Soccer betting preview: Stabæk welcomes Sarpsborg 08 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nadderud Stadion (5000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Eliteserien, with both Stabæk and Sarpsborg 08 experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 12th place.

Insights:
  • Stabæk have the most conceded goals (28) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Eliteserien

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

2 - 6 - 7 with 13-25. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sarpsborg 08 when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sarpsborg 08 play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Stabæk form and stats

Stabæk's struggle is real here at Nadderud Stadion with only 4 points collected from 6 Eliteserien games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Nadderud Stadion, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Brann game.

It's back home for Stabæk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ullensaker / Kisa away with the result 1-0.

In the game before, an away victory in the Eliteserien match versus Mjøndalen with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.

Stabæk has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Stabæk have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sarpsborg 08 so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sarpsborg's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Sarpsborg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Nordstrand.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Lillestrøm's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Sarpsborg in our archives, and the results are: one win for Sarpsborg 08, four draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sarpsborg 08's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stabæk one win, four draws and Sarpsborg 08 five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StabækO. Edvardsen
O. Edvardsen
4 goals
StabækA. Nusa
A. Nusa
3 goals
Sarpsborg 08I. Koné
I. Koné
3 goals

Stabæk missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Stabæk Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 7 14
2 1 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
16 6 2 Scored S 2 6 11
28 12 3 Conceded C 0 13 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 64%
69% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 29%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
31% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
62% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 43%
15% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 36%
31% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 36%
 
2.9 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 3.4
5.7 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 4.5
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.1 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.8 9.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 2 8.3 9.6
3.5 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.2
35% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 35% 35%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Stabæk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stabæk have the most conceded goals (28) in Eliteserien
  • Stabæk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Molde 14 9 3 2 34 13 7 6 0 1 22 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 21 30
2 Bodø / Glimt 14 7 4 3 29 15 8 5 2 1 22 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 14 25
3 Lillestrøm 13 7 3 3 20 16 7 5 1 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 9 10 4 24
4 Kristiansund 13 7 2 4 13 12 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 3 7 1 23
5 Rosenborg 14 6 4 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 7 22
6 Haugesund 13 6 4 3 18 12 7 6 1 0 16 4 6 0 3 3 2 8 6 22
7 Vålerenga 14 5 6 3 25 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 21
8 Strømsgodset 14 5 4 5 21 23 7 5 2 0 16 5 7 0 2 5 5 18 -2 19
9 Sandefjord 13 6 1 6 18 21 7 3 1 3 9 9 6 3 0 3 9 12 -3 19
10 Odd 14 5 4 5 20 24 6 3 2 1 12 8 8 2 2 4 8 16 -4 19
11 Viking 13 5 3 5 24 27 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 2 1 4 11 19 -3 18
12 Sarpsborg 08 14 3 5 6 11 19 7 1 4 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 6 13 -8 14
13 Mjøndalen 13 2 6 5 15 15 6 1 3 2 7 6 7 1 3 3 8 9 0 12
14 Tromsø 13 2 4 7 12 24 6 0 2 4 6 13 7 2 2 3 6 11 -12 10
15 Stabæk 13 2 3 8 16 28 6 1 1 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 10 16 -12 9
16 Brann 14 1 4 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 11 7 0 1 6 5 16 -14 7

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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”.