This league campaign has been gruelling for Sarpsborg 08 so far, while Lillestrøm have played well. Will the visiting team take another scalp at Sarpsborg Stadion?
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Eliteserien
- Lillestrøm have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eliteserien
This ground has artifical turf, unlike Lillestrøm's home stadium. The previous 33 games by the visitors on artifical turf have ended with 17 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses.
The visiting Lillestrøm played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sarpsborg 08 have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games. Sarpsborg 08 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Billborn and the players.
No payout for Sarpsborg 08 in their previous match, an away game at Haugesund that ended in defeat 1-3. Defender Soltvedt got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Soltvedt scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 2 of 2 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vålerenga (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Sarpsborg 08 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sarpsborg 08 as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Sarpsborg 08 has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has seen three or more goals.
The Sarpsborg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Lillestrøm form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eliteserien, on their Eliteserien travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The followers enjoyed Lillestrøm's previous fixture versus SJK, a Europa Conference League win (5-2) played at home.
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Lillestrøm in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Lillestrøm, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Antwerp in just three days.
As for defending, Lillestrøm rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Lillestrøm - Sarpsborg 08 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sarpsborg 08 three wins, four draws and Lillestrøm three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maigaard 6 goals |   A. Adams 6 goals |  G. Molins Palmeiro 5 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Lillestrøm missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Lillestrøm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 60% |
| 53% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 53% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 6.5 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.7 | 15.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 36% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 41% |
| 16.1 | 15 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 14.1 | 12 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
- All of Lillestrøm's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lillestrøm have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lillestrøm have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lillestrøm have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lillestrøm have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eliteserien
- Lillestrøm have the most points from losing position (11) in Eliteserien
- Lillestrøm haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals in the first half (19) 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Sandefjord | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 2 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Lillestrøm
- Romerikes Blad - (local newspaper)
- Kanari-Fansen forum - (supporter forum)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
