It's advantage Kristiansund so far with their 4th position in the Eliteserien table, welcoming Sandefjord who are placed 10th.
- Kristiansund have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Sandefjord have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 13-8-9 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.
Kristiansund form and stats
Kristiansund have performed here at Kristiansund Stadion this season with 4 wins from 6 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Kristiansund faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rosenborg (0-1). Defender Dan Peter Ulvestad got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Ulvestad won 8 of 14 duels.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Brann.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kristiansund handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, four draws and one defeat.
Kristiansund has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Kristiansund have conceded only 5 goals.
Sandefjord form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Sandefjord have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
Sandefjord have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jacob Storevik. It's been 312 minutes since they last conceded in Eliteserien.
Sandefjord won their last game, 2-0 versus Sarpsborg 08 played at home. Defender Brice Wembangomo was the best team player with a rating of 8.45. Wembangomo served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Stabæk with the score of 2-0.Sandefjord are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sandefjord are hosting Haugesund in the Eliteserien only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Sandefjord's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. For Sandefjord, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Kristiansund, four draws and one win for Sandefjord. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Normann Hansen 4 goals |   S. Kartum 2 goals |  B. Bye 2 goals |
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| Kristiansund | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 40% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 6.1 | 7.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14.3 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.5 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 22% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 26% |
- All of Sandefjord's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kristiansund have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandefjord 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 26 |
| 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 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 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 | Odd | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 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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