Eliteserien preview: Can Vålerenga edge out victory against Aalesund?

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Intility Arena (1500 seats)

Stats, trends, results, form details, head to head, team selections and a lot else: Get all you want to know on Vålerenga - Aalesund!

Insights:
  • Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien

This promises to be an intriguing match with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Vålerenga form and stats

Vålerenga have played 7 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Vålerenga are returning here after visiting Jerv and winning with a 5-2 scoreline. Bjørdal, Layouni, Nation and Eng scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Vålerenga, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Jerv. Fun stuff to watch! Defender Hedenstad got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Hedenstad hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that, Vålerenga had a home game versus Viking which ended with a victory 4-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vålerenga have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Vålerenga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Intility Arena with 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Vålerenga have conceded 9 goals.

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Aalesund form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Aalesund playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.

The manager Nilsen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Color Line Stadion. Aalesund suffered a 1-2 loss to Bodø / Glimt (placed 3rd). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Fällman, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.13. Fällman hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Rosenborg.

We have checked recent matches where Aalesund have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Aalesund find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Aalesund have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged result involving both these sides is the Aalesund - Vålerenga 2-2 played earlier this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Vålerenga, four draws and four wins for Aalesund. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

VålerengaH. Bjørdal
H. Bjørdal
4 goals
VålerengaV. Kjartansson
V. Kjartansson
4 goals

Vålerenga missing players

Aalesund missing players

Vålerenga Aalesund
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 8 16
7 4 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
25 11 0 Scored S 5 9 18
26 9 1 Conceded C 4 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
69% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
56% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
44% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 31%
25% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 6%
50% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
19% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
31% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
6.1 8.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.6
4.9 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.9 5.3
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.4 22.4 26 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.1 12.6
5.5 7.7 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.7
28% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 30% 31%
 
13.4 11.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.5 14.1
4.6 4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.6
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vålerenga 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 Molde 17 12 3 2 35 15 10 7 1 2 23 10 7 5 2 0 12 5 20 39
2 Lillestrøm 16 11 3 2 31 14 7 6 0 1 13 2 9 5 3 1 18 12 17 36
3 Bodø / Glimt 16 9 4 3 37 19 8 4 4 0 22 8 8 5 0 3 15 11 18 31
4 Rosenborg 16 7 7 2 29 19 7 5 2 0 16 6 9 2 5 2 13 13 10 28
5 Viking 17 8 4 5 30 23 9 5 3 1 16 6 8 3 1 4 14 17 7 28
6 Vålerenga 16 7 2 7 25 26 7 4 1 2 11 9 9 3 1 5 14 17 -1 23
7 Strømsgodset 16 6 4 6 21 25 8 4 2 2 14 13 8 2 2 4 7 12 -4 22
8 Aalesund 16 5 6 5 18 21 8 3 3 2 9 9 8 2 3 3 9 12 -3 21
9 Sandefjord 16 6 2 8 27 32 7 1 2 4 11 16 9 5 0 4 16 16 -5 20
10 Odd 17 6 2 9 19 26 9 3 0 6 13 18 8 3 2 3 6 8 -7 20
11 Sarpsborg 08 16 6 1 9 30 28 9 3 1 5 13 13 7 3 0 4 17 15 2 19
12 HamKam 16 3 9 4 19 19 9 2 4 3 10 10 7 1 5 1 9 9 0 18
13 Haugesund 16 4 4 8 24 28 8 3 2 3 14 14 8 1 2 5 10 14 -4 16
14 Tromsø 14 3 7 4 19 26 7 3 3 1 12 10 7 0 4 3 7 16 -7 16
15 Jerv 16 3 2 11 12 35 9 3 1 5 8 16 7 0 1 6 4 19 -23 11
16 Kristiansund 15 1 2 12 11 31 6 0 2 4 7 15 9 1 0 8 4 16 -20 5

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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”.