Haugesund favourites for feisty fight facing Tromsø

It's no vacation for neither Haugesund nor Tromsø as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Tromsø play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Tromsø when playing on grass are 4 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 18 matches. They have scored 13 goals and conceded 33 times in these games. It's quite the trip for Tromsø when visiting Haugesund as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.

Haugesund form and stats

The story so far for Haugesund at their home stadium (Haugesund Stadion) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Haugesund's last game was hosting Tromsø and winning 5-1. In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Cliftonville with a 1-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Haugesund's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Haugesund in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 matches. Haugesund have conceded 10 in these home matches.

Tromsø form and stats

There's been little loot from Tromsø's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games. Tromsø only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Valakari, the Tromsø manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for Tromsø, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Haugesund in the Eliteserien. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sarpsborg 08.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Tromsø playing away, we found five games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

The attacking power of Tromsø when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored in 8 matches. Tromsø have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Haugesund - Tromsø 5-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Haugesund won 6, Tromsø won 3 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Stølås 4 goals / 4 assists

I. Koné 4 goals

I. Wadji 4 goals

Haugesund missing players

Tromsø missing players