Classic home win, the away team claims a mighty victory or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Sarpsborg 08 and Haugesund duel at Sarpsborg Stadion.
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Haugesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Haugesund play their home games on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. The latest results for Haugesund when playing on artifical turf are 9 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats from 29 matches. They have managed to score {37 goals} and conceded 46 times in these fixtures.
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an animated game!
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sarpsborg 08 have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Sarpsborg 08 to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Sarpsborg in their previous match, an away game at Molde that ended in defeat 1-5. Sarpsborg 08 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Lundqvist has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Badass! Midfielder Lundqvist was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Lundqvist scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to HamKam (2-3).Take note: 10 of the most recent 11 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Haugesund form and stats
There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Haugesund's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Haugesund go into this game after a win, the home game against Lillestrøm that ended 1-0. Defender Reese was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Reese scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.
Prior to that match, the Haugesund manager Grindhaug faced defeat when travelling to Bodø / Glimt and losing 1-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Haugesund played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Goals are few and far between in Haugesund's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 8 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Haugesund have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Haugesund - Sarpsborg 0-0 was the scoreline in these squads' previous head-to-head game, played this season. Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Sarpsborg 08, five draws and three wins for Haugesund. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Fardal Opseth 5 goals |  J. Soltvedt 4 goals |  B. Utvik 3 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 26 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 25 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 87% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 87% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 67% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 67% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 47% |
| 27% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 47% |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18.1 | 17.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 9.3 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 17% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 12.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 18.6 | 17.5 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | 6 |
- Haugesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sarpsborg 08 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Haugesund have scored 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Molde | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Brann | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 7 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- FK Haugesund
- Haugesunds Avis - (local newspaper)
- Maakeberget Supporterklubb - (supporters - Facebook)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
