Soccer match preview: Bodø / Glimt confident before travelling to Sandefjord

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6600 seats)

The visiting Bodø / Glimt team are probably front runners at Sandefjord, as the away team hold a 28 point advantage from their 15 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (38) in Eliteserien

This stadium has grass, which is not Bodø / Glimt's normal surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Bodø / Glimt have performed like this: Played 24 matches producing 8 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 36-33 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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!

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Sandefjord form and stats

Sandefjord have collected 8 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 2-2-1.

Sandefjord lost their last game at Lillestrøm (placed 6th) after a 2-4 scoreline. 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? Taaje was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Taaje scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.

In the match before that, Sandefjord hosted Stabæk and drew the game 0-0.

Sandefjord have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Komplett Arena with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Sandefjord are not conceding a lot of goals here at Komplett Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Bodø / Glimt form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Bodø / Glimt so far, with 6-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Eliteserien statistics.

Glimt won their last game, 2-1 versus Haugesund played at home. Pellegrino, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Pellegrino served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, the NM Cup win away at HamKam.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

A new game in only three days for Bodø / Glimt, the Europa Conference League home match versus Bohemians 1905. Busy days.

The Glimt manager Knutsen has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Bodø / Glimt are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Sandefjord wins - draws - Bodø / Glimt wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bodø / GlimtA. Pellegrino
A. Pellegrino
13 goals
Bodø / GlimtF. Pemi Moumbagna
F. Pemi Moumbagna
10 goals
Bodø / GlimtA. Erlykke
A. Erlykke
5 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Bodø / Glimt missing players

Sandefjord Bodø / Glimt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 5 2 Played P 2 7 15
2 2 0 Won W 2 6 12
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
7 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
15 9 1 Scored S 6 15 38
25 3 2 Conceded C 1 6 14
77% 60% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 73%
46% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 47%
38% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
46% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 53%
31% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 40%
46% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
4.3 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.1 6.1
6.7 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.4 2.5
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 14.8 17 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 15.1 17.7
3.8 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 6.9
31% 33% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 35% 37%
 
16.5 10.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.6 9.3
5.3 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Bodø / Glimt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bodø / Glimt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bodø / Glimt have scored more than double the goals of Sandefjord.
  • Bodø / Glimt have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most points (18) away in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (38) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the the best goal difference (+24) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sandefjord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sandefjord have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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

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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”.