Haugesund will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Vålerenga.
- Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Eliteserien
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.
It should be mentioned that Vålerenga play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Vålerenga on grass are 7 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 23-13. You can compare this with overall results below.
Haugesund form and stats
Overall Eliteserien stats at home this season for Haugesund, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Eliteserien, are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). After failing to beat Stabæk here at Haugesund Stadion, Haugesund has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Haugesund are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Mjøndalen. Ulrik Tillung Fredriksen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender Fredriksen hit two key passes and won 8 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Tromsø.Haugesund are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Sandefjord awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Haugesund are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Haugesund have only let in 2 goals at home.
Vålerenga form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Vålerenga played 2-2 against Lillestrøm in their previous match. Aron Dønnum, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.23. Dønnum scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times. The match against Lillestrøm looked like a defeat for Vålerenga, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Henrik Udahl equalized in the 84th minute.
A 1-1 draw at Strømsgodset's stadium before that.The travelling fans enjoy Vålerenga's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Vålerenga in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Haugesund five wins, two draws and Vålerenga three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dønnum 5 goals |  H. Udahl 5 goals |  I. Wadji 3 goals |
Haugesund missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Haugesund | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 16 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 27% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 39% |
- All of Vålerenga's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 (2) at home in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vålerenga have scored in all their matches so far.
- Vålerenga have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Viking | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Odd | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Brann | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 6 |
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- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)