Grorud vs Sandnes Ulf: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Fri 02.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grorud stadion (1500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Obos-Ligaen, Grorud holding 12th place and Sandnes Ulf lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Grorud have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Obos-Ligaen

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Grorud form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Obos-Ligaen numbers at home for Grorud so far this season.

Grorud travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fredrikstad that ended 2-2.

Ahead of that match, Grorud lost 1-4 at home to Start.

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

The Grorud fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Grorud have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

As the visiting team in Obos-Ligaen matches, Sandnes Ulf have produced an overall stat of 1-2-1 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Obos-Ligaen home defeat versus Jerv with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Sandnes travelled to Åsane and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

A new game in only three days for Sandnes, the Obos-Ligaen home match versus Aalesund. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Sandnes Ulf's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Sandnes's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Grorud zero wins, one draw and Sandnes Ulf one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrorudO. Aga
O. Aga
8 goals
Sandnes UlfE. Hustad
E. Hustad
6 goals
Sandnes UlfM. Bringaker
M. Bringaker
3 goals

Grorud missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Grorud Sandnes Ulf
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
14 4 1 Scored S 2 7 11
16 6 0 Conceded C 1 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
75% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
38% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 88%
12% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
4.4 5.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.2 7.2
6.4 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7 7.4
1.2 0.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 11 6 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.8 11.8
4.4 6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.1
40% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 33%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Sandnes Ulf's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Grorud have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Grorud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sandnes Ulf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sandnes Ulf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sandnes Ulf have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sandnes Ulf 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 8 5 2 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 8 17
2 Bryne 8 4 2 2 17 12 4 2 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 14
3 Fredrikstad 8 4 2 2 17 12 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 9 8 5 14
4 Jerv 8 4 2 2 12 13 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 2 0 2 6 9 -1 14
5 Aalesund 8 4 1 3 13 12 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 13
6 Åsane 8 4 1 3 11 10 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 2 0 2 3 4 1 13
7 Sogndal 8 3 2 3 15 10 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 6 4 5 11
8 Raufoss 8 3 2 3 16 15 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 0 2 2 5 8 1 11
9 KFUM 8 2 4 2 11 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 10
10 Start 8 3 1 4 14 15 4 1 0 3 7 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 -1 10
11 Ullensaker / Kisa 8 3 1 4 12 13 4 2 0 2 7 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 -1 10
12 Grorud 8 2 3 3 14 16 3 1 1 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 10 10 -2 9
13 Sandnes Ulf 8 2 3 3 11 13 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 1 2 1 7 7 -2 9
14 Ranheim 8 2 2 4 9 15 4 2 1 1 6 7 4 0 1 3 3 8 -6 8
15 Strømmen 8 1 4 3 4 8 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 -4 7
16 Stjørdals-Blink 8 2 0 6 7 18 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 14 -11 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.