Eliteserien preview: Can Strømsgodset edge out victory against Sandefjord?

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Tue 16.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marienlyst Stadion (8935 seats)

Eliteserien: Tipsway are looking at an intriguing and crucial battle featuring Strømsgodset and Sandefjord at Marienlyst Stadion. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Strømsgodset have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sandefjord have yet to win a game away.

It should be mentioned that Sandefjord play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sandefjord on artifical turf are 9 victories, 1 draw and 18 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-62. You can compare this with overall results below.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Strømsgodset and Sandefjord.

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Strømsgodset form and stats

Only two Eliteserien home games for Strømsgodset so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Strømsgodset faced defeat in their previous match, away at Molde (2-3). Mehnert, who plays in attack, was the best performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 6.9 (out of 10). Mehnert scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Viking that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Strømsgodset handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Strømsgodset at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Sandefjord form and stats

The Eliteserien season is young and Sandefjord have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.

Sandefjord's previous game was their home loss versus Viking (1-2). That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. The attacker Al-Saed got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Al-Saed served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

A 0-0 draw at Brann's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sandefjord have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Sandefjord are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Strømsgodset wins - draws - Sandefjord wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrømsgodsetG. Valsvik
G. Valsvik
2 goals
StrømsgodsetJ. Brunes
J. Brunes
2 goals
StrømsgodsetM. Mehnert
M. Mehnert
2 goals

Strømsgodset missing players

Sandefjord missing players

Strømsgodset Sandefjord
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 2 3 6
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
7 1 1 Scored S 1 1 6
11 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 33%
17% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 50%
 
4.7 8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.3 4.8
6.3 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 7.7 6
1.3 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 14 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 5.7 10.7
3 2.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.7 3.3
39% 20% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 20% 30%
 
13.7 9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 16.3 13.5
4.7 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.7 4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sandefjord have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sandefjord have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sandefjord have yet to win a game away.
  • Strømsgodset have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Strømsgodset haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 6 1 0 18 5 4 3 1 0 11 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 13 19
2 Lillestrøm 6 4 0 2 12 11 3 2 0 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 12
3 Viking 6 3 2 1 13 7 3 2 1 0 10 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 11
4 Brann 7 3 2 2 11 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 11
5 Tromsø 6 3 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 11
6 Stabæk 6 3 2 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 6 1 11
7 Molde 7 3 1 3 14 9 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 5 3 5 10
8 Sarpsborg 08 6 2 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 9
9 Odd 7 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 9
10 Vålerenga 6 2 1 3 9 11 2 0 0 2 3 6 4 2 1 1 6 5 -2 7
11 Sandefjord 6 1 3 2 6 5 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 6
12 Rosenborg 7 1 3 3 6 10 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 -4 6
13 Haugesund 6 1 3 2 4 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 0 6 -5 6
14 HamKam 6 2 0 4 10 16 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 5 10 -6 6
15 Strømsgodset 6 1 1 4 7 11 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 3 6 10 -4 4
16 Aalesund 7 0 1 6 0 13 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 9 -13 1

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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”.