Only a win will satisfy the Kristiansund supporters in this Kristiansund Stadion clash with Start, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eliteserien table.
Start could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eliteserien game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Molde, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Start.
These teams have little in common geographically as Start have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kristiansund form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Kristiansund have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Kristiansund enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Viking's place. The match ended 2-1 with Pal Erik Ulvestad and Olaus Jair Skarsem scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sandefjord in a game that was won 3-1.
Goals are plentiful at Kristiansund Stadion in the league this season as Kristiansund has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Kristiansund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Start form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Start so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Start seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Start, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Molde (placed 2nd). Before that, Start secured a home win against Mjøndalen with the score 3-0.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Molde was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The attacking power of Start when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. The Start manager J. Hardarson has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Kristiansund, one draw and one win for Start. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 9 goals |   M. Bringaker 4 goals |  E. Schulze 3 goals |
Kristiansund missing players
Start missing players
| Kristiansund | Start | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 8% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | 84 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 71 | 173 |
| 57 | 22 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 48 |
| 40% | 59% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 27% |
- Kristiansund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kristiansund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Start have scored away.
- Kristiansund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Start has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Start have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Start have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Start have yet to win a game away.
- Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 34 |
| 2 | Molde | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Odd | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Brann | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Viking | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Start | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
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