This could be an interesting match as Haugesund have their presumed home advantage while Vålerenga are ahead 8 points in the Eliteserien table.
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.
6-6-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Vålerenga when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 16 matches are 16-17 (scored/conceded).
Haugesund form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Haugesund at their home stadium (Haugesund Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Haugesund enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Aalesund's place. The match ended 3-1 with Ibrahima Wadji and Niklas Sandberg (2) scoring. Preceding that match was a defeat to Strømsgodset (2-3).
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 eight games. Haugesund has won one of these, drawn two and lost five.
Haugesund has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Haugesund defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Vålerenga form and stats
3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vålerenga in their Eliteserien matches away.
Vålerenga go into this game after a win, the home game against Sandefjord that ended 2-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Start before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Fagermo when Bård Finne scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Vålerenga in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Vålerenga, two draws and three defeats.
Vålerenga are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Vålerenga have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Haugesund and Vålerenga have met before this season: Vålerenga - Haugesund 1-0. Haugesund-Vålerenga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Haugesund four wins, Vålerenga four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Sandberg 6 goals |   B. Finne 5 goals |  M. Vilhjálmsson 5 goals |
Haugesund missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Haugesund | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 22 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 93% |
| 53% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 73% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 40% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 5.5 | 6.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 152 | 89 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 75 | 155 |
| 40 | 21 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 20 | 58 |
| 38% | 48% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 36% |
- Haugesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Haugesund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Haugesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 34 |
| 3 | Odd | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | Brann | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Viking | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Start | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 12 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
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