Lillestrøm favourites for feisty fight facing Vålerenga

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Åråsen Stadion (12234 seats)

Lillestrøm have won 36 points playing as the team playing at home. Vålerenga have 24 points using the away locker rooms. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Vålerenga's home arena. The former 13 games by the away side on grass have ended with 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.

This should be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Lillestrøm form and stats

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Lillestrøm have managed 7 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

Olsen was the last player to score a league goal for Lillestrøm and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Lillestrøm haven't scored in 205 minutes.

Lillestrøm lost their last game at Stabæk (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Attacking player Åsen bested all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Åsen hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Brann with the scoreline 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lillestrøm have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The Lillestrøm manager Bakke has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lillestrøm defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Vålerenga form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Vålerenga's previous game was their home loss versus Brann (1-2). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Ilić and that is solid stuff! Midfielder Borchgrevink was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.35. Borchgrevink served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

Prior to that result Vålerenga won their away game at Sandefjord. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vålerenga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

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

Vålerenga have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Vålerenga have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vålerenga - Lillestrøm 3-4 was the score in these squads' latest head to head game, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Lillestrøm won three, Vålerenga triumphed in three and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LillestrømT. Lehne Olsen
T. Lehne Olsen
12 goals
VålerengaA. Ilić
A. Ilić
5 goals
VålerengaD. Håkans
D. Håkans
4 goals

Lillestrøm missing players

Vålerenga missing players

Lillestrøm Vålerenga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
11 7 4 Won W 2 4 6
3 0 0 Drew D 0 4 6
10 5 0 Lost L 1 4 12
41 27 15 Scored S 7 16 33
37 19 5 Conceded C 4 16 41
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
79% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 83%
67% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 67%
42% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 42%
17% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 71%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 17%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 21%
 
6.3 6.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 5
5.2 5.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 3.9
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
15 17.1 19.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.6 11.9
4.6 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4
37% 44% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 34%
 
13.6 12.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13.3 12.3
5 5.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lillestrøm haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 24 17 4 3 62 30 11 8 2 1 29 12 13 9 2 2 33 18 32 55
2 Viking 24 16 4 4 51 34 12 9 2 1 33 18 12 7 2 3 18 16 17 52
3 Brann 24 15 3 6 43 26 12 9 2 1 26 10 12 6 1 5 17 16 17 48
4 Tromsø 24 15 3 6 35 25 13 8 2 3 21 13 11 7 1 3 14 12 10 48
5 Molde 24 13 5 6 53 27 12 8 2 2 31 11 12 5 3 4 22 16 26 44
6 Sarpsborg 08 24 11 4 9 46 38 12 7 1 4 29 17 12 4 3 5 17 21 8 37
7 Lillestrøm 24 11 3 10 41 37 12 7 0 5 27 19 12 4 3 5 14 18 4 36
8 Odd 24 8 7 9 29 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 3 6 14 20 -3 31
9 Rosenborg 24 8 5 11 31 40 12 6 2 4 19 15 12 2 3 7 12 25 -9 29
10 Strømsgodset 24 8 3 13 26 32 11 5 1 5 15 13 13 3 2 8 11 19 -6 27
11 HamKam 24 8 3 13 34 51 12 5 3 4 18 17 12 3 0 9 16 34 -17 27
12 Vålerenga 24 6 6 12 33 41 12 2 2 8 17 25 12 4 4 4 16 16 -8 24
13 Haugesund 24 6 6 12 21 34 12 5 2 5 15 17 12 1 4 7 6 17 -13 24
14 Stabæk 24 6 5 13 25 37 13 5 3 5 15 11 11 1 2 8 10 26 -12 23
15 Sandefjord 24 5 6 13 35 46 12 4 4 4 21 14 12 1 2 9 14 32 -11 21
16 Aalesund 24 4 3 17 18 53 12 3 3 6 10 18 12 1 0 11 8 35 -35 15

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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”.