Odd favourites for feisty fight facing Sandefjord

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Skagerak Arena (13500 seats)

Odd have 19 and 16 so far in the Eliteserien. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Odd have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Odd and Sandefjord.

14-8-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sandefjord when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 32 matches are 52-48 (scored/conceded).

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Odd form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Odd at their home stadium (Skagerak Arena) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Happy days for Odd in their previous game, a NM Cup match away at Eik Tønsberg that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Heartbreak before that as Odd lost 0-3 at Strømsgodset's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Odd handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and one defeat.

Odd can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Odd's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sandefjord form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Sandefjord, whose manager A. Tegström could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Pors Grenland.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Haugesund.

Sandefjord are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Sandefjord have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Sandefjord have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Odd four wins, five draws and Sandefjord one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OddM. Bakenga Joar Namugunga
M. Bakenga Joar Namugunga
11 goals
SandefjordK. Normann Hansen
K. Normann Hansen
4 goals
SandefjordS. Foss
S. Foss
2 goals

Odd missing players

Sandefjord missing players

Odd Sandefjord
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 5 2 Played P 1 5 12
5 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
4 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
18 10 4 Scored S 0 6 15
21 5 1 Conceded C 4 10 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 58%
38% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 33%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 42%
15% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 25%
 
2.5 2.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 4.1
5.4 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 6.2
1.2 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 10.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 13.1
3.5 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 5.1
39% 50% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 25%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Sandefjord's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Odd have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Odd have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Odd have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Odd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 9 3 2 34 13 7 6 0 1 22 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 21 30
2 Bodø / Glimt 14 7 4 3 29 15 8 5 2 1 22 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 14 25
3 Kristiansund 13 7 2 4 13 12 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 3 7 1 23
4 Rosenborg 14 6 4 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 7 22
5 Vålerenga 14 5 6 3 25 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 21
6 Lillestrøm 12 6 3 3 18 16 6 4 1 1 9 6 6 2 2 2 9 10 2 21
7 Haugesund 12 5 4 3 16 11 6 5 1 0 14 3 6 0 3 3 2 8 5 19
8 Strømsgodset 13 5 4 4 20 21 7 5 2 0 16 5 6 0 2 4 4 16 -1 19
9 Odd 13 5 4 4 18 21 5 3 2 0 10 5 8 2 2 4 8 16 -3 19
10 Viking 13 5 3 5 24 27 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 2 1 4 11 19 -3 18
11 Sandefjord 12 5 1 6 15 19 7 3 1 3 9 9 5 2 0 3 6 10 -4 16
12 Sarpsborg 08 13 3 5 5 11 17 7 1 4 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 6 11 -6 14
13 Mjøndalen 12 2 6 4 14 13 5 1 3 1 6 4 7 1 3 3 8 9 1 12
14 Tromsø 13 2 4 7 12 24 6 0 2 4 6 13 7 2 2 3 6 11 -12 10
15 Brann 14 1 4 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 11 7 0 1 6 5 16 -14 7
16 Stabæk 12 1 3 8 14 27 6 1 1 4 6 12 6 0 2 4 8 15 -13 6

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Read more about Eliteserien

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”.