The manager L. Nilsen expects to whip up Aalesund triumph versus Grorud

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Wed 15.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Color Line Stadion (10778 seats)

A victory to the home team is expected from this game if the league table is a guide to future results. The Aalesund supporters are positive that the difference between 4th and Grorud's 15th position in the table will be visible on the ground.

Insights:
  • Aalesund have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grorud have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Obos-Ligaen

It's no vacation for neither Aalesund nor Grorud as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Aalesund form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Obos-Ligaen games here at Color Line Stadion for Aalesund. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Aalesund has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sogndal defeat 89 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Aalesund, who won 3-2 against Bryne (placed 13th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Raufoss in a game that was won 4-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aalesund as they are travelling to their away game against Åsane in the Obos-Ligaen. That match is three days after this one.

The Aalesund manager L. Nilsen has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. Aalesund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Grorud form and stats

Grorud have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Grorud's previous game was their home loss versus Stjørdals-Blink (1-2).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sandnes Ulf with the score of 3-2.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Grorud we find one game. Results are zero Grorud wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sogndal in just three days.

Grorud are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. For Grorud, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline between these squads is the Grorud - Aalesund 1-2 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

GrorudO. Aga
O. Aga
16 goals
AalesundS. Haugen
S. Haugen
9 goals
AalesundS. Nordli
S. Nordli
5 goals

Aalesund missing players

Grorud missing players

Aalesund Grorud
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 9 17
9 5 2 Won W 0 2 4
5 3 0 Drew D 2 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 5 10
29 18 7 Scored S 4 14 23
21 8 2 Conceded C 5 18 33
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 76%
47% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 65%
35% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 53%
29% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
59% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 65%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 24%
 
7.8 6.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 4.6
5.1 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 6.3
1.5 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.4 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 16.1 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.4 8.5
5.3 6.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.7
32% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 48% 37%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Aalesund have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Aalesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aalesund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Aalesund have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Aalesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Grorud have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Grorud have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grorud have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grorud have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grorud 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 HamKam 17 12 2 3 39 15 8 5 1 2 18 10 9 7 1 1 21 5 24 38
2 Jerv 17 10 4 3 31 28 8 4 3 1 13 11 9 6 1 2 18 17 3 34
3 Fredrikstad 17 9 5 3 36 23 9 6 2 1 22 10 8 3 3 2 14 13 13 32
4 Aalesund 17 9 5 3 29 21 8 5 3 0 18 8 9 4 2 3 11 13 8 32
5 Sogndal 17 7 4 6 26 20 9 4 3 2 15 11 8 3 1 4 11 9 6 25
6 KFUM 17 6 6 5 26 23 8 4 2 2 14 10 9 2 4 3 12 13 3 24
7 Ranheim 17 6 5 6 29 29 9 4 2 3 19 17 8 2 3 3 10 12 0 23
8 Åsane 17 7 2 8 21 27 9 4 1 4 14 16 8 3 1 4 7 11 -6 23
9 Ullensaker / Kisa 17 6 4 7 23 27 8 3 2 3 10 8 9 3 2 4 13 19 -4 22
10 Raufoss 17 6 3 8 28 29 9 5 0 4 17 13 8 1 3 4 11 16 -1 21
11 Start 17 5 4 8 30 32 9 2 2 5 16 20 8 3 2 3 14 12 -2 19
12 Stjørdals-Blink 17 6 1 10 18 33 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 2 0 7 9 26 -15 19
13 Bryne 17 5 3 9 25 29 9 3 3 3 14 12 8 2 0 6 11 17 -4 18
14 Sandnes Ulf 17 4 5 8 19 27 8 2 2 4 10 13 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
15 Grorud 17 4 3 10 23 33 8 2 1 5 9 15 9 2 2 5 14 18 -10 15
16 Strømmen 17 2 8 7 14 21 9 2 4 3 8 10 8 0 4 4 6 11 -7 14

Read more about Obos-Ligaen

The Norwegian 1. divisjon (usually referred to as OBOS-ligaen) is the second highest level of football in Norway. 16 teams play each other home and away. After these 240 fixtures the top two teams in the league table are promoted, while another can promote through playoff. Relegation follows a similar system.