The visiting Vålerenga side should be favourites in this visit to Strømsgodset, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Strømsgodset form and stats
Strømsgodset have played 11 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Strømsgodset have been steadily collecting points here at Marienlyst Stadion through three straight draws.
The fans are hoping that Strømsgodset will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Molde (placed 2nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Start.
Strømsgodset has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Strømsgodset defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Vålerenga form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Vålerenga delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Kristiansund (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Eliteserien game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sandefjord with the score of 3-0.
Vålerenga find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Vålerenga have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Vålerenga - Strømsgodset 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Strømsgodset victories, two draws and three Vålerenga wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hove 8 goals |   B. Finne 7 goals |  V. Kjartansson 7 goals |
Strømsgodset missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Strømsgodset | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 30 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 40 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 86% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 82% |
| 59% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 64% |
| 45% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 64% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 68% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 276 | 155 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 108 | 263 |
| 73 | 38 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 31 | 97 |
| 41% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 39% | 38% |
- Vålerenga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eliteserien
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 43 |
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 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 | Haugesund | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 28 |
| 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 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 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | -39 | 7 |
- Strømsgodset
- Drammens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- GodsetUnionen - (supporter site)
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)