This could be an exciting fixture as Strømsgodset have their expected home advantage, while Sarpsborg 08 are ahead 4 points in the Eliteserien standings.
- Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sarpsborg 08 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Strømsgodset form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Strømsgodset have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Viljar Røsholt Myhra not having conceded a league goal in 285 minutes.
Happy days for Strømsgodset in their previous game, a fixture away at Stabæk (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Myhra, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.93 out of 10 in that game. Myhra topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Molde in the NM Cup.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
From these home matches, Strømsgodset have conceded only 3 goals.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sarpsborg 08 playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Sarpsborg 08 are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the match against Sandefjord (placed 14th). As you can tell from the results above, Sarpsborg was very dominant against Sandefjord, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Torp, Wichne, Soltvedt, Opseth (2) and Lundqvist providing the goals. The 6-1 victory against Sandefjord could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times. Opseth, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.64. Opseth scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Previously, the NM Cup win away at Sogndal.
Goal fest? This side have played 7 consecutive league matches all having at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
Sarpsborg 08 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Sarpsborg 08 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Strømsgodset-Sarpsborg 08 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Strømsgodset four wins, Sarpsborg 08 four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  K. Fardal Opseth 5 goals |   J. Brunes 3 goals | M. Mehnert 3 goals |
Strømsgodset missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Strømsgodset | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 6.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 16.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 18 | 17 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 29% | 21% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 22% | 28% |
| 15.2 | 12.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4 |
- Sarpsborg 08 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Brann | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Viking | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Sarpsborg 08 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Molde | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Odd | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Stabæk | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Rosenborg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Aalesund | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 7 |
| 16 | HamKam | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 7 |
- Strømsgodset
- Drammens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- GodsetUnionen - (supporter site)
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
