Sarpsborg 08 supporters put their faith in manager Billborn to deliver victory against Aalesund

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

The league standings tells us that 2 points split the pair of opponents in this Eliteserien fixture. Sarpsborg 08 have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Eliteserien

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sarpsborg 08 and Aalesund.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

Sarpsborg 08 have played 3 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Sarpsborg 08 are returning here after guesting Østsiden in a NM Cup game and winning with a 7-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lillestrøm (0-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sarpsborg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 4 and lost 0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sarpsborg 08 as they have a new game in only four days, a Eliteserien match thankfully also at home. Molde are visiting.

Sarpsborg 08 aren't scoring a lot here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Sarpsborg 08 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Aalesund form and stats

Playing away, Aalesund have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.

Aalesund aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 305 league minutes without a goal. Odemarksbakken was the last player to find the net.

Two trips in a row for Aalesund, whose boss Nilsen could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Fjøra.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Molde.

A new game in only three days for Aalesund, the Eliteserien home match versus Jerv. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 5 goals have been conceded by Aalesund in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sarpsborg 08-Aalesund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sarpsborg 08 seven wins, Aalesund zero wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sarpsborg 08M. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
3 goals
AalesundS. Haugen
S. Haugen
3 goals
Sarpsborg 08G. Molins Palmeiro
G. Molins Palmeiro
2 goals

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Aalesund missing players

Sarpsborg 08 Aalesund
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 2 2 3
10 2 1 Scored S 0 3 6
7 2 1 Conceded C 3 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 86%
50% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 57%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 29%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
50% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 29%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 57%
 
5.2 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 4.6
8.2 7.3 10 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8 6.1
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 15.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.2 12.4
4.2 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3
40% 12% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 29%
 
16.8 14.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.8 12.4
5.2 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sarpsborg 08 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 Viking 8 6 1 1 17 6 5 4 1 0 11 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 11 19
2 Lillestrøm 7 5 2 0 13 4 4 4 0 0 8 0 3 1 2 0 5 4 9 17
3 Molde 7 4 1 2 13 7 4 2 0 2 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 6 13
4 Sarpsborg 08 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 8 5 3 10
5 Strømsgodset 7 3 1 3 8 9 3 1 0 2 4 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 -1 10
6 Vålerenga 7 3 1 3 8 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 0 3 4 8 -2 10
7 Bodø / Glimt 6 2 3 1 11 8 4 1 3 0 9 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 9
8 Rosenborg 6 2 3 1 7 6 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 9
9 Tromsø 7 2 3 2 9 12 3 2 0 1 5 6 4 0 3 1 4 6 -3 9
10 Aalesund 7 2 2 3 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 -3 8
11 HamKam 6 1 4 1 9 7 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 7
12 Jerv 6 2 1 3 3 9 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 8 -6 7
13 Sandefjord 6 2 0 4 10 12 2 0 0 2 2 5 4 2 0 2 8 7 -2 6
14 Haugesund 7 2 0 5 9 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 6 8 -3 6
15 Odd 7 2 0 5 6 13 4 2 0 2 6 8 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 6
16 Kristiansund 6 0 1 5 4 12 3 0 1 2 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 4 -8 1

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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”.