Open game expected at Sparebanken Sør Arena: Start vs Haugesund preview

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Start are welcoming Haugesund for another important game after their 1-2 result against 6th-placed Kristiansund.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Haugesund play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Haugesund when playing on artifical turf are 10 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 40 goals and conceded 35 times in these games.

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Start form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Start have to build on here at Sparebanken Sør Arena in the Eliteserien.

Start lost their last game at Stabæk (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Start lost 1-2 at home to Kristiansund.

This is expected to be a close game, with Start perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Start as a small favourite), we find five games. Start has won one of these, drawn one and lost three.

The Start fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Haugesund form and stats

There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Haugesund have lost on their last two travels.

Haugesund delivered a 4-4 draw playing at home against Odd (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Eliteserien game. A 1-2 defeat away at Rosenborg before that.

The match against Odd looked like a defeat for Haugesund, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 4-4. Alexander Ballegaard Ammitzboll equalized in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Haugesund, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? The draw against Odd came from a losing position. The Haugesund manager J. Grindhaug brought on Alexander Ballegaard Ammitzboll as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

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

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Haugesund in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Haugesund - Start 1-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Start wins - draws - Haugesund wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HaugesundN. Sandberg
N. Sandberg
6 goals
HaugesundK. Velde
K. Velde
6 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
5 goals

Start missing players

Haugesund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Haugesund
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
3 3 2 Won W 2 2 6
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
10 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
19 12 6 Scored S 4 7 23
38 14 2 Conceded C 2 13 31
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
74% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 63%
58% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 58%
42% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 32%
32% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
47% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 53%
21% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 26%
42% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
248 145 55 Total Shots T S 35 84 193
73 42 18 Shots on Target S O 9 24 56
26% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 29% 41%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • 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 19 17 2 0 67 20 9 9 0 0 35 7 10 8 2 0 32 13 47 53
2 Rosenborg 19 10 5 4 36 20 10 6 3 1 23 11 9 4 2 3 13 9 16 35
3 Odd 19 11 2 6 36 28 10 7 1 2 21 12 9 4 1 4 15 16 8 35
4 Molde 19 11 1 7 46 23 9 7 0 2 24 6 10 4 1 5 22 17 23 34
5 Vålerenga 19 9 5 5 29 26 9 6 3 0 20 10 10 3 2 5 9 16 3 32
6 Kristiansund 19 8 7 4 39 28 9 4 3 2 24 16 10 4 4 2 15 12 11 31
7 Viking 19 8 4 7 36 36 9 4 2 3 21 16 10 4 2 4 15 20 0 28
8 Stabæk 19 6 7 6 25 28 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 2 4 3 14 18 -3 25
9 Sarpsborg 08 19 7 3 9 21 25 10 5 1 4 13 9 9 2 2 5 8 16 -4 24
10 Brann 19 6 5 8 24 31 9 2 3 4 12 12 10 4 2 4 12 19 -7 23
11 Sandefjord 19 7 2 10 20 29 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 4 0 6 13 18 -9 23
12 Haugesund 19 6 4 9 23 31 10 4 2 4 16 18 9 2 2 5 7 13 -8 22
13 Strømsgodset 19 5 7 7 26 35 10 3 4 3 15 18 9 2 3 4 11 17 -9 22
14 Start 19 3 6 10 19 38 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 0 2 7 7 24 -19 15
15 Mjøndalen 19 4 2 13 14 32 9 2 0 7 6 14 10 2 2 6 8 18 -18 14
16 Aalesund 19 1 4 14 24 55 10 1 2 7 13 28 9 0 2 7 11 27 -31 7

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Table
  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 19 17 2 0 67 20 9 9 0 0 35 7 10 8 2 0 32 13 47 53
2 Rosenborg 19 10 5 4 36 20 10 6 3 1 23 11 9 4 2 3 13 9 16 35
3 Odd 19 11 2 6 36 28 10 7 1 2 21 12 9 4 1 4 15 16 8 35
4 Molde 19 11 1 7 46 23 9 7 0 2 24 6 10 4 1 5 22 17 23 34
5 Vålerenga 19 9 5 5 29 26 9 6 3 0 20 10 10 3 2 5 9 16 3 32
6 Kristiansund 19 8 7 4 39 28 9 4 3 2 24 16 10 4 4 2 15 12 11 31
7 Viking 19 8 4 7 36 36 9 4 2 3 21 16 10 4 2 4 15 20 0 28
8 Stabæk 19 6 7 6 25 28 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 2 4 3 14 18 -3 25
9 Sarpsborg 08 19 7 3 9 21 25 10 5 1 4 13 9 9 2 2 5 8 16 -4 24
10 Brann 19 6 5 8 24 31 9 2 3 4 12 12 10 4 2 4 12 19 -7 23
11 Sandefjord 19 7 2 10 20 29 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 4 0 6 13 18 -9 23
12 Haugesund 19 6 4 9 23 31 10 4 2 4 16 18 9 2 2 5 7 13 -8 22
13 Strømsgodset 19 5 7 7 26 35 10 3 4 3 15 18 9 2 3 4 11 17 -9 22
14 Start 19 3 6 10 19 38 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 0 2 7 7 24 -19 15
15 Mjøndalen 19 4 2 13 14 32 9 2 0 7 6 14 10 2 2 6 8 18 -18 14
16 Aalesund 19 1 4 14 24 55 10 1 2 7 13 28 9 0 2 7 11 27 -31 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”.