Soccer betting preview: Åsane welcomes Sogndal in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

Running out at their own ground feels comfortable and good for Åsane, but Sogndal are fully bent and qualified to win this one. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Åsane have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an entertaining match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Åsane form and stats

Åsane, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Obos-Ligaen, have played 8 Obos-Ligaen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The followers are hoping that Åsane will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the game against Sandnes Ulf (placed 3rd). Åsane were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Åsane had a home game versus Skeid which ended with a victory 3-2.

Take note that 10 of the latest 13 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Åsane are traveling soon after this match as the Obos-Ligaen match at KFUM awaits in four days.

Åsane are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Åsane have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here. When Åsane hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kongsvinger, Bryne, Grorud, Stjørdals-Blink and Skeid), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Sogndal form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sogndal in their Obos-Ligaen matches away.

Impressive finishing from Gunnarsson and Grønner secured the home win 4-3 against Stabæk in their previous game. A bizarre match with an abundance of goals last time out for Sogndal, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that match, will this game be as full of joy? It's hard not to mention Grønner's lethal finishing against Stabæk. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Before that, Sogndal travelled to Ranheim and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sogndal manager Flo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sandnes Ulf.

The travelling fans enjoy Sogndal's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sogndal have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sogndal - Åsane 2-3 was the story when these squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Åsane, one draw and five wins for Sogndal. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ÅsaneH. Lorentzen
H. Lorentzen
12 goals
ÅsaneS. Nygard
S. Nygard
8 goals

Åsane missing players

Sogndal missing players

Åsane Sogndal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 1 Won W 2 2 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
7 4 2 Lost L 0 2 4
20 11 3 Scored S 6 13 32
36 20 7 Conceded C 3 15 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
69% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 69%
44% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 50%
31% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 57% 38%
75% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
25% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
5.1 5.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 5.4
5.1 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.8
1.4 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 10.9 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.9 10.8
3.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 4.3 4.4
33% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 43% 46%
 
14.5 14.6 17 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 13.7 13.1
5.4 6.4 7.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.4 4.5
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Åsane's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Åsane have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Åsane have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Åsane have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Åsane 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 Brann 16 13 3 0 47 9 8 5 3 0 21 4 8 8 0 0 26 5 38 42
2 Ranheim 16 9 4 3 32 24 8 4 2 2 18 14 8 5 2 1 14 10 8 31
3 Sandnes Ulf 16 10 1 5 30 25 8 4 1 3 18 16 8 6 0 2 12 9 5 31
4 Stabæk 16 7 7 2 28 15 7 2 4 1 8 6 9 5 3 1 20 9 13 28
5 Sogndal 16 8 4 4 32 26 9 6 1 2 19 11 7 2 3 2 13 15 6 28
6 Mjøndalen 16 8 3 5 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 10 7 3 1 3 7 12 -2 27
7 KFUM 16 7 4 5 28 26 8 3 2 3 12 13 8 4 2 2 16 13 2 25
8 Start 16 6 5 5 26 17 8 2 3 3 12 11 8 4 2 2 14 6 9 23
9 Raufoss 15 6 5 4 20 25 8 4 2 2 8 12 7 2 3 2 12 13 -5 23
10 Fredrikstad 15 5 6 4 22 18 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 2 3 3 11 11 4 21
11 Kongsvinger 16 4 5 7 20 22 7 3 3 1 16 9 9 1 2 6 4 13 -2 17
12 Åsane 16 4 5 7 20 36 8 3 1 4 11 20 8 1 4 3 9 16 -16 17
13 Bryne 16 4 4 8 17 21 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 1 5 10 13 -4 16
14 Skeid 16 2 1 13 20 36 9 2 1 6 16 19 7 0 0 7 4 17 -16 7
15 Grorud 16 0 6 10 18 36 7 0 2 5 6 15 9 0 4 5 12 21 -18 6
16 Stjørdals-Blink 16 1 3 12 14 36 8 0 0 8 5 18 8 1 3 4 9 18 -22 6

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.