Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Strømsgodset welcomes Stabæk

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marienlyst Stadion (8935 seats)

Strømsgodset hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 31 points and a 13th position in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Stabæk holds 8th place with 36 pts.

Insights:
  • Stabæk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Strømsgodset saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Eliteserien. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Odd.

Strømsgodset's stadium, Marienlyst Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Stabæk have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Stabæk when playing on artifical turf; 10 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 44 goals in these games and conceded 51.

Strømsgodset are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Stabæk most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Strømsgodset form and stats

Strømsgodset have played 14 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). With eight home Eliteserien games in a row without a win, the Strømsgodset fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Brann game long ago, can be stopped today.

Strømsgodset enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Odd's place. The match ended 3-1 with Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (3) scoring. Before that match, a win away at Aalesund.

What a game it was for Lars-Jørgen Salvesen when beating Odd, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

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 five games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost two.

Strømsgodset are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Strømsgodset have conceded 25 from these games.

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Stabæk form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.

Stabæk delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Kristiansund (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Eliteserien game. A 2-5 defeat away at Bodø / Glimt before that.

It looked so good for Stabæk vs Kristiansund, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Stabæk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing two and winning one game.

Stabæk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. The Stabæk manager J. Jönsson has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stabæk - Strømsgodset 2-0. Strømsgodset-Stabæk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Strømsgodset three wins, Stabæk five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StrømsgodsetJ. Hove
J. Hove
10 goals
StrømsgodsetL. Salvesen
L. Salvesen
10 goals
StrømsgodsetM. Mawa
M. Mawa
6 goals

Strømsgodset missing players

Stabæk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Strømsgodset Stabæk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
7 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
10 6 1 Drew D 2 6 12
12 5 2 Lost L 1 5 9
41 19 6 Scored S 5 18 37
53 25 8 Conceded C 6 28 45
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 90%
90% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 83%
66% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 64% 52%
45% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 57% 38%
21% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 10%
66% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 52%
10% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 28%
31% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.7 13.5
3.6 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.6
40% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 44% 36%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Stabæk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 30 26 3 1 103 32 15 15 0 0 59 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 71 81
2 Molde 30 20 2 8 77 36 15 12 1 2 42 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 41 62
3 Vålerenga 29 14 10 5 47 33 14 9 5 0 29 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 14 52
4 Rosenborg 29 15 6 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 14 5 3 6 16 19 15 51
5 Kristiansund 29 12 12 5 56 42 14 7 4 3 33 23 15 5 8 2 23 19 14 48
6 Viking 30 12 8 10 54 52 15 7 4 4 34 22 15 5 4 6 20 30 2 44
7 Odd 29 13 4 12 51 49 15 8 2 5 28 22 14 5 2 7 23 27 2 43
8 Stabæk 29 8 12 9 37 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 36
9 Haugesund 29 10 6 13 36 50 15 6 3 6 22 26 14 4 3 7 14 24 -14 36
10 Sandefjord 29 9 7 13 31 43 14 3 6 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 34
11 Brann 29 8 9 12 38 48 14 3 5 6 19 19 15 5 4 6 19 29 -10 33
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 8 8 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 20 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -10 32
13 Strømsgodset 29 7 10 12 41 53 14 3 6 5 19 25 15 4 4 7 22 28 -12 31
14 Start 29 6 9 14 33 52 15 5 6 4 22 20 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 27
15 Mjøndalen 29 7 3 19 23 45 14 5 0 9 13 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -22 24
16 Aalesund 29 2 5 22 30 82 15 1 3 11 16 39 14 1 2 11 14 43 -52 11

Strømsgodset:
Stabæk:
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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 30 26 3 1 103 32 15 15 0 0 59 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 71 81
2 Molde 30 20 2 8 77 36 15 12 1 2 42 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 41 62
3 Vålerenga 29 14 10 5 47 33 14 9 5 0 29 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 14 52
4 Rosenborg 29 15 6 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 14 5 3 6 16 19 15 51
5 Kristiansund 29 12 12 5 56 42 14 7 4 3 33 23 15 5 8 2 23 19 14 48
6 Viking 30 12 8 10 54 52 15 7 4 4 34 22 15 5 4 6 20 30 2 44
7 Odd 29 13 4 12 51 49 15 8 2 5 28 22 14 5 2 7 23 27 2 43
8 Stabæk 29 8 12 9 37 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 36
9 Haugesund 29 10 6 13 36 50 15 6 3 6 22 26 14 4 3 7 14 24 -14 36
10 Sandefjord 29 9 7 13 31 43 14 3 6 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 34
11 Brann 29 8 9 12 38 48 14 3 5 6 19 19 15 5 4 6 19 29 -10 33
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 8 8 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 20 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -10 32
13 Strømsgodset 29 7 10 12 41 53 14 3 6 5 19 25 15 4 4 7 22 28 -12 31
14 Start 29 6 9 14 33 52 15 5 6 4 22 20 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 27
15 Mjøndalen 29 7 3 19 23 45 14 5 0 9 13 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -22 24
16 Aalesund 29 2 5 22 30 82 15 1 3 11 16 39 14 1 2 11 14 43 -52 11

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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”.