Lillestrøm vs Aalesund preview: Away team in for a gruelling job at Åråsen Stadion

This field has grass, unlike Aalesund's home ground. The previous eleven games by the away team on grass have given 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Lillestrøm form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Lillestrøm at their home stadium (Åråsen Stadion) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

The Lillestrøm club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Sandefjord and win 4-2. A goal frenzy last time out for Lillestrøm, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sandefjord. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Åsen got a match rating of 9.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Åsen hit ten key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lillestrøm as they are travelling to their away game against Haugesund in the Eliteserien. That match is four days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Lillestrøm's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lillestrøm defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Aalesund form and stats

Playing away, Aalesund have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the Eliteserien this season. Bitter travels for Aalesund as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Strømsgodset match.

Aalesund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Odd (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Defender Munksgaard was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Munksgaard hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Aalesund's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches. For Aalesund, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Lillestrøm won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Aalesund managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

A. Adams 14 goals

T. Lehne Olsen 4 goals

M. Karlsbakk 3 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Aalesund missing players