Soccer betting preview: Mjøndalen welcomes Start in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eliteserien, Mjøndalen holding 15th place and Start lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals (22) in Eliteserien
  • Start has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eliteserien

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Relegation threatens Mjøndalen who should definitely be looking for some points here. Start are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Mjøndalen form and stats

Mjøndalen's results here at Consto Arena in the Eliteserien have been very modest with 4 victories, 0 draws and 9 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Mjøndalen, facing Haugesund in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Stabæk (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Mjøndalen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mjøndalen as a small favourite), we find eight games. Mjøndalen has won zero of these, drawn four and lost four.

Mjøndalen are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Rosenborg awaits in four days.

Mjøndalen have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Mjøndalen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Start form and stats

Start, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eliteserien, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-3-9 (13 played).

Start played 1-1 against Bodø / Glimt in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Viking's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Start in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Start, two draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brann in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Start as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. Start have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Start - Mjøndalen 3-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Mjøndalen victories, two draws and five Start wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
9 goals
MjøndalenS. Ibrahim
S. Ibrahim
5 goals
StartM. Bringaker
M. Bringaker
4 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Start missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mjøndalen Start
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 6
3 0 0 Drew D 2 3 8
18 9 1 Lost L 2 9 13
22 12 4 Scored S 5 11 32
44 18 2 Conceded C 7 31 50
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
70% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 74%
41% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 41%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 38% 33%
41% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 56%
22% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
41% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 12.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.4 12.5
2.8 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.9
29% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 31%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals (22) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Start has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eliteserien
  • Start have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Start have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Start 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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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Table
  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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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”.