The visiting Kristiansund side should be favourites in this visit to Start, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
Kristiansund have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Start form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Start at their home stadium (Sparebanken Sør Arena) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Sparebanken Sør Arena after three straight home wins.
A nice win for Start last time playing, versus Aalesund. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Isaac Twum scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Bodø / Glimt.
Start are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Start have conceded 12 goals.
Kristiansund form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
It's the second away game in a row for Kristiansund, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sandefjord (placed 13th) in the Eliteserien last time out. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Sarpsborg 08.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kristiansund have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. Kristiansund have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Kristiansund - Start 3-2 played earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Start won one, Kristiansund won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 15 goals |   E. Schulze 5 goals |  M. Bringaker 4 goals |
Start missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Start | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 34 | 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 59% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| 47% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 44% |
| 35% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 81% |
| 24% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| 41% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 216 | 129 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 112 | 231 |
| 67 | 39 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 43 | 78 |
| 27% | 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | 42% |
- Kristiansund has the most points from losing position (15)
- Kristiansund have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Bodø / Glimt | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 38 | 44 |
| 2 | Molde | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 34 |
| 3 | Odd | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Brann | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Viking | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Start | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -26 | 7 |
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- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)