Haugesund hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 11th position in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Strømsgodset holds 10th place with 15 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Strømsgodset have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-4-9 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.
Haugesund form and stats
Haugesund have collected 10 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 3-1-3. Haugesund has recorded two wins in a row here at Haugesund Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Haugesund in their previous match, an away game at Mjøndalen that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Stabæk.
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 six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.
The Haugesund fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Haugesund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Strømsgodset form and stats
There's been little loot from Strømsgodset's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Eliteserien. Strømsgodset only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Strømsgodset as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sarpsborg 08 match.
Strømsgodset failed to get anything from their last game, a Eliteserien home match vs Sandefjord (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 3-4. A 2-3 defeat away at Bodø / Glimt before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Strømsgodset, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Late heartbreak for Strømsgodset in the Sandefjord match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.
Strømsgodset are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Strømsgodset have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. For Strømsgodset, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Haugesund won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Strømsgodset has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  N. Sandberg 4 goals |  K. Velde 4 goals |  J. Hove 4 goals |
Haugesund missing players
Strømsgodset missing players
| Haugesund | Strømsgodset | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 46% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 23% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 130 | 78 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 68 | 158 |
| 35 | 19 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 29% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 37% | 43% |
- All of Strømsgodset's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Haugesund has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Haugesund has the most matches under the total-line (8)
- Haugesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Haugesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Strømsgodset have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Strømsgodset 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 | Bodø / Glimt | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Molde | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Odd | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Brann | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Viking | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 15 | Start | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 7 |
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