Eliteserien match preview: Start believed to be the weaker party when Bodø / Glimt pays a visit

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Wed 02.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

The visiting Bodø / Glimt side should be favourites in this visit to Start, as the away team holds a 46 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (90) in Eliteserien

It's no vacation for neither Start nor Bodø / Glimt as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Bodø / Glimt when visiting Start as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

Relegation threatens Start who should definitely be looking for some points here. Bodø / Glimt have already won the Eliteserien. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.

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Start form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Start at their home stadium (Sparebanken Sør Arena) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Start will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Viking (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Odd.

Start's goalkeeper Jonas Deumeland was extremely busy against Viking, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Start as they are travelling to their away game against Mjøndalen in the Eliteserien. That match is four days after this one.

The Start fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Start have conceded 18 goals.

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Bodø / Glimt form and stats

Bodø / Glimt's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Bodø / Glimt, who have the most scored goals (90) in Eliteserien, collect 32 points from their 13 away matches in the Eliteserien. 10 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Start. Momentum is building for Bodø / Glimt in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Impressive finishing from Kasper Junker, Morten Agnes Konradsen, Vegard Moberg, Ola Solbakken and Philip Zinckernagel secured the home win 5-1 against Rosenborg in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Strømsgodset.

As mentioned above, Glimt was the only team on the pitch versus Rosenborg in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

After this away game Glimt return home for a Eliteserien game against Stabæk. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Glimt are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (39 goals from 13 away games). As for defending, Glimt rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bodø / Glimt - Start 6-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Start victories, one draw and six Bodø / Glimt wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bodø / GlimtK. Junker
K. Junker
20 goals
Bodø / GlimtP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
16 goals

Start missing players

Bodø / Glimt missing players

Start Bodø / Glimt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 26
6 5 1 Won W 5 10 23
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 2
13 4 2 Lost L 0 1 1
31 20 5 Scored S 16 39 90
49 18 6 Conceded C 5 20 29
92% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 92%
42% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 77% 69%
35% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 46% 50%
54% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 85% 73%
15% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 27%
38% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.7 14.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.8 17.5
3.9 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5.8 6.5
30% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 51% 53%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Bodø / Glimt's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Bodø / Glimt has the fewest conceded goals (29) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most matches over the total-line (18) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most points (32) away in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (39) away in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals (90) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals in the first half (46) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+19) away in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt has the the best goal difference (+61) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Start.
  • Bodø / Glimt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 26 23 2 1 90 29 13 13 0 0 51 9 13 10 2 1 39 20 61 71
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 26 13 8 5 43 30 13 8 5 0 28 13 13 5 3 5 15 17 13 47
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 26 11 10 5 49 36 13 6 4 3 29 20 13 5 6 2 20 16 13 43
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 26 11 6 9 48 45 13 6 3 4 30 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 3 39
8 Stabæk 26 8 10 8 32 37 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 34
9 Haugesund 26 10 4 12 33 43 13 6 2 5 21 21 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 34
10 Brann 26 8 7 11 36 44 13 3 4 6 18 18 13 5 3 5 18 26 -8 31
11 Sarpsborg 08 26 8 5 13 31 36 13 6 1 6 19 13 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 29
12 Sandefjord 25 8 4 13 27 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 13 5 0 8 17 23 -13 28
13 Start 26 6 7 13 31 49 13 5 4 4 20 18 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 25
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 26 6 2 18 21 43 13 4 0 9 12 18 13 2 2 9 9 25 -22 20
16 Aalesund 26 2 5 19 28 75 13 1 3 9 15 34 13 1 2 10 13 41 -47 11

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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”.