Early betting lines signal Lillestrøm edge versus Sandefjord

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Åråsen Stadion (12234 seats)

A look at the Eliteserien standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Read our Lillestrøm - Sandefjord guide!

Insights:
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

Lillestrøm are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Sandefjord is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Lillestrøm form and stats

Lillestrøm have collected 24 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 7-3-4.

An away draw last time out for Lillestrøm, facing Molde in a game that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Lillestrøm in the Molde match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The Lillestrøm goalkeeper Mads Christiansen was crucial in the match against Molde last time out, making seven saves. Gjermund Åsen, a forward, was the best player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 8.34 (out of 10). Åsen scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Strømsgodset.

A decent goal production from Lillestrøm in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Lillestrøm are not conceding a lot of goals here at Åråsen Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sandefjord form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sandefjord so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Sandefjord won their last game, 3-2 versus Kristiansund played at home. The attacker Kristoffer Normann Hansen got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Hansen signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Haugesund with the score of 2-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sandefjord have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. Sandefjord have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sandefjord - Lillestrøm 1-1 was the end result in these sides' latest H2H game, played this season. Lillestrøm-Sandefjord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lillestrøm six wins, Sandefjord one win, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LillestrømT. Lehne Olsen
T. Lehne Olsen
25 goals
SandefjordK. Normann Hansen
K. Normann Hansen
7 goals
SandefjordA. Tveter
A. Tveter
6 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Sandefjord missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lillestrøm Sandefjord
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
13 7 2 Won W 0 4 10
7 3 2 Drew D 0 1 6
9 4 0 Lost L 4 9 13
47 21 4 Scored S 3 17 38
40 13 1 Conceded C 10 32 50
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
83% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 90%
62% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 62%
34% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 38%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 17%
66% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 55%
24% 43% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 24%
17% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 24%
 
6.3 7.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 4.3
5.7 5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.2 5.5
1.4 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 14.3 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.8 12
4.8 5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 4.1 4.2
34% 30% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 31%
 
11.9 10.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 15.3 13.1
4.4 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.4 4.4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sandefjord 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 29 17 9 3 56 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 14 7 5 2 22 12 31 60
2 Molde 29 17 6 6 68 39 15 11 2 2 46 18 14 6 4 4 22 21 29 57
3 Viking 29 16 6 7 58 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 14 7 3 4 24 25 11 54
4 Rosenborg 29 13 8 8 56 40 14 8 3 3 33 17 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 47
5 Lillestrøm 29 13 7 9 47 40 14 7 3 4 21 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 7 46
6 Vålerenga 29 11 12 6 45 35 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 4 5 5 18 21 10 45
7 Kristiansund 29 13 4 12 39 45 14 9 2 3 25 15 15 4 2 9 14 30 -6 43
8 Sarpsborg 08 29 11 6 12 38 42 15 6 5 4 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 28 -4 39
9 Sandefjord 29 10 6 13 38 50 15 6 5 4 21 18 14 4 1 9 17 32 -12 36
10 Haugesund 29 9 8 12 45 43 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 1 5 9 16 28 2 35
11 Strømsgodset 29 9 8 12 41 41 15 8 4 3 33 12 14 1 4 9 8 29 0 35
12 Tromsø 29 8 11 10 33 42 14 3 6 5 16 19 15 5 5 5 17 23 -9 35
13 Odd 29 7 9 13 41 57 14 4 4 6 27 28 15 3 5 7 14 29 -16 30
14 Stabæk 29 6 7 16 34 59 15 4 3 8 17 27 14 2 4 8 17 32 -25 25
15 Brann 29 4 11 14 36 54 14 3 5 6 18 23 15 1 6 8 18 31 -18 23
16 Mjøndalen 29 4 10 15 33 49 14 2 5 7 19 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -16 22

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  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 29 17 9 3 56 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 14 7 5 2 22 12 31 60
2 Molde 29 17 6 6 68 39 15 11 2 2 46 18 14 6 4 4 22 21 29 57
3 Viking 29 16 6 7 58 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 14 7 3 4 24 25 11 54
4 Rosenborg 29 13 8 8 56 40 14 8 3 3 33 17 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 47
5 Lillestrøm 29 13 7 9 47 40 14 7 3 4 21 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 7 46
6 Vålerenga 29 11 12 6 45 35 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 4 5 5 18 21 10 45
7 Kristiansund 29 13 4 12 39 45 14 9 2 3 25 15 15 4 2 9 14 30 -6 43
8 Sarpsborg 08 29 11 6 12 38 42 15 6 5 4 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 28 -4 39
9 Sandefjord 29 10 6 13 38 50 15 6 5 4 21 18 14 4 1 9 17 32 -12 36
10 Haugesund 29 9 8 12 45 43 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 1 5 9 16 28 2 35
11 Strømsgodset 29 9 8 12 41 41 15 8 4 3 33 12 14 1 4 9 8 29 0 35
12 Tromsø 29 8 11 10 33 42 14 3 6 5 16 19 15 5 5 5 17 23 -9 35
13 Odd 29 7 9 13 41 57 14 4 4 6 27 28 15 3 5 7 14 29 -16 30
14 Stabæk 29 6 7 16 34 59 15 4 3 8 17 27 14 2 4 8 17 32 -25 25
15 Brann 29 4 11 14 36 54 14 3 5 6 18 23 15 1 6 8 18 31 -18 23
16 Mjøndalen 29 4 10 15 33 49 14 2 5 7 19 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -16 22

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.