Delightful dogfight as daring Sarpsborg 08 duel with determined Odd

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

Yet another engaging game in the Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 is in the 9th position after completing two games. They host Odd who are placed 2nd after two games.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Eliteserien game of the season here at Sarpsborg Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from Sarpsborg 08's 15 home games.

Sarpsborg 08 are returning here after visiting Vålerenga and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Opseth (2) scored the goal(s). Attacking player Lundqvist outdid all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Lundqvist served one assist and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Bodø / Glimt that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sarpsborg handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Sarpsborg 08's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Odd form and stats

One match played away so far in the Eliteserien for Odd and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.

Odd have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Leopold Wahlstedt. It's been 226 minutes since they last conceded in Eliteserien.

Odd won their last game, 2-0 versus Brann played at home. Midfield player Ingebrigtsen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Ingebrigtsen scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Odd travelled to Stabæk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Odd have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Odd has managed {0 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Sarpsborg, three draws and two wins for Odd. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Sarpsborg 08K. Fardal Opseth
K. Fardal Opseth
2 goals

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Odd missing players

Sarpsborg 08 Odd
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
1 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
4.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 8
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11.5
4 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
14.5 17 17 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 15
6 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 5
Sarpsborg 08 Last season Odd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 6   Won W   5 13
5 3   Drew D   5 6
13 6   Lost L   5 11
57 27   Scored S   17 43
54 24   Conceded C   23 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 77%
67% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 57%
57% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
40% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 20%
70% 67%   BTTS BTTS   47% 57%
13% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
6.1 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
5.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.6
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
5 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.5 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.5
5.5 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
34% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%
 
14.6 13.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.3 14.9
4.6 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.3

  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 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6
2 Odd 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
3 Rosenborg 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Tromsø 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 HamKam 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
6 Brann 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
7 Viking 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Strømsgodset 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Sarpsborg 08 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
10 Vålerenga 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
11 Haugesund 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
12 Molde 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 Sandefjord 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
14 Stabæk 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
15 Lillestrøm 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Aalesund 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season 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 30 25 3 2 71 25 15 12 1 2 39 13 15 13 2 0 32 12 46 78
2 Bodø / Glimt 30 18 6 6 86 41 15 8 6 1 47 20 15 10 0 5 39 21 45 60
3 Rosenborg 30 16 8 6 69 44 15 12 2 1 38 15 15 4 6 5 31 29 25 56
4 Lillestrøm 30 16 5 9 49 34 15 9 2 4 24 13 15 7 3 5 25 21 15 53
5 Odd 30 13 6 11 43 45 15 8 1 6 26 22 15 5 5 5 17 23 -2 45
6 Vålerenga 30 13 5 12 52 49 15 9 2 4 31 21 15 4 3 8 21 28 3 44
7 Tromsø 30 10 13 7 46 49 15 8 5 2 29 23 15 2 8 5 17 26 -3 43
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 12 5 13 57 54 15 6 3 6 27 24 15 6 2 7 30 30 3 41
9 Aalesund 30 10 9 11 32 45 15 6 5 4 17 17 15 4 4 7 15 28 -13 39
10 Haugesund 30 10 8 12 42 46 15 6 4 5 24 22 15 4 4 7 18 24 -4 38
11 Viking 30 9 8 13 48 54 15 5 5 5 21 19 15 4 3 8 27 35 -6 35
12 Strømsgodset 30 9 6 15 44 55 15 7 2 6 32 25 15 2 4 9 12 30 -11 33
13 HamKam 30 6 13 11 33 43 15 4 6 5 17 17 15 2 7 6 16 26 -10 31
14 Sandefjord 30 6 6 18 42 68 15 1 6 8 23 35 15 5 0 10 19 33 -26 24
15 Kristiansund 30 5 8 17 37 60 15 4 5 6 27 29 15 1 3 11 10 31 -23 23
16 Jerv 30 5 5 20 30 69 15 4 2 9 15 29 15 1 3 11 15 40 -39 20

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.