The home team ticketholders plan for a win in this fixture, as the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Sarpsborg 08 are in 8th spot while the guesting Kristiansund fret at 15th.
- Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kristiansund have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien
Sarpsborg 08 are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Kristiansund are struggling to avoid relegation.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The Eliteserien results playing at home this season for Sarpsborg 08 are 6-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Sarpsborg 08, facing Vålerenga in a game that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Sarpsborg 08 in their match versus Vålerenga as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The hometeam coach Billborn made a successful contribution in the game against Vålerenga, bringing on Molins who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw. Midfield player Tibbling got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Tibbling scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 55 successful passes (of 59 total).
Before that, Sarpsborg 08 drew at home versus Tromsø.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sarpsborg handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Sarpsborg 08 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sarpsborg Stadion with 25 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sarpsborg 08 defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Kristiansund form and stats
Kristiansund have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-2-11 (14 played).
Kristiansund are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against Aalesund (placed 10th). That victory felt nice as this team had gone five league games without victory. As you can tell from the results above, Kristiansund was very dominant against Aalesund, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Bye, Willumsson and Williamsen providing the goals. Attacker Willumsson got a player rating of 8.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Willumsson scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.
Prior to that match, the Kristiansund manager Michelsen faced defeat when travelling to Bodø / Glimt and losing 0-5.We have checked recent matches where Kristiansund have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Kristiansund manager Michelsen has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Kristiansund - Sarpsborg 08 2-3 was the end result in these squads' previous head to head game, played this season. Sarpsborg 08-Kristiansund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sarpsborg two wins, Kristiansund five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Bye 9 goals |   M. Maigaard 8 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 52 | 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 34 |
| 50 | 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 29 | 57 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 86% |
| 64% | 57% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 64% |
| 54% | 36% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 43% |
| 39% | 29% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 68% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 61% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 18% | 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 32% |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 16.1 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 29% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | 36% |
| 15.1 | 14 | 15.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 17.2 | 15.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
- Kristiansund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Kristiansund have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarpsborg 08 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kristiansund have scored 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 | Molde | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 42 | 54 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 53 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Odd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 39 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 36 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 35 |
| 11 | Viking | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -5 | 34 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -25 | 23 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 29 | -23 | 21 |
| 16 | Jerv | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 39 | -37 | 19 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
