Delightful dogfight as daring Fredrikstad duel with determined Raufoss

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Wed 27.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nye Fredrikstad Stadion (12565 seats)

A home team triumph, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Fredrikstad and Raufoss duel at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion.

Insights:
  • Fredrikstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raufoss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Fredrikstad form and stats

Fredrikstad have played 7 Obos-Ligaen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Fredrikstad club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Grorud and win 3-1.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bryne and winning 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fredrikstad have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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

The Fredrikstad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches.

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Raufoss form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Raufoss has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Skeid for a 2-2 draw. The match against Skeid looked like a defeat for Raufoss, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Karlsbakk equalized in the 90th minute.

Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Brann.

Raufoss are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sandnes Ulf in just four days.

Raufoss has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Raufoss have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous seven meetings involving these teams: Fredrikstad won two, Raufoss were winners in two and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FredrikstadN. Solberg
N. Solberg
6 goals
FredrikstadL. Begby
L. Begby
4 goals
FredrikstadN. Williams
N. Williams
3 goals

Fredrikstad missing players

Raufoss missing players

Fredrikstad Raufoss
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
5 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
4 1 1 Lost L 1 2 4
22 11 2 Scored S 3 12 20
18 7 2 Conceded C 5 13 25
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
53% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 71% 53%
40% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 57% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 20%
47% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 86% 60%
40% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 20%
 
5.5 7.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 7.9 6.8
6.9 6.6 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.9 5.3
2.1 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 14.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14.9 11.9
4.6 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5 3.9
32% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 34% 34%
 
12.9 10.9 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 14 9.9
4.7 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 4.3
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Raufoss's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fredrikstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fredrikstad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Raufoss have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Raufoss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raufoss 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 15 12 3 0 44 9 7 4 3 0 18 4 8 8 0 0 26 5 35 39
2 Stabæk 15 7 7 1 25 11 7 2 4 1 8 6 8 5 3 0 17 5 14 28
3 Ranheim 15 8 4 3 30 23 8 4 2 2 18 14 7 4 2 1 12 9 7 28
4 Sandnes Ulf 15 9 1 5 24 25 7 3 1 3 12 16 8 6 0 2 12 9 -1 28
5 Mjøndalen 16 8 3 5 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 10 7 3 1 3 7 12 -2 27
6 Sogndal 15 7 4 4 28 23 8 5 1 2 15 8 7 2 3 2 13 15 5 25
7 KFUM 15 7 4 4 27 24 7 3 2 2 11 11 8 4 2 2 16 13 3 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 15 4 5 6 20 19 7 3 3 1 16 9 8 1 2 5 4 10 1 17
12 Åsane 15 4 5 6 20 30 8 3 1 4 11 20 7 1 4 2 9 10 -10 17
13 Bryne 15 3 4 8 15 21 8 2 3 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 8 13 -6 13
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 15 1 3 11 14 34 7 0 0 7 5 16 8 1 3 4 9 18 -20 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.