Bodø / Glimt receive Tromsø for another engaging Eliteserien game here at Aspmyra Stadion.
- Bodø / Glimt have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tromsø have yet to win a game away.
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.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eliteserien.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Bodø / Glimt have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Eliteserien. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Lillestrøm last time out and are looking for a victory here. Pellegrino felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Lillestrøm as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 54th minute. Sampsted, defender, was given a rating of 7.92/10 in that game, top of the team. Sampsted scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
Erik lost again 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 Glimt home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bodø / Glimt as they are travelling to their away game against Rana in the NM Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Aspmyra Stadion in the league this season as Glimt has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. On the other hand, Bodø / Glimt have conceded 4 goals.
Tromsø form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eliteserien for Tromsø with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. Two points from the last two away games for Tromsø, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Tromsø are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Vålerenga (placed 5th). Midfield player Nilsen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.22/10. Nilsen served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Jerv.You'll want to know how Tromsø managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Tromsø have another game away in just three sleeps, a NM Cup fixture vs Ishavsbyen. A grim schedule for the visitors!
In the opposite end, Tromsø have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Bodø / Glimt victories, one draw and two Tromsø wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vetlesen 2 goals |  U. Saltnes 2 goals |  R. Espejord 2 goals |
Bodø / Glimt missing players
Tromsø missing players
| Bodø / Glimt | Tromsø | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 8.2 | 10.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 18.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.3 | 16.5 |
| 3.2 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 20% | 27% |
| 8 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11 | 9.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.5 |
- All of Bodø / Glimt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Tromsø's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bodø / Glimt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bodø / Glimt have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bodø / Glimt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tromsø have yet to win a game away.
- Tromsø 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 | Viking | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Molde | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Bodø / Glimt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Tromsø | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Jerv | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | HamKam | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Rosenborg | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Odd | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
- Bodø/Glimt
- Avisa Nordland - (local news - mostly pay-to-read)
- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
- Glimtforum.net - (supporter forum)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
