Komplett Arena: Sandefjord vs Aalesund Eliteserien pre-match info

Sandefjord's stadium, Komplett Arena, has a grass surface. Aalesund have artifical turf 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 Aalesund when playing on grass; 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from eight matches. They have scored {11 goals} in these games and conceded 13.

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

0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Sandefjord so far this season.

Sandefjord travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rosenborg that ended 1-1. Defender Egeli got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Egeli hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.

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 7 games. Sandefjord has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Sandefjord has scored {0 goals-1} so far and conceded {0 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

Aalesund form and stats

Aalesund have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eliteserien were 4 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Aalesund have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 325 minutes ago. Ebiye was the goal scorer.

Aalesund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bodø / Glimt (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-3. Fällman, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Fällman won 3 of 9 duels.

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 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Aalesund win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aalesund manager Nilsen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Molde.

{0 goals} so far away for Aalesund, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sandefjord victories, two draws and four Aalesund wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Akieme Nchama 1 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Aalesund missing players