Home advantage could prove decisive in Haugesund - Mjøndalen battle

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Mjøndalen have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

Haugesund form and stats

With 2 Eliteserien wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Haugesund are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Haugesund having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager J. Grindhaug.

Haugesund manager J. Grindhaug and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Tromsø (placed 12th) in the Eliteserien. Before that game, the home loss against Lillestrøm with the scoreline 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Haugesund handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D3-L2.

Haugesund are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 attempts. Haugesund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Mjøndalen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mjøndalen so far with only 7 Eliteserien points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Mjøndalen have lost on their last two travels.

Mjøndalen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Molde (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kristiansund wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Mjøndalen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of three matches.

Mjøndalen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Mjøndalen have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Mjøndalen - Haugesund 1-4. Haugesund-Mjøndalen H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Haugesund 1 win, Mjøndalen 1 win, 2 draws. 3 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

T. Brochmann 5 goals / 3 assists

O. Occéan 5 goals / 1 assists

I. Koné 4 goals / 1 assists

Haugesund missing players

Mjøndalen missing players