Aalesund vs Sandnes Ulf preview: Guests face a hard 90 minutes at Color Line Stadion

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Color Line Stadion (10778 seats)

Aalesund have excelled Sandnes Ulf so far this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Aalesund have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Aalesund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sandnes Ulf have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Aalesund form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Color Line Stadion as Aalesund have scored 31 goals to get 28 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Obos-Ligaen are 8-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). Aalesund has a nice streak going on as they have played 18 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sogndal defeat 127 days ago.

The home team returns to Color Line Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Ranheim (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Obos-Ligaen game ended 3-3. Aalesund salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Ranheim, trailing 1-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in K. Barmen equalizing. A goal frenzy last time out for Aalesund, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Ranheim. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that, Aalesund had a home game versus Sogndal which ended with a victory 3-0.

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 Aalesund home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

Aalesund are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Color Line Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. Aalesund have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

Sandnes Ulf have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

The supporters enjoyed Sandnes's previous game versus Åsane (placed 11th), a Obos-Ligaen 3-2 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Strømmen.

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

Sandnes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sandnes have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Aalesund and Sandnes Ulf have played each other previously this season: Sandnes Ulf - Aalesund 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Aalesund wins - draws - Sandnes Ulf wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AalesundS. Haugen
S. Haugen
15 goals
Sandnes UlfE. Hustad
E. Hustad
9 goals
AalesundS. Nordli
S. Nordli
7 goals

Aalesund missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Aalesund Sandnes Ulf
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
13 8 2 Won W 0 2 8
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 6
3 0 0 Lost L 3 6 10
53 31 6 Scored S 4 12 34
32 13 3 Conceded C 8 20 40
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 79%
58% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 62%
46% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 38%
38% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
67% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 67%
25% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 25%
 
7.2 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 5.5
4.8 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.9 6.7
1.5 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.7 15.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 10.1
6 6.5 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.8
37% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 38%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Aalesund have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Aalesund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Aalesund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sandnes Ulf have scored away.
  • Aalesund have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Aalesund have the most scored goals (31) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Aalesund have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Aalesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sandnes Ulf haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 24 16 5 3 53 19 12 9 1 2 30 12 12 7 4 1 23 7 34 53
2 Aalesund 24 13 8 3 53 32 12 8 4 0 31 13 12 5 4 3 22 19 21 47
3 Jerv 24 13 7 4 41 36 12 7 4 1 21 15 12 6 3 3 20 21 5 46
4 Fredrikstad 24 13 6 5 50 32 12 8 3 1 28 12 12 5 3 4 22 20 18 45
5 Sogndal 24 9 7 8 32 28 13 5 6 2 19 14 11 4 1 6 13 14 4 34
6 KFUM 24 9 7 8 33 34 12 7 2 3 19 12 12 2 5 5 14 22 -1 34
7 Raufoss 24 9 4 11 44 40 12 7 0 5 28 19 12 2 4 6 16 21 4 31
8 Ranheim 24 8 7 9 47 46 13 6 4 3 30 24 11 2 3 6 17 22 1 31
9 Start 24 8 6 10 46 47 12 3 3 6 22 27 12 5 3 4 24 20 -1 30
10 Sandnes Ulf 24 8 6 10 34 40 12 6 2 4 22 20 12 2 4 6 12 20 -6 30
11 Åsane 24 8 5 11 32 45 12 5 2 5 19 25 12 3 3 6 13 20 -13 29
12 Bryne 24 8 4 12 32 37 12 5 3 4 20 15 12 3 1 8 12 22 -5 28
13 Ullensaker / Kisa 24 6 6 12 28 41 12 3 3 6 12 15 12 3 3 6 16 26 -13 24
14 Grorud 24 7 3 14 33 50 11 4 1 6 15 20 13 3 2 8 18 30 -17 24
15 Stjørdals-Blink 24 7 3 14 27 45 11 5 3 3 15 10 13 2 0 11 12 35 -18 24
16 Strømmen 24 2 12 10 23 36 12 2 7 3 11 13 12 0 5 7 12 23 -13 18

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.