The Stabæk & Bodø / Glimt managers J. Jönsson and K. Knutsen are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eliteserien league table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stabæk and Bodø / Glimt.
It should be mentioned that Bodø / Glimt play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Bodø / Glimt on grass are 1 victory, 6 draws and 5 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
Bodø / Glimt have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Stabæk form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Stabæk, who have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Eliteserien, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The home team returns to Nadderud Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Start (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Eliteserien game ended 0-0. Before that match, a win away at Aalesund.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stabæk as they are travelling to their away game against Haugesund in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.
The Stabæk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Stabæk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nadderud Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (38) in Eliteserien, on their Eliteserien travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Bodø / Glimt go into this game after a win, the home game against Molde that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mjøndalen at their stadium, the result 3-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bodø / Glimt are hosting Strømsgodset in the Eliteserien only three days away.
The Glimt manager K. Knutsen has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 20 goals in 5 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Glimt in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stabæk four wins, four draws and Bodø / Glimt two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 9 goals |  P. Zinckernagel 7 goals |  J. Hauge 6 goals |
Stabæk missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Stabæk | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 20 | 38 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | 57 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 90 | 177 |
| 35 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 34 | 64 |
| 37% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 59% | 59% |
- All of Bodø / Glimt's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Bodø / Glimt has the most points (15) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the most points from losing position (12)
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (20) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (38)
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+13) away
- Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Bodø / Glimt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bodø / Glimt have scored more than double the goals of Stabæk.
- Bodø / Glimt have won all their games so far.
- Bodø / Glimt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bodø / Glimt is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Stabæk has the most clean sheets (3) at home
| 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 30 |
| 2 | Molde | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Odd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Stabæk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Brann | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Kristiansund | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Viking | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Start | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 3 |
- Bodø/Glimt
- Avisa Nordland - (local news - mostly pay-to-read)
- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
- Glimtforum.net - (supporter forum)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)