Football betting preview: Lillestrøm expected to win when Tromsø come to town

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 02.Jul
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Åråsen Stadion (12234 seats)

Both these sides are doing all right, Tromsø enjoying a 6 point edge on Lillestrøm in the tables. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Eliteserien
  • Tromsø have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Eliteserien

2 - 6 - 4 with 13-19. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Tromsø when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Tromsø play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tromsø, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.

Tromsø could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a NM Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Bodø / Glimt. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Lillestrøm form and stats

All-inclusive Eliteserien stats playing at home this season for Lillestrøm are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Lillestrøm drew their last game, 2-2 away at Brann (placed 3rd). The hometeam coach Bakke made a successful contribution in the game against Brann, bringing on Tønnessen who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The striker Ibrahimaj bested all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Ibrahimaj served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Lillestrøm won a home game hosting Stabæk (3-1).

The Lillestrøm manager Bakke has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Lillestrøm have conceded 9 from these games.

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Tromsø form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Tromsø playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season. Tromsø has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Sandefjord.

Two away games in a row for Tromsø, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs Bodø / Glimt in the NM Cup.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Stabæk in the Eliteserien.

Lots of goals? This team have played 6 consecutive league matches all with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

Tromsø has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: six wins for Lillestrøm, three draws and one win for Tromsø. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

LillestrømA. Adams
A. Adams
10 goals
TromsøV. Erlien
V. Erlien
7 goals
TromsøN. Vesterlund
N. Vesterlund
3 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Tromsø missing players

Lillestrøm Tromsø
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
18 11 3 Scored S 1 8 16
16 9 3 Conceded C 0 4 11
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
70% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 55%
40% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
70% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 64%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 27%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
7.7 8.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.2
5.5 6.8 10 Corners against (avg) C A 12 4.8 4.9
1.3 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 16 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.2 8.5
4.3 5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.5
42% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 62% 42%
 
14.5 14.8 15 Shots against (avg) S A 20 14.4 13.3
4.5 5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Lillestrøm's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Lillestrøm have created more than twice as many corners as Tromsø.
  • Lillestrøm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lillestrøm have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lillestrøm have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Eliteserien
  • Lillestrøm haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tromsø have not yet lost a game away.
  • Tromsø have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tromsø have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Eliteserien

  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 10 1 1 32 11 6 5 1 0 19 5 6 5 0 1 13 6 21 31
2 Tromsø 11 7 2 2 16 11 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 23
3 Brann 12 6 3 3 24 15 6 4 2 0 15 5 6 2 1 3 9 10 9 21
4 Viking 11 6 2 3 26 20 6 4 1 1 19 11 5 2 1 2 7 9 6 20
5 Molde 12 6 1 5 25 16 6 4 1 1 15 6 6 2 0 4 10 10 9 19
6 Sarpsborg 08 11 5 3 3 15 11 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 3 2 1 9 4 4 18
7 Lillestrøm 10 5 2 3 18 16 5 3 0 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 17
8 Odd 12 4 4 4 9 11 5 2 2 1 4 2 7 2 2 3 5 9 -2 16
9 Stabæk 11 4 3 4 15 19 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 6 15 -4 15
10 Strømsgodset 11 4 2 5 13 14 5 3 0 2 5 3 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 14
11 Rosenborg 12 3 4 5 14 18 7 3 1 3 8 9 5 0 3 2 6 9 -4 13
12 Haugesund 11 3 3 5 10 16 5 2 2 1 8 7 6 1 1 4 2 9 -6 12
13 Vålerenga 10 3 1 6 14 17 5 1 0 4 7 10 5 2 1 2 7 7 -3 10
14 Sandefjord 10 2 3 5 12 15 4 2 1 1 9 3 6 0 2 4 3 12 -3 9
15 HamKam 11 2 1 8 10 27 6 2 1 3 5 7 5 0 0 5 5 20 -17 7
16 Aalesund 11 1 1 9 7 23 6 1 1 4 6 11 5 0 0 5 1 12 -16 4

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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”.