Eliteserien: Sandefjord are 6 points after Aalesund, but are inspired to go all in. Bring it on!
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Eliteserien
Aalesund play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will take place on grass. Recent data for Aalesund when playing on grass are 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from ten matches. They have managed to score 11 goals and conceded 20 times in these fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sandefjord form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.
Sandefjord lost their last game at Sarpsborg 08 (placed 7th) after a 3-4 scoreline. The first loss after going undefeated through three league matches. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ofkir has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in five games in a row. Outstanding! Vega, a forward, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Vega scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sandefjord perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sandefjord as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Sandefjord has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Goal party? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
The manager Tegström will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jerv in only four days.
The Sandefjord fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for conceded goals, Sandefjord's unpleasant statistic is 11 goals surrendered.
Aalesund form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Aalesund playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Impressive finishing from Haugen secured the home win 1-0 against Strømsgodset in their previous game. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Haugen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.11. Haugen scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aalesund playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Aalesund wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
As opposed to that, Aalesund have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Sandefjord won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Aalesund got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Tveter 6 goals |  M. Ofkir 6 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Sandefjord | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 23 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 55% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 64% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 8.7 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 30% |
| 19.6 | 16.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.9 | 14.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- All of Sandefjord's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sandefjord have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sandefjord have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sandefjord have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have yet to win a game at 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 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Viking | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bodø / Glimt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | HamKam | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -18 | 1 |
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