The home team stadium regulars hope for a victory in this game, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. Odd are in 9th spot while the guesting Vålerenga fret at 14th.
- Odd have the most clean sheets (8) in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Both squads have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
Odd form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Odd have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
Odd enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Aalesund's place. The match ended 3-0 with Ruud, Hagen and Tomas scoring. Defender Ruud got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.82/10. Ruud scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 1 of 1 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Bodø / Glimt with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Odd perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Odd as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Odd has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Odd aren't scoring a lot here at Skagerak Arena in the league, with only {4 goals} from 6 games. From these home matches, Odd have conceded only 4 goals.
Vålerenga form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Vålerenga have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Vålerenga have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 185 minutes ago. Strandberg was the goal scorer.
Vålerenga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Molde proved too strong as Vålerenga slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Intility Arena. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Molde was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Jensen, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.85. Jensen won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that one, the win at home against Brann in the NM Cup (3-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Vålerenga in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Vålerenga, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vålerenga have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Vålerenga have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Odd wins - draws - Vålerenga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Bjørdal 3 goals |
Odd missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Odd | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 80% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 3.9 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 6.7 | 7.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.7 | 12 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 12.9 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 12.8 | 12.5 |
| 4.1 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Odd have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most clean sheets (8) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Eliteserien
- Odd have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vålerenga is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Brann | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Molde | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Stabæk | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | HamKam | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 13 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -19 | 7 |
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
