Football betting preview: Lillestrøm the probable winner when Sandefjord comes to visit

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Åråsen Stadion (12234 seats)

The home team, Lillestrøm, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Sandefjord have shown both competence and determination. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals (39) in Eliteserien

This could be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Lillestrøm form and stats

Lillestrøm are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Åråsen Stadion. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.

Lillestrøm are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Jerv. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league matches. Christiansen had a busy but productive day in the Jerv match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Lillestrøm are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 2 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Lillestrøm in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Lillestrøm have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sandefjord form and stats

As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Sandefjord have produced an overall stat of 5-0-4 so far.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Rosenborg with 2-5 on the scoreboard. A bizarre match with an abundance of goals last time out for Sandefjord, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this match be as gleeful? Attacker Tveter got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Tveter scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Viking.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sandefjord played away with similar odds. This revealed 9 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 2 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 7 times.

Observe that 9 of this side's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Sandefjord's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. As for defending, Sandefjord rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lillestrøm have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (6-1-0) when facing Sandefjord.

Lillestrøm and Sandefjord have faced off already this season: Sandefjord - Lillestrøm 1-4.

Top Goalscorers

SandefjordM. Ofkir
M. Ofkir
10 goals
SandefjordA. Tveter
A. Tveter
7 goals
LillestrømA. Adams
A. Adams
6 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Sandefjord missing players

Lillestrøm Sandefjord
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 2 9 18
11 6 2 Won W 1 5 6
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 9
32 14 4 Scored S 2 16 31
16 3 1 Conceded C 4 16 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 94%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 89%
33% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 56%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 28%
50% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 67%
33% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 17%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 17%
 
6.1 6.6 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 4.5
4.8 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 14 9.1 7.5
1.2 0.4 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.4 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.8 11.7
4.4 4.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 4.3 4
41% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 43%
 
12.3 9.4 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 23 18.7 18.3
3.3 2.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Lillestrøm have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals (39) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Eliteserien
  • 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 18 13 3 2 38 17 10 7 1 2 23 10 8 6 2 0 15 7 21 42
2 Bodø / Glimt 18 11 4 3 48 20 9 5 4 0 29 8 9 6 0 3 19 12 28 37
3 Lillestrøm 18 11 4 3 32 16 8 6 1 1 14 3 10 5 3 2 18 13 16 37
4 Rosenborg 18 9 7 2 36 22 8 6 2 0 18 7 10 3 5 2 18 15 14 34
5 Viking 18 8 5 5 32 25 9 5 3 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 16 19 7 29
6 Vålerenga 18 8 3 7 30 27 8 5 1 2 15 9 10 3 2 5 15 18 3 27
7 Strømsgodset 17 7 4 6 24 26 9 5 2 2 17 14 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 25
8 Haugesund 18 6 4 8 29 30 9 4 2 3 17 15 9 2 2 5 12 15 -1 22
9 Tromsø 17 4 9 4 23 29 8 4 3 1 14 11 9 0 6 3 9 18 -6 21
10 Sandefjord 18 6 3 9 31 39 9 1 3 5 15 23 9 5 0 4 16 16 -8 21
11 Aalesund 18 5 6 7 19 27 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 2 3 4 9 16 -8 21
12 Odd 18 6 2 10 19 33 9 3 0 6 13 18 9 3 2 4 6 15 -14 20
13 HamKam 18 3 10 5 21 22 10 2 5 3 11 11 8 1 5 2 10 11 -1 19
14 Sarpsborg 08 18 6 1 11 32 35 10 3 1 6 14 17 8 3 0 5 18 18 -3 19
15 Jerv 18 4 2 12 14 38 10 4 1 5 9 16 8 0 1 7 5 22 -24 14
16 Kristiansund 18 1 3 14 15 37 8 0 3 5 10 19 10 1 0 9 5 18 -22 6

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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”.