Soccer match preview: Sarpsborg 08 confident before travelling to Sandefjord

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6600 seats)

Sandefjord want to sell many tickets for this game despite that the season has been hard so far with 13 points and a 14th place in the Eliteserien table. Opponents Sarpsborg 08 are in 7th place with 24 pts.

Insights:
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Eliteserien

This football stadium has grass, which is not Sarpsborg 08's usual surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass Sarpsborg 08 have performed like this: Played 15 matches earning 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats with the goal numbers 27-18 (scored/conceded).

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

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

A good away victory last time out for Sandefjord, who won 3-2 against Vålerenga (placed 15th). Sweet to taste a league victory after five matches without one. Manager Ødegaard felt very clever after Nyenetue scored the winning goal against Vålerenga, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Midfielder Ottosson was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.45 (out of ten) in that game. Ottosson scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 63 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bodø / Glimt (2-5).

Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this side has had three goals or more.

Sandefjord have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Komplett Arena with 11 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Sarpsborg 08 have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far. Sarpsborg 08 has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Sarpsborg 08 won their last game, 2-1 versus Haugesund played at home. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. The attacker Torp got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Torp scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Molde wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 11 of this club's latest 12 league games.

The travelling fans enjoy Sarpsborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sarpsborg 08 have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Sandefjord.

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Sarpsborg 08 - Sandefjord 6-1 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

SandefjordD. Al-Saed
D. Al-Saed
5 goals
Sarpsborg 08K. Fardal Opseth
K. Fardal Opseth
5 goals
Sarpsborg 08B. Utvik
B. Utvik
4 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 6 1 Played P 3 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 1 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 3
8 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
20 11 4 Scored S 3 12 28
32 8 1 Conceded C 1 14 26
80% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 88%
73% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 88%
60% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 69%
53% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
47% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
53% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 69%
27% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 25%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 19%
 
4.1 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 7 7.1
7 5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 5.1
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.7 13.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 17.7 18.8 18.1
4.1 5.2 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.9 6.4
33% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 27%
 
17.1 12.7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.6 12.5
5.5 3.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Eliteserien

  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 17 13 2 2 43 18 9 6 2 1 23 10 8 7 0 1 20 8 25 41
2 Viking 16 11 2 3 36 22 8 6 1 1 24 12 8 5 1 2 12 10 14 35
3 Tromsø 16 10 3 3 23 14 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 6 1 1 12 6 9 33
4 Molde 17 10 2 5 39 19 8 6 1 1 22 7 9 4 1 4 17 12 20 32
5 Lillestrøm 16 9 2 5 32 23 9 6 0 3 23 14 7 3 2 2 9 9 9 29
6 Brann 17 8 3 6 28 23 9 6 2 1 18 8 8 2 1 5 10 15 5 27
7 Sarpsborg 08 16 7 3 6 28 26 8 4 1 3 16 12 8 3 2 3 12 14 2 24
8 Odd 17 6 4 7 17 19 7 3 2 2 6 5 10 3 2 5 11 14 -2 22
9 Rosenborg 17 6 4 7 21 24 10 5 1 4 14 14 7 1 3 3 7 10 -3 22
10 Strømsgodset 16 6 2 8 19 19 7 4 0 3 10 6 9 2 2 5 9 13 0 20
11 Haugesund 16 5 3 8 15 23 7 4 2 1 11 8 9 1 1 7 4 15 -8 18
12 Stabæk 16 4 4 8 17 25 9 3 3 3 9 7 7 1 1 5 8 18 -8 16
13 HamKam 16 5 1 10 20 37 8 4 1 3 10 10 8 1 0 7 10 27 -17 16
14 Sandefjord 15 3 4 8 20 32 6 2 2 2 11 8 9 1 2 6 9 24 -12 13
15 Vålerenga 15 3 2 10 18 28 8 1 0 7 10 19 7 2 2 3 8 9 -10 11
16 Aalesund 17 3 1 13 12 36 9 3 1 5 8 14 8 0 0 8 4 22 -24 10

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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”.