A victory to the home team is anticipated from this match if the league table is to be trusted. The Vålerenga supporters are hoping that the gap between 5th and Sandefjord's 14th spot in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sandefjord is in the worst form (0-2-4)
13 - 2 - 13 with 47-49. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sandefjord when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sandefjord play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vålerenga form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Eliteserien games here at Intility Arena for Vålerenga. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Ever since the Kristiansund game Vålerenga has been unbeatable here at Intility Arena producing five straight wins.
Vålerenga faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kristiansund (2-3). Before that defeat this team had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a loss. The defeat against Kristiansund was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Diop). Hedenstad, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Hedenstad won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Vålerenga had a home game versus Lillestrøm which ended with a victory 3-1.A decent goal production from Vålerenga in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches.
Sandefjord form and stats
Playing away, Sandefjord have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the Eliteserien this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Sandefjord are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Sandefjord failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Odd (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Flo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Flo scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
A 1-3 defeat away at Kristiansund before that.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Sandefjord's match history for similar games we find 5 matches. The home team won 4 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Sandefjord managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.
Observe that 13 of this club's 14 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Sandefjord has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sandefjord has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Vålerenga and Sandefjord have faced off before this season: Sandefjord - Vålerenga 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Vålerenga victories, one draw and three Sandefjord wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ofkir 10 goals |  A. Tveter 8 goals |   O. Sahraoui 6 goals |
Vålerenga missing players
Sandefjord missing players
| Vålerenga | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 38 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 35 |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 59% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 45% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 59% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 55% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 68% |
| 23% | 40% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 18% |
| 6.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 14.5 | 9.5 | 7.8 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 19.1 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.7 | 11.6 |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 13 | 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 18.5 | 17.8 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandefjord is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 54 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Viking | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Odd | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 30 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Aalesund | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 13 | HamKam | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 16 | Jerv | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 30 | -35 | 14 |
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