Eliteserien duel: Close contest expected between Start and Sarpsborg 08

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Start hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 14th position in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Sarpsborg 08 holds 9th place with 28 pts.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Start form and stats

4-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Start so far this season.

Start shared the glory with Rosenborg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Sandefjord that was lost 0-1.

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 two of these, drawn one and lost two.

The Start fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Start's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

There's been little loot from Sarpsborg 08's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Sarpsborg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Odd (placed 5th). A loss against Rosenborg was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sarpsborg as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sarpsborg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sarpsborg 08 - Start 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Start three wins, zero draws and Sarpsborg 08 seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
7 goals
Sarpsborg 08M. Abdellaoue
M. Abdellaoue
6 goals
StartM. Bringaker
M. Bringaker
4 goals

Start missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 11 23
4 4 1 Won W 2 2 8
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 4
11 4 1 Lost L 1 6 11
25 17 7 Scored S 4 9 27
41 16 4 Conceded C 1 19 30
87% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
70% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 73% 70%
52% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 48%
39% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
30% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 13%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 35%
22% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 27% 39%
43% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
284 166 53 Total Shots T S 37 111 301
87 51 16 Shots on Target S O 12 28 80
29% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 34%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Eliteserien
  • Sarpsborg 08 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 22 19 2 1 73 25 11 11 0 0 39 8 11 8 2 1 34 17 48 59
2 Molde 23 15 1 7 57 28 11 9 0 2 30 9 12 6 1 5 27 19 29 46
3 Rosenborg 22 12 6 4 42 22 11 7 3 1 27 12 11 5 3 3 15 10 20 42
4 Vålerenga 22 11 6 5 37 28 11 7 4 0 25 12 11 4 2 5 12 16 9 39
5 Odd 22 12 3 7 41 33 11 7 2 2 22 13 11 5 1 5 19 20 8 39
6 Kristiansund 22 9 9 4 42 30 10 4 4 2 24 16 12 5 5 2 18 14 12 36
7 Viking 21 8 5 8 38 39 11 4 3 4 23 19 10 4 2 4 15 20 -1 29
8 Stabæk 22 7 8 7 30 33 11 5 3 3 15 10 11 2 5 4 15 23 -3 29
9 Sarpsborg 08 23 8 4 11 27 30 12 6 1 5 18 11 11 2 3 6 9 19 -3 28
10 Haugesund 23 8 4 11 27 37 12 5 2 5 18 19 11 3 2 6 9 18 -10 28
11 Sandefjord 22 8 2 12 22 34 10 3 2 5 7 14 12 5 0 7 15 20 -12 26
12 Strømsgodset 22 5 9 8 30 40 11 3 5 3 16 19 11 2 4 5 14 21 -10 24
13 Brann 22 6 6 10 26 36 11 2 4 5 14 15 11 4 2 5 12 21 -10 24
14 Start 22 4 7 11 25 41 12 4 4 4 17 16 10 0 3 7 8 25 -16 19
15 Mjøndalen 23 5 2 16 18 41 11 3 0 8 9 17 12 2 2 8 9 24 -23 17
16 Aalesund 23 2 4 17 26 64 12 1 2 9 14 33 11 1 2 8 12 31 -38 10

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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 22 19 2 1 73 25 11 11 0 0 39 8 11 8 2 1 34 17 48 59
2 Molde 23 15 1 7 57 28 11 9 0 2 30 9 12 6 1 5 27 19 29 46
3 Rosenborg 22 12 6 4 42 22 11 7 3 1 27 12 11 5 3 3 15 10 20 42
4 Vålerenga 22 11 6 5 37 28 11 7 4 0 25 12 11 4 2 5 12 16 9 39
5 Odd 22 12 3 7 41 33 11 7 2 2 22 13 11 5 1 5 19 20 8 39
6 Kristiansund 22 9 9 4 42 30 10 4 4 2 24 16 12 5 5 2 18 14 12 36
7 Viking 21 8 5 8 38 39 11 4 3 4 23 19 10 4 2 4 15 20 -1 29
8 Stabæk 22 7 8 7 30 33 11 5 3 3 15 10 11 2 5 4 15 23 -3 29
9 Sarpsborg 08 23 8 4 11 27 30 12 6 1 5 18 11 11 2 3 6 9 19 -3 28
10 Haugesund 23 8 4 11 27 37 12 5 2 5 18 19 11 3 2 6 9 18 -10 28
11 Sandefjord 22 8 2 12 22 34 10 3 2 5 7 14 12 5 0 7 15 20 -12 26
12 Strømsgodset 22 5 9 8 30 40 11 3 5 3 16 19 11 2 4 5 14 21 -10 24
13 Brann 22 6 6 10 26 36 11 2 4 5 14 15 11 4 2 5 12 21 -10 24
14 Start 22 4 7 11 25 41 12 4 4 4 17 16 10 0 3 7 8 25 -16 19
15 Mjøndalen 23 5 2 16 18 41 11 3 0 8 9 17 12 2 2 8 9 24 -23 17
16 Aalesund 23 2 4 17 26 64 12 1 2 9 14 33 11 1 2 8 12 31 -38 10

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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”.