Struggling Sarpsborg 08 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bodø / Glimt in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Sarpsborg 08 so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sarpsborg 08 after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Sarpsborg are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Kristiansund. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Molde.
Sarpsborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Sarpsborg 08 have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Bodø / Glimt so far, with 6-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Eliteserien statistics.
Impressive finishing from Jens Petter Hauge (2), Victor Okoh Boniface (2), Patrick Berg and Philip Zinckernagel secured the home win 6-0 against Start in their previous game. Prior to that result Glimt won their away game at Sandefjord. The scoreline was 2-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Bodø / Glimt was very dominant against Start, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Jens Petter Hauge (2), Victor Okoh Boniface (2), Patrick Berg and Philip Zinckernagel providing the goals.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Glimt alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (26 from 8 played). Bodø / Glimt's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bodø / Glimt - Sarpsborg 08 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sarpsborg two wins, three draws and Bodø / Glimt five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 11 goals |  J. Hauge 10 goals |  P. Zinckernagel 9 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | 53 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 88% | 80% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 50% | 53% |
| 40% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 80% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 | 136 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 136 | 274 |
| 53 | 36 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 50 | 97 |
| 34% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 52% | 55% |
- All of Bodø / Glimt's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bodø / Glimt has the most points (20) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (26) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (53)
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
- Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+35)
- Bodø / Glimt have not yet lost a game.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored more than double the goals of Sarpsborg 08.
- Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarpsborg 08 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 34 |
| 3 | Odd | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Brann | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Viking | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Start | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 12 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
- 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)