Eliteserien match preview: Sarpsborg 08 vs Vålerenga

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

In total; 13 league matches are done and Sarpsborg 08 are 5 points ahead of Vålerenga. What happens?

Insights:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals (29) in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have the most conceded goals (15) away in Eliteserien

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

3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Sarpsborg 08 have to build on here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the Eliteserien.

In their previous game, the manager Billborn led his Sarpsborg 08 to a defeat away at Bodø / Glimt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sarpsborg Stadion. The forward Skalevik outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.52 out of 10. Skalevik scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sandefjord in a game that was won 4-3.

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.

An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Sarpsborg 08 in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Vålerenga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vålerenga so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Layouni and Udahl (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Kristiansund in their previous game. Eureka; their first victory in the league after seven games not winning. Udahl, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Udahl scored two goals.

aweayteam Hara magic won. We have checked recent matches where Vålerenga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Vålerenga find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. For Vålerenga, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Sarpsborg 08, three draws and two wins for Vålerenga. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Sarpsborg 08M. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
6 goals
Sarpsborg 08G. Molins Palmeiro
G. Molins Palmeiro
5 goals
Sarpsborg 08T. Heintz
T. Heintz
5 goals

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Vålerenga missing players

Sarpsborg 08 Vålerenga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 7 13
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
29 13 4 Scored S 4 8 15
22 10 3 Conceded C 5 15 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 69%
69% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 54%
54% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 38%
54% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 15%
69% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 46%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
15% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 38%
 
6.2 7.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 6.3
7.5 6.4 10 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.6 5
1.5 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.2 15.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 10.7 16
6.1 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 3.3 5.2
37% 31% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 22%
 
16.6 15.1 21 Shots against (avg) S A 10 15.7 13.9
5.4 4.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.7 4.9
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals (29) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vålerenga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vålerenga have the most conceded goals (15) away in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vålerenga 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 14 9 3 2 28 13 8 5 1 2 19 10 6 4 2 0 9 3 15 30
2 Lillestrøm 14 9 3 2 27 13 7 6 0 1 13 2 7 3 3 1 14 11 14 30
3 Viking 15 7 4 4 26 18 8 4 3 1 14 5 7 3 1 3 12 13 8 25
4 Bodø / Glimt 13 6 4 3 28 18 7 3 4 0 17 8 6 3 0 3 11 10 10 22
5 Rosenborg 13 5 6 2 23 17 6 4 2 0 13 6 7 1 4 2 10 11 6 21
6 Strømsgodset 14 6 3 5 20 21 7 4 1 2 13 12 7 2 2 3 7 9 -1 21
7 Sarpsborg 08 13 6 1 6 29 22 7 3 1 3 13 10 6 3 0 3 16 12 7 19
8 Aalesund 13 5 4 4 15 17 6 3 2 1 8 7 7 2 2 3 7 10 -2 19
9 Odd 14 6 1 7 14 19 7 3 0 4 10 13 7 3 1 3 4 6 -5 19
10 HamKam 13 3 8 2 18 15 7 2 4 1 10 7 6 1 4 1 8 8 3 17
11 Vålerenga 13 4 2 7 15 22 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 1 1 5 8 15 -7 14
12 Sandefjord 11 4 1 6 19 23 4 0 1 3 5 11 7 4 0 3 14 12 -4 13
13 Haugesund 14 3 4 7 21 26 7 2 2 3 11 13 7 1 2 4 10 13 -5 13
14 Tromsø 12 2 7 3 16 23 6 2 3 1 9 10 6 0 4 2 7 13 -7 13
15 Jerv 13 3 2 8 9 23 7 3 1 3 5 9 6 0 1 5 4 14 -14 11
16 Kristiansund 11 0 1 10 7 25 5 0 1 4 5 13 6 0 0 6 2 12 -18 1

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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”.