Stabæk - Odd: Small difference between teams in Eliteserien clash

Stabæk's stadium, Nadderud Stadion, has a grass surface. Odd have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Odd when playing on grass; 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 14 matches. They have scored {21 goals} in these games and conceded 20.

Stabæk form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Stabæk as they were promoted from Obos-Ligaen last season. Happy days that were secured through 16 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses from 30 games. The team scored 29 goals at home last season and conceded 12. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stabæk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Stabæk have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and nine practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Stabæk scored {11 goals} and let in {8 goals} during these nine games.

Odd form and stats

Let's have a look at how Odd performed last season in the Eliteserien: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 17/23 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Odd playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Odd wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Odd played nine friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In these nine matches Odd scored 18 and conceded {14 goals}.

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