This fixture has been long awaited by supporters of both participants, as it's the premier Eliteserien fixture of the season. Both Sarpsborg 08 and Bodø / Glimt are hoping for a positive start to their season.
Bodø / Glimt have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
In the previous season, Sarpsborg 08's league results were 12 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, providing 8th spot in the Eliteserien. During these 30 matches they scored {57 goals} and gave away 54. Performing at home in the previous season Sarpsborg 08 delivered 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 24 conceded.
Sarpsborg 08 have prepared for this season with ten friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these ten matches are 7 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Sarpsborg 08 have scored {20 goals} and conceded 11 times.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bodø / Glimt performed last season in the Eliteserien: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 0 and lost 5 with 39/21 goals scored/conceded.
Glimt played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these five matches Bodø / Glimt scored 9 and conceded {8 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Bodø / Glimt have avoided a loss in the last 12 games (8-4-0) against Sarpsborg 08.Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarpsborg 08 | Last season | Bodø / Glimt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Scored | S | 39 | 86 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 57% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 3% | ||
| 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.9 | 18.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 57% | ||
| 14.6 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aalesund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | HamKam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Haugesund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Molde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Odd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Viking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 46 | 78 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 45 | 60 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 56 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 45 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 39 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Viking | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -26 | 24 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Jerv | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 40 | -39 | 20 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Bodø/Glimt
- Avisa Nordland - (local news - mostly pay-to-read)
- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
- Glimtforum.net - (supporter forum)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)