Eliteserien: Sarpsborg 08 - Tromsø pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Sarpsborg 08 followers aim to see their team get full points from this match against Tromsø.

Insights:
  • Sarpsborg 08 is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
  • Tromsø have the fewest scored goals (32) in Eliteserien

Sarpsborg 08 and Tromsø should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Tromsø have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Sarpsborg are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Tromsø most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sarpsborg 08 have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

Happy days for Sarpsborg 08 in their previous game, a Eliteserien match away at Mjøndalen (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The gifted forward Mikkel Maigaard edged out all others in that match and received a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Maigaard signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Odd that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sarpsborg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost four.

The Sarpsborg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Sarpsborg 08 have conceded only 13 goals.

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Tromsø form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. The Tromsø manager G. Helstrup is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 39 days.

Tromsø delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Stabæk (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Eliteserien game. Defender Christophe Psyche was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Psyche won 4 of 5 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Vålerenga's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Tromsø have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were one victory, six draws and five defeats.

Tromsø find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Tromsø struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Tromsø - Sarpsborg 0-2. Sarpsborg 08-Tromsø H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sarpsborg 08 five wins, Tromsø three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sarpsborg 08I. Koné
I. Koné
11 goals
SarpsborgJ. Lindseth
J. Lindseth
10 goals
TromsøM. Ebiye
M. Ebiye
8 goals

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Tromsø missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sarpsborg 08 Tromsø
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
11 6 2 Won W 0 4 7
6 5 3 Drew D 3 5 11
11 3 0 Lost L 1 5 10
38 21 11 Scored S 3 16 32
41 13 3 Conceded C 6 23 42
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
57% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 57% 46%
36% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
18% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
61% 57% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 57%
25% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
21% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 25%
 
3.8 3.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.1 3.9
4.6 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 5
1.7 1.5 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.4 11
2.9 2.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 3.6
48% 51% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 40% 32%
 
11.9 11.3 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.1 10.1
3.8 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.2 3.9
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
  • Tromsø have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tromsø have the fewest scored goals (32) in Eliteserien
  • Tromsø have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Eliteserien
  • Tromsø have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tromsø haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 28 17 8 3 54 23 14 10 3 1 32 11 14 7 5 2 22 12 31 59
2 Molde 28 17 5 6 65 36 14 11 1 2 43 15 14 6 4 4 22 21 29 56
3 Viking 28 15 6 7 55 46 14 8 3 3 31 21 14 7 3 4 24 25 9 51
4 Lillestrøm 28 13 6 9 44 37 14 7 3 4 21 13 14 6 3 5 23 24 7 45
5 Rosenborg 28 12 8 8 53 39 14 8 3 3 33 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 14 44
6 Kristiansund 28 13 4 11 37 42 14 9 2 3 25 15 14 4 2 8 12 27 -5 43
7 Vålerenga 28 10 12 6 43 35 14 6 7 1 25 14 14 4 5 5 18 21 8 42
8 Sarpsborg 08 28 11 6 11 38 41 14 6 5 3 21 13 14 5 1 8 17 28 -3 39
9 Haugesund 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 8 3 3 29 15 14 1 4 9 16 28 2 34
10 Strømsgodset 28 9 7 12 41 41 14 8 3 3 33 12 14 1 4 9 8 29 0 34
11 Sandefjord 28 9 6 13 35 48 14 5 5 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 17 32 -13 33
12 Tromsø 28 7 11 10 32 42 14 3 6 5 16 19 14 4 5 5 16 23 -10 32
13 Odd 28 7 9 12 40 54 14 4 4 6 27 28 14 3 5 6 13 26 -14 30
14 Stabæk 28 6 7 15 33 56 14 4 3 7 16 24 14 2 4 8 17 32 -23 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 4 10 14 33 47 14 2 5 7 19 19 14 2 5 7 14 28 -14 22
16 Brann 28 4 10 14 34 52 14 3 5 6 18 23 14 1 5 8 16 29 -18 22

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Table
  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 28 17 8 3 54 23 14 10 3 1 32 11 14 7 5 2 22 12 31 59
2 Molde 28 17 5 6 65 36 14 11 1 2 43 15 14 6 4 4 22 21 29 56
3 Viking 28 15 6 7 55 46 14 8 3 3 31 21 14 7 3 4 24 25 9 51
4 Lillestrøm 28 13 6 9 44 37 14 7 3 4 21 13 14 6 3 5 23 24 7 45
5 Rosenborg 28 12 8 8 53 39 14 8 3 3 33 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 14 44
6 Kristiansund 28 13 4 11 37 42 14 9 2 3 25 15 14 4 2 8 12 27 -5 43
7 Vålerenga 28 10 12 6 43 35 14 6 7 1 25 14 14 4 5 5 18 21 8 42
8 Sarpsborg 08 28 11 6 11 38 41 14 6 5 3 21 13 14 5 1 8 17 28 -3 39
9 Haugesund 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 8 3 3 29 15 14 1 4 9 16 28 2 34
10 Strømsgodset 28 9 7 12 41 41 14 8 3 3 33 12 14 1 4 9 8 29 0 34
11 Sandefjord 28 9 6 13 35 48 14 5 5 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 17 32 -13 33
12 Tromsø 28 7 11 10 32 42 14 3 6 5 16 19 14 4 5 5 16 23 -10 32
13 Odd 28 7 9 12 40 54 14 4 4 6 27 28 14 3 5 6 13 26 -14 30
14 Stabæk 28 6 7 15 33 56 14 4 3 7 16 24 14 2 4 8 17 32 -23 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 4 10 14 33 47 14 2 5 7 19 19 14 2 5 7 14 28 -14 22
16 Brann 28 4 10 14 34 52 14 3 5 6 18 23 14 1 5 8 16 29 -18 22

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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”.