Life has been a bit difficult for Haugesund so far, and the same description fits Aalesund. These hardened teams have the opportunity for some much needed points here.
- Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eliteserien
This football field has grass, which is not Aalesund's everyday surface at their own field. When playing on grass Aalesund have performed like this: Played twelve matches with the results 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 12-28 (scored/conceded).
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Haugesund form and stats
Haugesund have played 12 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Haugesund hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Stabæk, Sandefjord, Haugesund, HamKam and Vålerenga), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Haugesund are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Haugesund, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating HamKam away with the result 3-0. Therkildsen, Søderlund and Eskesen found the net in that victory. Therkildsen was "man of the match" with a rating of 9.24 out of 10. The defender Therkildsen scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, Haugesund had a home game versus Strømsgodset which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Haugesund have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Haugesund has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Haugesund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aalesund form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aalesund so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-11 (win-draw-lose).
Aalesund go into this game after a win, the home game against Sarpsborg 08 that ended 3-2. Ebiye came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sarpsborg 08 last time out, making the manager Johnsen feel like a tactical genius. Attacker Karlsbakk got a player rating of 8.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Karlsbakk scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that result Aalesund won their away game at Tromsø. The scoreline was 2-1.Aalesund are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Will both teams score at least one goal each? This club's fresh fixtures suggest that, having finished 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aalesund as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Aalesund concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. When Aalesund is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Stabæk, Sandefjord, Aalesund, HamKam and Vålerenga.
Head 2 Head
Aalesund - Haugesund 0-0 was the story when these two participants last played each other, also in this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Haugesund won six, Aalesund triumphed in one and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Diarra 6 goals |   M. Karlsbakk 5 goals |
Haugesund missing players
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| Haugesund | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 35 | 55 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 76% |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 83% | 64% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 58% | 44% |
| 8% | 17% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 52% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 52% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 33% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 24% |
| 15.7 | 15 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 17.1 | 16.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
- Aalesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Aalesund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Aalesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aalesund have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest points (3) away in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the most conceded goals (55) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the the worst goal difference (-27) away in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Haugesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) 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 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 33 | 58 |
| 2 | Viking | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 3 | Brann | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Molde | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 44 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Odd | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 12 | HamKam | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 34 | -20 | 27 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | Stabæk | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 36 | -12 | 21 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 35 | -34 | 18 |
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