This could be a great game, with Bodø / Glimt positioned 1st and Tromsø in 3rd. Here's news and statistics!
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (43) in Eliteserien
- Tromsø have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eliteserien
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.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Aspmyra Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tromsø have had more rest.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
This stadium, Aspmyra Stadion, has been a fortress for Bodø / Glimt in the Eliteserien so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0.
Glimt's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 versus Bohemians 1905. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that match, a Eliteserien win away at Sandefjord.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 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has contained three goals or more.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bodø / Glimt as they are travelling to their away game against Bohemians 1905 in the Europa Conference League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Aspmyra Stadion in the league this season as Bodø / Glimt has scored 23 goals here in 8 home games.
Tromsø form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Eliteserien.
The club members enjoyed Tromsø's previous game versus Brann (placed 5th), a 3-1 win played at home. Attacker Romsaas got a player rating of 8.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Romsaas scored two goals.
Prior to that match, the Tromsø manager Helstrup faced defeat when travelling to Rosenborg and losing 1-2.Observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
The visiting Tromsø have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Tromsø as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Tromsø - Glimt 2-3 was the outcome when these participants formerly met, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bodø / Glimt eight wins, one draw and Tromsø one victory. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 14 goals |  F. Pemi Moumbagna 11 goals |  A. Erlykke 7 goals |
Bodø / Glimt missing players
Tromsø missing players
| Bodø / Glimt | Tromsø | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 43 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 87% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 19.9 | 22.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 8.9 |
| 7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 37% |
| 9.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.4 | 13.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored more than double the goals of Tromsø.
- Bodø / Glimt have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (43) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the the best goal difference (+27) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tromsø have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tromsø have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eliteserien
- Tromsø have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Eliteserien
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Molde | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
| 5 | Brann | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -25 | 7 |
- 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)
