Vålerenga are welcoming Haugesund for another very important match after their 3-1 result vs 10th-placed Strømsgodset.
- Vålerenga have the fewest points (3) at home in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It should be mentioned that Haugesund 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 Haugesund on artifical turf are 9 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-46. You can compare this with overall results below.
Vålerenga and Haugesund should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Vålerenga form and stats
Vålerenga's struggle is real here at Intility Arena with only 3 points collected from 8 Eliteserien games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-7. When Vålerenga hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Stabæk, Sandefjord, Aalesund, HamKam and Vålerenga), they have won 1 of 2 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Vålerenga in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the HamKam game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Vålerenga are returning here after visiting Strømsgodset and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Jatta, Håkans and Ofkir scored the goal(s). What a relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, eight games in a row. Ofkir (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Ofkir scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Sandefjord that was lost 2-3.Goals, goals, goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
Vålerenga has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Vålerenga have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Haugesund form and stats
There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Haugesund in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Strømsgodset.
Haugesund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rosenborg (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Baertelsen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Baertelsen won 6 of 11 duels.
Prior to that match, the Haugesund manager Grindhaug faced defeat when travelling to Sarpsborg 08 and losing 1-2.Goals are few and far between in Haugesund's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Haugesund have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vålerenga have won or drawn the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Haugesund.Haugesund - Vålerenga 1-1 was the end result in these participants' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Diarra 4 goals |
Vålerenga missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Vålerenga | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 29 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 88% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 18% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 41% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 13.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 12.5 | 12.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 18.4 | 17.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
- Haugesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vålerenga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Haugesund have scored away.
- Vålerenga have the fewest points (3) at home in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vålerenga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Molde | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 5 | Brann | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Odd | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Stabæk | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | HamKam | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 16 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 10 |
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