Eliteserien: Odd - Haugesund pre-match thoughts and stats

Odd's stadium, Skagerak Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Haugesund 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 Haugesund when playing on artifical turf; 9 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses from 28 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 38.

Odd and Haugesund should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Odd form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Odd have to build on here at Skagerak Arena in the Eliteserien.

No payout for Odd in their previous match, an away game at Molde that ended in defeat 1-4. Ruud (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.12/10. Ruud hit five key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 62 total).

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 Odd have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this side has seen three goals or more.

Odd has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

Haugesund form and stats

Haugesund have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Visiting Haugesund has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Haugesund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Viking (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfield player Eskesen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Eskesen hit one key pass.

We have checked recent matches where Haugesund have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Haugesund's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 11 travels. Haugesund have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Haugesund - Odd 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Odd wins - draws - Haugesund wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Diarra 6 goals

Odd missing players

Haugesund missing players