Both Sarpsborg 08 and Bodø / Glimt are hungry for points in this game, even with the away team holding a 15 point advantage in the standings.
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (44) in Eliteserien
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Zalgiris. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Sarpsborg 08 have to build on here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the Eliteserien. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sarpsborg 08 with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Sandefjord game, 40 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Sarpsborg lost their last game at Strømsgodset (placed 7th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Soltvedt, defender, was given a rating of 7.54/10 in that game, top of the team. Soltvedt hit three key passes and won 6 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Lillestrøm (0-2).Scoring bonanza? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has seen three or more goals.
Sarpsborg 08 has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 13 goals.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (44) in Eliteserien, are W5-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Zalgiris in their previous outing. The Champions League fixture ended 1-1.
That result followed a home victory 7-0 versus Odd in the Eliteserien.After this away game Glimt return home for a Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Bodø / Glimt has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Bodø / Glimt have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bodø / Glimt have won at least one point in the last 11 matches (7-4-0) versus Sarpsborg 08.Bodø / Glimt - Sarpsborg 4-1 was the outcome when these participants last played each other, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 15 goals |   M. Maigaard 6 goals | H. Vetlesen 6 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 31 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 65% |
| 53% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 41% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 65% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 65% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 29% |
| 24% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 6.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 15.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 17.1 | 18.6 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 34% | 25% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 62% | 64% |
| 16.2 | 15.3 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.5 | 10.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- All of Bodø / Glimt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (44) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have the the best goal difference (+25) in Eliteserien
- Bodø / Glimt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Eliteserien
- 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 | Molde | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 34 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Sandefjord | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | HamKam | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Jerv | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -25 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -21 | 6 |
- 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)
