Eliteserien duel: Close contest expected between Haugesund and Sarpsborg 08

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Sarpsborg 08's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses.

Haugesund form and stats

Haugesund lost their last game at Strømsgodset after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that, Haugesund had a home game versus Start which ended with a victory 3-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Haugesund perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Haugesund as a small favourite), we find three games. Haugesund has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

There were no winners in Sarpsborg 08's previous match, a Eliteserien home game that ended 1-1 vs Molde. Prior to that match, the Sarpsborg 08 manager G. Bakke faced defeat in their Europa League match when travelling to Genk and losing 0-4.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Sarpsborg 08 in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Sarpsborg 08, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Haugesund-Sarpsborg 08 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Haugesund 3 wins, Sarpsborg 08 3 wins, 4 draws.

Haugesund missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players