Eliteserien duel: Close contest expected between Lillestrøm and Bodø / Glimt

Lillestrøm and Bodø / Glimt should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Bodø / Glimt play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Bodø / Glimt when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 25 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.

It's quite the trip for Bodø / Glimt when visiting Lillestrøm as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

Lillestrøm form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Åråsen Stadion as Lillestrøm have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Lillestrøm haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Kristiansund, 77 days ago.

An away draw last time out for Lillestrøm, facing Sandefjord in a game that ended 1-1. The attacker Thomas Lehne Olsen was "man of the match" for Lillestrøm with a rating of 7.85/10. Olsen scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times and hit two key passes. Lillestrøm manager G. Bakke lay sleepless for hours after the game against Sandefjord. The match ended a draw, but Lillestrøm hit the posts three times.

In the game before, an away victory in the NM Cup match versus Skeid (after extra-time) with a 2-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lillestrøm perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lillestrøm as a small favourite), we find eight games. Lillestrøm has won five of these, drawn two and lost one.

A decent goal production from Lillestrøm in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Lillestrøm have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Bodø / Glimt form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Eliteserien, on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Glimt play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Junkeren.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Rana with the score of 4-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bodø / Glimt playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Bodø / Glimt win, two draws and one defeat.

Bodø / Glimt find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Bodø / Glimt have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lillestrøm four wins, four draws and Bodø / Glimt two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Lehne Olsen 12 goals

E. Botheim 8 goals

U. Saltnes 4 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Bodø / Glimt missing players