Eliteserien preview: Can Haugesund edge out victory against Lillestrøm?

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haugesund Stadion (8754 seats)

Lillestrøm travel to Haugesund and Haugesund Stadion packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Haugesund form and stats

This stadium, Haugesund Stadion, has been a fortress for Haugesund in the Eliteserien so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0. Haugesund has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Haugesund Stadion. We remember; it was Stabæk.

The fans are hoping that Haugesund will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Odd (placed 9th). Sondre Liseth (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.22/10. Liseth signed up for two assists and hit two key passes. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Molde (4-5).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Haugesund handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and three defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 7 games), Haugesund's attacking play is working. Haugesund are not conceding a lot of goals here at Haugesund Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Lillestrøm form and stats

As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Lillestrøm have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far.

The manager G. Bakke was unhappy after their last game, a Eliteserien match played at their home ground Åråsen Stadion. Lillestrøm suffered a 0-1 loss to Bodø / Glimt (placed 2nd). Thomas Lehne Olsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Olsen hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sandefjord that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Lillestrøm have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were four victories, two draws and three defeats.

Lillestrøm are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As for defending, Lillestrøm rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this match year: Lillestrøm - Haugesund 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Haugesund one win, five draws and Lillestrøm four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LillestrømT. Lehne Olsen
T. Lehne Olsen
12 goals
HaugesundI. Wadji
I. Wadji
8 goals
HaugesundK. Velde
K. Velde
4 goals

Haugesund missing players

Lillestrøm missing players

Haugesund Lillestrøm
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
6 6 1 Won W 0 2 7
4 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
5 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
24 16 3 Scored S 3 10 21
21 4 0 Conceded C 3 11 18
80% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
60% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 47%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 67%
40% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
4.7 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.1 6.5
4.6 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.7 5.6
1.4 1.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.4 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 14.6 22 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.1 13.7
4.7 5.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.7
34% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 30%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Haugesund have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Haugesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Haugesund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lillestrøm 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 Molde 16 10 3 3 41 20 8 7 0 1 27 9 8 3 3 2 14 11 21 33
2 Bodø / Glimt 15 8 4 3 30 15 8 5 2 1 22 9 7 3 2 2 8 6 15 28
3 Kristiansund 15 8 2 5 20 16 8 6 1 1 15 6 7 2 1 4 5 10 4 26
4 Rosenborg 15 7 4 4 28 20 7 4 1 2 15 8 8 3 3 2 13 12 8 25
5 Lillestrøm 15 7 4 4 21 18 8 5 1 2 11 7 7 2 3 2 10 11 3 25
6 Viking 15 7 3 5 30 31 8 5 2 1 19 12 7 2 1 4 11 19 -1 24
7 Vålerenga 15 5 7 3 26 21 7 2 4 1 13 9 8 3 3 2 13 12 5 22
8 Haugesund 15 6 4 5 24 21 7 6 1 0 16 4 8 0 3 5 8 17 3 22
9 Odd 15 6 4 5 24 26 7 4 2 1 16 10 8 2 2 4 8 16 -2 22
10 Sandefjord 15 6 2 7 21 25 8 3 2 3 10 10 7 3 0 4 11 15 -4 20
11 Strømsgodset 15 5 4 6 21 24 7 5 2 0 16 5 8 0 2 6 5 19 -3 19
12 Sarpsborg 08 16 4 5 7 13 22 8 2 4 2 6 6 8 2 1 5 7 16 -9 17
13 Tromsø 15 3 5 7 16 27 7 0 3 4 7 14 8 3 2 3 9 13 -11 14
14 Mjøndalen 15 2 6 7 18 20 8 1 3 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 8 9 -2 12
15 Stabæk 15 3 3 9 20 34 7 2 1 4 9 13 8 1 2 5 11 21 -14 12
16 Brann 15 2 4 9 16 29 8 2 3 3 11 13 7 0 1 6 5 16 -13 10

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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”.