Sandefjord hope to sell some tickets for this match even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 23 points and a 14th place in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Haugesund own 10th place with 37 pts.
- Sandefjord have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eliteserien
Sandefjord are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Haugesund is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Sandefjord and Haugesund should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sandefjord form and stats
With 1 Eliteserien win, 5 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Sandefjord are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts.
No payout for Sandefjord in their previous match, an away game at Molde that ended in defeat 1-2. The attacker Ofkir was announced as "man of the match" for Sandefjord with a rating of 7.65/10. Ofkir hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Ahead of that match, Sandefjord lost 1-2 at home to HamKam.An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
A decent goal production from Sandefjord in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Sandefjord have conceded 33 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Haugesund form and stats
4-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Haugesund in their Eliteserien matches away. Haugesund love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Haugesund delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vålerenga (placed 5th) in their previous match. As mentioned above, Haugesund drew the match against Vålerenga. Manager Grindhaug brought on Leite to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Krygard, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Krygard hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that result Haugesund won their away game at Strømsgodset. The scoreline was 2-1.Haugesund are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Haugesund have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Haugesund's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Sandefjord and Haugesund have faced off earlier this season: Haugesund - Sandefjord 1-3. Sandefjord-Haugesund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sandefjord three wins, Haugesund six wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ofkir 12 goals |   A. Ndour 9 goals |  A. Tveter 8 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Sandefjord | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 40 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 40 |
| 66 | 33 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 64% | 72% |
| 86% | 86% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 55% |
| 52% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 38% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 69% | 93% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 62% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 10% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 28% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 7.7 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 10.3 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 40% | 42% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 48% | 45% |
| 17.2 | 16.2 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 16.8 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- All of Sandefjord's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Haugesund have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Haugesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandefjord have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sandefjord have the fewest points (8) at home in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Eliteserien
- 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 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 57 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 56 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Odd | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 42 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 37 |
| 11 | Viking | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -9 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Jerv | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 39 | -39 | 19 |
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