Eliteserien match prediction: Little separates Mjøndalen and Lillestrøm in quality

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

Having a home game feels comfortable and good for Mjøndalen, but Lillestrøm are fully bent and capable to go home as winners. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an engaging match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

Mjøndalen's stadium, Consto Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Lillestrøm have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Lillestrøm when playing on artifical turf; 9 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 51.

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Mjøndalen form and stats

With 1 Eliteserien win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Mjøndalen are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at Consto Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Mjøndalen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Stabæk that ended 1-1. Defender Markus Nakkim got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Nakkim won 7 of 10 duels. The hometeam coach V. Hansen made a successful contribution in the game against Stabæk, bringing on Lars Olden Larsen who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Rosenborg (1-2).

The Mjøndalen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Mjøndalen have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lillestrøm form and stats

As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Lillestrøm have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.

Lillestrøm play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Haugesund (placed 8th). Attacker Daniel Gustafsson got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Gustafsson scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Bodø / Glimt.

Lillestrøm has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Lillestrøm in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the participants met earlier this season; Lillestrøm - Mjøndalen 2-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous seven meetings): Mjøndalen won one game, one match ended with a tie and Lillestrøm got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / one

Top Goalscorers

LillestrømT. Lehne Olsen
T. Lehne Olsen
12 goals
MjøndalenM. Rønning Ovenstad
M. Rønning Ovenstad
3 goals
MjøndalenB. Stokke
B. Stokke
3 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Lillestrøm missing players

Mjøndalen Lillestrøm
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 4 8 16
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 4
19 10 1 Scored S 7 13 24
21 11 2 Conceded C 5 11 18
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
50% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 50%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 25%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 6%
75% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
19% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
12% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
3.6 5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 6.2 6.5
3.8 3.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.5 5.6
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 12.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13 13.6
3.7 4.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.4 4.7
32% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 37% 32%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lillestrøm haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjøndalen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 16 10 3 3 41 20 8 7 0 1 27 9 8 3 3 2 14 11 21 33
2 Bodø / Glimt 16 9 4 3 33 15 9 6 2 1 25 9 7 3 2 2 8 6 18 31
3 Rosenborg 16 8 4 4 33 20 8 5 1 2 20 8 8 3 3 2 13 12 13 28
4 Lillestrøm 16 8 4 4 24 18 8 5 1 2 11 7 8 3 3 2 13 11 6 28
5 Kristiansund 16 8 2 6 20 19 8 6 1 1 15 6 8 2 1 5 5 13 1 26
6 Viking 16 7 4 5 31 32 8 5 2 1 19 12 8 2 2 4 12 20 -1 25
7 Vålerenga 16 5 8 3 27 22 8 2 5 1 14 10 8 3 3 2 13 12 5 23
8 Haugesund 16 6 4 6 24 24 8 6 1 1 16 7 8 0 3 5 8 17 0 22
9 Strømsgodset 16 6 4 6 24 25 8 6 2 0 19 6 8 0 2 6 5 19 -1 22
10 Odd 16 6 4 6 24 31 7 4 2 1 16 10 9 2 2 5 8 21 -7 22
11 Sandefjord 16 6 3 7 22 26 9 3 3 3 11 11 7 3 0 4 11 15 -4 21
12 Sarpsborg 08 16 4 5 7 13 22 8 2 4 2 6 6 8 2 1 5 7 16 -9 17
13 Tromsø 16 3 6 7 17 28 7 0 3 4 7 14 9 3 3 3 10 14 -11 15
14 Mjøndalen 16 2 7 7 19 21 8 1 3 4 10 11 8 1 4 3 9 10 -2 13
15 Stabæk 16 3 4 9 21 35 8 2 2 4 10 14 8 1 2 5 11 21 -14 13
16 Brann 16 2 4 10 17 32 8 2 3 3 11 13 8 0 1 7 6 19 -15 10

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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”.