The Eliteserien league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Odd and Vålerenga are placed 12th and 7th respectively.
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 Vålerenga.
Odd form and stats
Odd's first Eliteserien home game here at Skagerak Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 15 matches.
The fans are hoping that Odd will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Strømsgodset (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the home game against Sandefjord that was lost 1-2.
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 five games. Odd has won three of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Odd are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Start awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Odd's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Vålerenga form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eliteserien, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches.
Vålerenga delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Stabæk (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Eliteserien game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sarpsborg 08 at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Vålerenga in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vålerenga, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only three days for Vålerenga, the Eliteserien home match versus Viking. Busy days.
Vålerenga have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Odd, two draws and five wins for Vålerenga. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Børven 1 goals |   A. Dønnum 1 goals |  H. Shala 1 goals |
Odd missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Odd | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Odd | Last season | Vålerenga | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 33% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 368 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 154 | 363 | ||
| 120 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 130 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Brann | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Molde | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Sandefjord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Mjøndalen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Start | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Stabæk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Odd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Viking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Brann | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 40 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Tromsø | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 40 | -19 | 30 |
| 16 | Ranheim | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -19 | 27 |
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- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)