Start are welcoming Aalesund for another important game after their 0-6 result against 1st-placed Bodø / Glimt.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Start form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Start at their home stadium (Sparebanken Sør Arena) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sparebanken Sør Arena.
No payout for Start in their previous match, an away game at Bodø / Glimt that ended in defeat 0-6. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vålerenga in a game that was won 2-1.
As you see from the result above, Start suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
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 Start have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
Start are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Aalesund form and stats
There's been little loot from Aalesund's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Eliteserien. Aalesund, who have the most conceded goals (46) in Eliteserien, only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Aalesund as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Vålerenga match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eliteserien home defeat versus Haugesund with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Aalesund manager L. Bohinen faced defeat when travelling to Rosenborg and losing 2-3.
Aalesund are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of one match.
The visiting Aalesund have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Aalesund can't defend away. 21 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Aalesund - Start 3-2 played earlier this season. Start-Aalesund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Start two wins, Aalesund six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Fridjonsson 11 goals |   E. Schulze 5 goals |  M. Bringaker 4 goals |
Start missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Start | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 46 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 87% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 71% | 87% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 87% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.3 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 198 | 111 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 63 | 165 |
| 62 | 34 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 23 | 53 |
| 27% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 40% |
- Aalesund has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Aalesund has the most conceded goals (46)
- Aalesund has the most conceded goals in the first half (23)
- Aalesund has the most conceded goals in the second half (23)
- Aalesund has the most matches over the total-line (13)
- Aalesund has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- Aalesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Aalesund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Aalesund have yet to win a game away.
- Aalesund 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 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 34 |
| 3 | Odd | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | Brann | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Viking | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Start | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 12 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
- FVN.no - (local newspaper)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)