Here's every little thing you need to be aware of, and a little bit more, ahead of the Sandefjord - Odd fixture!
- Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Eliteserien
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated match!
It should be mentioned that Odd play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Odd on grass are 5 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 23-28. You can compare this with overall results below.
Sandefjord form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
In their previous game, the manager A. Tegström led his Sandefjord to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Viking. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Komplett Arena. Defender Martin Kreuzriegler got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Kreuzriegler scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Stabæk (0-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sandefjord have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn six and lost one.
The Sandefjord fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Odd form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Odd playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Odd's previous game was their home loss versus Molde (1-3). Sander Svendsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.34. Svendsen served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Haugesund with the score of 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Odd in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Odd, one draw and six defeats.
Odd are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Odd have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the result Odd - Sandefjord 2-3 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sandefjord victories, five draws and three Odd wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Normann Hansen 6 goals |   S. Svendsen 6 goals |  T. Lauritsen 4 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Odd missing players
| Sandefjord | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 37 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 62% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 67% |
| 33% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 52% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 52% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 62% |
| 24% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 12.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 38% |
- Odd have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Odd have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Odd have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Eliteserien
- Odd have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Odd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | Bodø / Glimt | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Molde | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 41 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 38 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 37 |
| 5 | Viking | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Odd | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Brann | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | Mjøndalen | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
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