Eliteserien preview and data: Strømsgodset - Kristiansund at Marienlyst Stadion

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marienlyst Stadion (8935 seats)

Enjoying a 13 point edge in the league standings, Strømsgodset supporters hope to see their adored players collect all points from this fixture against Kristiansund.

Insights:
  • Strømsgodset have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kristiansund have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eliteserien

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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Strømsgodset form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Strømsgodset have to build on here at Marienlyst Stadion in the Eliteserien. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Strømsgodset to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Strømsgodset in their previous match, an away game at Lillestrøm that ended in defeat 1-2. Valsvik, defender, was given a rating of 8.1/10 in that game, top of the team. Valsvik scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Aalesund that was lost 1-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Strømsgodset's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Goal party? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 16 most recent league games with this club has seen three goals or more.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Strømsgodset's attacking play is working. Strømsgodset'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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Kristiansund form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kristiansund so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

The regulars enjoyed Kristiansund's previous game versus Vålerenga (placed 5th), a 3-2 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Vålerenga, was very satisfying as Diop scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Kartum was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.32/10. Kartum signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sandefjord.

Observe! Both sides have scored in 9 of this club's last 11 league fixtures.

The attacking power of Kristiansund when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Kristiansund rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kristiansund - Strømsgodset 0-3 was the outcome when this pair of contenders formerly played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Strømsgodset victories, one draw and six Kristiansund wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrømsgodsetJ. Hove
J. Hove
8 goals
KristiansundB. Bye
B. Bye
6 goals

Strømsgodset missing players

Kristiansund missing players

Strømsgodset Kristiansund
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 3 11 22
8 6 2 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
9 3 2 Lost L 3 9 14
34 24 11 Scored S 2 6 24
33 16 9 Conceded C 6 19 42
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 86%
68% 82% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 64%
41% 55% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 36%
23% 36% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
45% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 64%
32% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 5%
32% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 32%
 
5.9 7.5 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.4 6.2
6.3 5.5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6 5.4
1.5 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.5 17.7 20.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13 13.2
4.2 5.2 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3.2
37% 42% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 23% 34%
 
14.1 14.8 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 16.8 15.2
4.5 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Kristiansund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kristiansund have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strømsgodset have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strømsgodset have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kristiansund have scored away.
  • Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners at 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 Molde 22 17 3 2 51 21 11 8 1 2 27 11 11 9 2 0 24 10 30 54
2 Lillestrøm 22 13 5 4 39 21 11 8 2 1 20 5 11 5 3 3 19 16 18 44
3 Bodø / Glimt 22 12 5 5 55 29 11 5 5 1 32 14 11 7 0 4 23 15 26 41
4 Rosenborg 22 11 7 4 46 30 10 8 2 0 24 9 12 3 5 4 22 21 16 40
5 Vålerenga 22 11 3 8 38 32 10 7 1 2 19 10 12 4 2 6 19 22 6 36
6 Viking 22 9 5 8 37 34 10 5 3 2 17 8 12 4 2 6 20 26 3 32
7 Tromsø 22 7 9 6 32 37 11 7 3 1 22 16 11 0 6 5 10 21 -5 30
8 Odd 22 9 3 10 26 36 11 5 0 6 16 19 11 4 3 4 10 17 -10 30
9 Strømsgodset 22 8 5 9 34 33 11 6 2 3 24 16 11 2 3 6 10 17 1 29
10 Haugesund 22 8 4 10 33 34 12 6 2 4 21 18 10 2 2 6 12 16 -1 28
11 Sarpsborg 08 22 8 1 13 38 42 11 4 1 6 16 18 11 4 0 7 22 24 -4 25
12 Aalesund 22 6 7 9 24 34 11 3 4 4 12 15 11 3 3 5 12 19 -10 25
13 HamKam 22 4 11 7 26 28 12 3 5 4 13 13 10 1 6 3 13 15 -2 23
14 Sandefjord 22 6 4 12 35 50 11 1 4 6 18 28 11 5 0 6 17 22 -15 22
15 Kristiansund 22 4 4 14 24 42 11 3 3 5 18 23 11 1 1 9 6 19 -18 16
16 Jerv 22 4 2 16 17 52 12 4 1 7 11 22 10 0 1 9 6 30 -35 14

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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”.