
103 59   Scored S   27 60
32 11   Conceded C   16 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 73%
90% 87%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
67% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 30%
47% 53%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
70% 60%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
30% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 40%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   20% 13%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.3 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
18 20.5   Shots (avg) S (   11 11.8
6.6 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.5
52% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haugesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kristiansund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lillestrøm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mjøndalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Odd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rosenborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sandefjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sarpsborg 08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Stabæk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Strømsgodset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tromsø 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vålerenga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Viking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 30 26 3 1 103 32 15 15 0 0 59 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 71 81
2 Molde 30 20 2 8 77 36 15 12 1 2 42 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 41 62
3 Vålerenga 30 15 10 5 51 33 15 10 5 0 33 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 55
4 Rosenborg 30 15 7 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 15 5 4 6 16 19 15 52
5 Kristiansund 30 12 12 6 57 45 15 7 4 4 34 26 15 5 8 2 23 19 12 48
6 Viking 30 12 8 10 54 52 15 7 4 4 34 22 15 5 4 6 20 30 2 44
7 Odd 30 13 4 13 52 51 15 8 2 5 28 22 15 5 2 8 24 29 1 43
8 Stabæk 30 9 12 9 41 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 22 28 -4 39
9 Haugesund 30 11 6 13 39 51 15 6 3 6 22 26 15 5 3 7 17 25 -12 39
10 Brann 30 9 9 12 40 49 15 4 5 6 21 20 15 5 4 6 19 29 -9 36
11 Sandefjord 30 9 8 13 31 43 15 3 7 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 35
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 8 8 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 20 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -10 32
13 Strømsgodset 30 7 10 13 41 57 15 3 6 6 19 29 15 4 4 7 22 28 -16 31
14 Mjøndalen 30 8 3 19 26 45 15 6 0 9 16 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -19 27
15 Start 30 6 9 15 33 56 15 5 6 4 22 20 15 1 3 11 11 36 -23 27
16 Aalesund 30 2 5 23 30 85 15 1 3 11 16 39 15 1 2 12 14 46 -55 11
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tromsø 30 19 6 5 60 29 15 12 2 1 33 13 15 7 4 4 27 16 31 63
2 Lillestrøm 30 16 9 5 49 26 15 9 4 2 27 12 15 7 5 3 22 14 23 57
3 Sogndal 30 15 6 9 57 36 15 11 2 2 37 14 15 4 4 7 20 22 21 51
4 Ranheim 30 13 8 9 61 41 15 8 4 3 39 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 20 47
5 Åsane 30 12 9 9 60 48 15 6 4 5 29 26 15 6 5 4 31 22 12 45
6 Raufoss 30 11 10 9 53 44 15 6 7 2 24 17 15 5 3 7 29 27 9 42
7 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 8 11 46 55 15 10 3 2 31 20 15 1 5 9 15 35 -9 41
8 KFUM 30 10 9 11 44 44 15 7 5 3 27 13 15 3 4 8 17 31 0 39
9 HamKam 30 10 9 11 49 52 15 4 5 6 26 27 15 6 4 5 23 25 -3 39
10 Strømmen 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 7 5 3 29 23 15 3 3 9 18 28 -4 35
11 Jerv 30 9 8 13 41 57 15 7 4 4 24 25 15 2 4 9 17 32 -16 35
12 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 10 5 15 45 63 15 8 3 4 27 24 15 2 2 11 18 39 -18 35
13 Grorud 30 9 7 14 45 56 15 7 2 6 26 26 15 2 5 8 19 30 -11 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 9 13 52 59 15 5 4 6 32 31 15 3 5 7 20 28 -7 33
15 Kongsvinger 30 6 10 14 35 53 15 4 5 6 19 23 15 2 5 8 16 30 -18 28
16 Øygarden 30 6 9 15 37 67 15 4 6 5 17 21 15 2 3 10 20 46 -30 27

Bodø / Glimt:
Tromsø:
Eliteserien:
Norway:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haugesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kristiansund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lillestrøm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mjøndalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Odd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rosenborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sandefjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sarpsborg 08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Stabæk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Strømsgodset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tromsø 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vålerenga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Viking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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”.