Balanced ball game between Grorud and Sandnes Ulf expected

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Thu 07.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grorud stadion (1500 seats)

Club members at Grorud stadion haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Grorud lying uncomfortably in the 14th place. The guesting Sandnes Ulf will believe to defend their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Grorud is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Obos-Ligaen

It's no vacation for neither Grorud nor Sandnes Ulf 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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Grorud form and stats

Grorud have collected 2 points from their Obos-Ligaen home games so far after 0-2-3.

Grorud are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Skeid. The defeat against Skeid was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Rise).

Preceding that match was the home game against Brann that was lost 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grorud have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.

An interesting fact: 10 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had goals from both teams.

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

Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Grorud with 11 goals conceded in these matches.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

Sandnes Ulf's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sandnes Ulf collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Obos-Ligaen. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Sandnes Ulf failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Raufoss (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-4.

aweayteam Hara magic won. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Sandnes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sandnes Ulf, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

After this away game Sandnes Ulf return home for a Obos-Ligaen game against Ranheim. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Sandnes Ulf have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Sandnes Ulf have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Sandnes UlfM. Ramsland
M. Ramsland
6 goals
GrorudN. Hristov
N. Hristov
4 goals
GrorudB. Kristensen
B. Kristensen
4 goals

Grorud missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Grorud Sandnes Ulf
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 3 6 12
0 0 0 Won W 2 4 6
6 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 5
16 5 2 Scored S 4 7 16
25 11 5 Conceded C 3 7 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 83%
75% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 75%
50% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
83% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 58%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 17%
17% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 25%
 
4.6 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.5 5.8
5.8 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 4.8
2.2 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 7.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.5 11.3
3.8 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 4.8
35% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 28%
 
13 13.6 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.8 11.3
5.8 6.4 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4.4
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Grorud's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grorud have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Grorud have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Grorud have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grorud have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have yet to win a game.
  • Grorud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grorud is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sandnes Ulf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Brann 12 10 2 0 36 8 6 4 2 0 17 3 6 6 0 0 19 5 28 32
2 Ranheim 12 7 3 2 21 17 6 3 1 2 11 11 6 4 2 0 10 6 4 24
3 Stabæk 12 6 5 1 18 6 5 1 3 1 2 2 7 5 2 0 16 4 12 23
4 Mjøndalen 12 7 1 4 17 19 7 5 0 2 12 9 5 2 1 2 5 10 -2 22
5 KFUM 12 6 3 3 22 21 6 3 2 1 11 10 6 3 1 2 11 11 1 21
6 Sogndal 12 6 2 4 20 19 6 4 0 2 10 7 6 2 2 2 10 12 1 20
7 Start 12 5 4 3 24 13 6 2 3 1 11 7 6 3 1 2 13 6 11 19
8 Sandnes Ulf 12 6 1 5 16 21 6 2 1 3 9 14 6 4 0 2 7 7 -5 19
9 Raufoss 11 4 4 3 14 16 6 3 2 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 8 10 -2 16
10 Fredrikstad 11 3 4 4 16 16 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 8 10 0 13
11 Åsane 12 3 4 5 16 24 6 2 1 3 8 15 6 1 3 2 8 9 -8 13
12 Kongsvinger 12 3 3 6 14 18 6 2 3 1 11 9 6 1 0 5 3 9 -4 12
13 Bryne 12 2 3 7 12 17 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 0 1 5 6 12 -5 9
14 Grorud 12 0 6 6 16 25 5 0 2 3 5 11 7 0 4 3 11 14 -9 6
15 Skeid 12 2 0 10 15 25 7 2 0 5 13 15 5 0 0 5 2 10 -10 6
16 Stjørdals-Blink 12 1 3 8 11 23 6 0 0 6 4 14 6 1 3 2 7 9 -12 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.