Soccer betting preview: Sandefjord welcomes Vålerenga in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6600 seats)

Sandefjord have some catching up to do from their 11th place, and the job starts versus Vålerenga. Read more!

Insights:
  • Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have scored in all their matches so far.

Both teams have had enough days rest since their last match. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!

8 - 5 - 3 with 28-16. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vålerenga when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vålerenga play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Sandefjord form and stats

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. The home fans are hungry for more even though Sandefjord have been steadily collecting points here at Komplett Arena through three straight draws.

No payout for Sandefjord in their previous match, an away game at Sarpsborg 08 that ended in defeat 0-5. Attacking player Viðar Ari Jónsson bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.05 out of 10. Jónsson . As you see from the result above, Sandefjord suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

In the match before that, Sandefjord hosted Tromsø and drew the game 1-1.

Sandefjord has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Sandefjord have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Vålerenga form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Vålerenga won their last game, 3-1 versus Stabæk played at home. Tobias Christensen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.82. Christensen scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

A draw for Vålerenga before that, at their own venue hosting Viking (1-1).

The travelling fans enjoy Vålerenga's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Vålerenga struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Sandefjord and Vålerenga have faced each other already this season: Vålerenga - Sandefjord 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Sandefjord wins - draws - Vålerenga wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SandefjordK. Normann Hansen
K. Normann Hansen
6 goals
VålerengaH. Udahl
H. Udahl
5 goals
SandefjordA. Tveter
A. Tveter
3 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Vålerenga missing players

Sandefjord Vålerenga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 4 8 17
6 3 1 Won W 2 3 6
3 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
8 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
22 11 4 Scored S 7 13 30
31 11 1 Conceded C 2 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 53%
41% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 41%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 88%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 12%
24% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.4 6.5
5.6 5.7 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.8 3.5 3.6
1.2 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.4 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.9 12.7
5.1 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.7
26% 25% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 39% 38%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Vålerenga's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vålerenga have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vålerenga 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 17 10 4 3 36 17 9 6 2 1 25 9 8 4 2 2 11 8 19 34
2 Molde 17 10 3 4 41 22 8 7 0 1 27 9 9 3 3 3 14 13 19 33
3 Lillestrøm 17 9 4 4 26 19 8 5 1 2 11 7 9 4 3 2 15 12 7 31
4 Kristiansund 17 9 2 6 22 19 9 7 1 1 17 6 8 2 1 5 5 13 3 29
5 Rosenborg 17 8 4 5 34 22 8 5 1 2 20 8 9 3 3 3 14 14 12 28
6 Viking 17 8 4 5 33 33 9 6 2 1 21 13 8 2 2 4 12 20 0 28
7 Vålerenga 17 6 8 3 30 23 9 3 5 1 17 11 8 3 3 2 13 12 7 26
8 Haugesund 17 7 4 6 27 25 8 6 1 1 16 7 9 1 3 5 11 18 2 25
9 Strømsgodset 17 7 4 6 25 25 8 6 2 0 19 6 9 1 2 6 6 19 0 25
10 Odd 17 6 4 7 24 32 8 4 2 2 16 11 9 2 2 5 8 21 -8 22
11 Sandefjord 17 6 3 8 22 31 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 3 0 5 11 20 -9 21
12 Sarpsborg 08 17 5 5 7 18 22 9 3 4 2 11 6 8 2 1 5 7 16 -4 20
13 Tromsø 17 3 6 8 19 31 8 0 3 5 9 17 9 3 3 3 10 14 -12 15
14 Mjøndalen 17 2 7 8 20 23 9 1 3 5 11 13 8 1 4 3 9 10 -3 13
15 Stabæk 17 3 4 10 22 38 8 2 2 4 10 14 9 1 2 6 12 24 -16 13
16 Brann 17 2 4 11 18 35 9 2 3 4 12 16 8 0 1 7 6 19 -17 10

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Read more about Eliteserien

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”.