Obos-Ligaen information and preview: Fredrikstad small favourite to overwhelm Start

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nye Fredrikstad Stadion (12565 seats)

Fredrikstad are flying at 4th, while Start are bringing up the rear 2 points behind in the league standings. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest scored goals (9) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (25) in Obos-Ligaen

It's no vacation for neither Fredrikstad nor Start 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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Fredrikstad form and stats

The story so far in the Obos-Ligaen for Fredrikstad at their home stadium (Nye Fredrikstad Stadion) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion.

Fredrikstad's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-2 against Viking (in NM Cup).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Raufoss that finished 1-1.

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 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 11 league matches, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Fredrikstad here at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Fredrikstad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.

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Start form and stats

1-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Start in their Obos-Ligaen matches away.

Two away games in a row for Start, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Gjøvik-Lyn in the NM Cup.

It was a Obos-Ligaen defeat before that one as the away game against Sogndal wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Start 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, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 10 league matches.

Start has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Start have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Fredrikstad won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Start got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

StartA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
5 goals
StartL. Mares
L. Mares
4 goals
StartT. Strannegard
T. Strannegard
4 goals

Fredrikstad missing players

Start missing players

Fredrikstad Start
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 6 11
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
7 3 1 Drew D 0 4 5
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
9 4 2 Scored S 1 11 25
5 2 1 Conceded C 2 9 18
73% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
45% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 91%
9% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 91%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 73%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 27%
45% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 82%
55% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
27% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 9%
 
5.8 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.8 4.2
5 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 4.1
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.6 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.3 8.9
3.2 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.5
26% 22% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 46% 50%
 
8.3 9.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 12.2 10.9
2.8 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Fredrikstad have not yet lost a game.
  • Fredrikstad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the fewest scored goals (9) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the most clean sheets (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Fredrikstad have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have scored more than double the goals of Fredrikstad.
  • Start have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (11) away in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (25) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the the best goal difference (+7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kongsvinger 11 7 0 4 17 13 5 4 0 1 10 4 6 3 0 3 7 9 4 21
2 Sogndal 11 6 2 3 15 13 5 4 1 0 8 4 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 20
3 Ranheim 11 6 2 3 15 14 5 4 0 1 9 8 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 20
4 Fredrikstad 11 4 7 0 9 5 5 2 3 0 4 2 6 2 4 0 5 3 4 19
5 Kristiansund 11 5 3 3 17 16 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 1 2 2 5 9 1 18
6 Start 11 4 5 2 25 18 5 3 1 1 14 9 6 1 4 1 11 9 7 17
7 KFUM 11 4 4 3 15 14 6 3 2 1 11 6 5 1 2 2 4 8 1 16
8 Moss 11 4 4 3 13 13 6 4 1 1 6 3 5 0 3 2 7 10 0 16
9 Jerv 11 4 3 4 17 17 6 2 2 2 10 10 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 15
10 Mjøndalen 11 4 2 5 15 16 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 3 0 2 8 7 -1 14
11 Sandnes Ulf 11 3 4 4 16 13 6 2 2 2 10 7 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 13
12 Hødd 11 2 5 4 12 13 6 1 4 1 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 8 -1 11
13 Raufoss 11 2 4 5 10 11 5 1 3 1 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 8 -1 10
14 Bryne 11 2 4 5 10 16 6 2 3 1 6 5 5 0 1 4 4 11 -6 10
15 Skeid 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 1 2 2 6 9 6 1 2 3 9 14 -8 10
16 Åsane 11 0 5 6 11 17 5 0 2 3 7 10 6 0 3 3 4 7 -6 5

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.