Soccer fixture news: Home ticketholders with big expectations before Vålerenga - Stabæk

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an animated game!

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Stabæk's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Stabæk have performed like this: Played 33 matches with the results 13 wins, 7 draws and 13 defeats with the goal data 55-59 (scored/conceded).

Vålerenga form and stats

Vålerenga have collected 11 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 2-5-1. Two draws in a row at home now for Vålerenga.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Viking in the Eliteserien last time out and are looking for a win here. Attacking player Osame Sahraoui bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Sahraoui served one assist, hit four key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total). The Vålerenga goalkeeper Kjetil Haug was crucial in the match against Viking last time out, making seven saves.

Before that, Vålerenga played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Tromsø.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Vålerenga home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Vålerenga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Intility Arena with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vålerenga's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Stabæk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stabæk so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Stabæk's previous match, a Eliteserien home game that ended 1-1 vs Mjøndalen (placed 14th). Simen Wangberg, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Wangberg won 5 of 8 duels.

A 1-5 defeat away at Kristiansund before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Stabæk played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.

Stabæk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Stabæk's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 21 goals in 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

Vålerenga and Stabæk have played each other previously this season: Stabæk - Vålerenga 0-2. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Vålerenga won three games, five matches ended with a tie and Stabæk managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

A. Dønnum 6 goals

O. Edvardsen 6 goals

H. Udahl 5 goals

Vålerenga missing players

Stabæk missing players