Balanced ball game between HamKam and Lillestrøm expected

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Briskeby Arena (8068 seats)

A new Eliteserien season is about to commence and this is the premier proper fixture for HamKam and Lillestrøm. Let's start!

HamKam's stadium, Briskeby Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Lillestrøm 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 Lillestrøm when playing on artifical turf; 12 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses from 34 matches. They have scored 52 goals in these games and conceded 58.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!

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HamKam form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for HamKam as they were promoted from Obos-Ligaen last season. Happy days that were secured through 21 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from 30 games. The team scored 36 goals at home last season and conceded 13. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with HamKam perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with HamKam as a small favourite), we find nine games. HamKam has won one of these, drawn five and lost three.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the HamKam friendly games in pre-season: HamKam played six friendlies, won 5, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that HamKam scored 12 goals and conceded 9 in these six games.

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Lillestrøm form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lillestrøm performed last season in the Eliteserien: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 26/27 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lillestrøm playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Lillestrøm win, four draws and zero defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Lillestrøm 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 Lillestrøm have played six with the results W1-D3-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Lillestrøm has scored 7 goals and conceded 7 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): HamKam one win, two draws and Lillestrøm seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

HamKam missing players

Lillestrøm missing players

Total First Half Second Half
HamKam Lillestrøm
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs 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%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
HamKam Last season Lillestrøm
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
21 12   Won W   6 14
6 1   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   5 9
62 36   Scored S   26 49
21 13   Conceded C   27 40
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
83% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
63% 87%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 60%
27% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 33%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 20%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   80% 63%
50% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 27%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
5.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 6.2
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.5
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.3 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.7 13.9
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.8
45% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 34%
 
8.4 7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 11.8
3.2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.3

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 HamKam 30 21 6 3 62 21 15 12 1 2 36 13 15 9 5 1 26 8 41 69
2 Aalesund 30 16 10 4 68 43 15 10 5 0 40 19 15 6 5 4 28 24 25 58
3 Jerv 30 15 9 6 49 46 15 9 5 1 26 17 15 6 4 5 23 29 3 54
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 15 9 4 2 35 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 18 52
5 KFUM 30 12 8 10 46 45 15 9 2 4 28 18 15 3 6 6 18 27 1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 6 1 8 19 19 5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 15 7 3 5 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 26 -9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 15 7 3 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 18 25 -6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 15 5 4 6 30 32 15 5 4 6 29 27 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 15 7 3 5 25 18 15 4 1 10 19 30 -4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 15 8 1 6 33 26 15 2 4 9 18 28 -3 34
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 15 6 4 5 33 31 15 3 3 9 23 31 -6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 15 6 1 8 24 28 15 4 3 8 21 31 -14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 7 15 32 50 15 6 5 4 18 13 15 2 2 11 14 37 -18 31
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 7 8 15 34 50 15 4 4 7 15 18 15 3 4 8 19 32 -16 29
16 Strømmen 30 4 12 14 32 49 15 3 7 5 14 19 15 1 5 9 18 30 -17 24
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 18 9 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 15 8 5 2 25 12 34 63
2 Molde 30 18 6 6 70 40 15 11 2 2 46 18 15 7 4 4 24 22 30 60
3 Viking 30 17 6 7 60 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 15 8 3 4 26 25 13 57
4 Lillestrøm 30 14 7 9 49 40 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 9 49
5 Rosenborg 30 13 9 8 58 42 15 8 4 3 35 19 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 48
6 Kristiansund 30 14 4 12 41 46 15 10 2 3 27 16 15 4 2 9 14 30 -5 46
7 Vålerenga 30 11 12 7 46 37 15 7 7 1 27 14 15 4 5 6 19 23 9 45
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 11 6 13 39 44 15 6 5 4 21 14 15 5 1 9 18 30 -5 39
9 Strømsgodset 30 9 9 12 43 43 15 8 4 3 33 12 15 1 5 9 10 31 0 36
10 Sandefjord 30 10 6 14 38 52 15 6 5 4 21 18 15 4 1 10 17 34 -14 36
11 Haugesund 30 9 8 13 46 45 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 1 5 9 16 28 1 35
12 Tromsø 30 8 11 11 33 44 15 3 6 6 16 21 15 5 5 5 17 23 -11 35
13 Odd 30 8 9 13 44 58 15 5 4 6 30 29 15 3 5 7 14 29 -14 33
14 Brann 30 5 11 14 38 55 15 4 5 6 20 24 15 1 6 8 18 31 -17 26
15 Stabæk 30 6 7 17 35 62 15 4 3 8 17 27 15 2 4 9 18 35 -27 25
16 Mjøndalen 30 4 10 16 33 52 15 2 5 8 19 22 15 2 5 8 14 30 -19 22

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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”.