Grorud v Start betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grorud stadion (1500 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another appealing clash at Grorud stadion in the Obos-Ligaen. Grorud is in 11th place and welcome Start in 6th spot. Learn more about the game here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Grorud form and stats

A Obos-Ligaen draw at home so far for Grorud. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from 15 matches.

Grorud shared the glory with Raufoss in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ranheim (1-2).

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 ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Grorud at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Start form and stats

Things could have gone better for Start in their Obos-Ligaen away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Start won their last game, 3-2 versus Skeid played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fredrikstad wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Start in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Start, two draws and three defeats.

Start have the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Grorud-Start H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Grorud zero wins, Start two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StartJ. Brunes
J. Brunes
5 goals
GrorudN. Hristov
N. Hristov
2 goals
GrorudD. Sereba
D. Sereba
2 goals

Grorud missing players

Start missing players

Grorud Start
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 2 2 Scored S 5 5 9
7 2 2 Conceded C 1 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5 4.8
6.2 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16 15 13
3.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5 5.2
43% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 50% 43%
 
10.8 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.5 11.5
5 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3.8
Grorud Last season Start
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
10 6   Won W   5 10
4 1   Drew D   4 8
16 8   Lost L   6 12
45 24   Scored S   29 59
59 28   Conceded C   27 59
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
83% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
73% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 73%
47% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 63%
30% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 40%
70% 80%   BTTS BTTS   87% 87%
10% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 10%
23% 7%   Failed to Score F T   7% 3%
 
4.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.2
5.9 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 7
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.1 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.1
4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.1
38% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 39%
 
12 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.9
4.5 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mjøndalen 5 4 1 0 8 3 4 4 0 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 13
2 Sandnes Ulf 4 4 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 12
3 Brann 4 2 2 0 9 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 8
4 KFUM 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 8
5 Sogndal 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 8
6 Start 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 4 7
7 Stabæk 4 2 1 1 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 7
8 Ranheim 4 2 1 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 7
9 Fredrikstad 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
10 Kongsvinger 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
11 Grorud 4 0 3 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 3
12 Raufoss 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 3
13 Åsane 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 -8 2
14 Stjørdals-Blink 4 0 1 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
15 Skeid 4 0 0 4 6 10 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 0
16 Bryne 5 0 0 5 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -5 0
Last season 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 30 21 6 3 62 21 15 12 1 2 36 13 15 9 5 1 26 8 41 69
2 Aalesund 30 16 10 4 68 43 15 10 5 0 40 19 15 6 5 4 28 24 25 58
3 Jerv 30 15 9 6 49 46 15 9 5 1 26 17 15 6 4 5 23 29 3 54
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 15 9 4 2 35 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 18 52
5 KFUM 30 12 8 10 46 45 15 9 2 4 28 18 15 3 6 6 18 27 1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 6 1 8 19 19 5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 15 7 3 5 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 26 -9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 15 7 3 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 18 25 -6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 15 5 4 6 30 32 15 5 4 6 29 27 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 15 7 3 5 25 18 15 4 1 10 19 30 -4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 15 8 1 6 33 26 15 2 4 9 18 28 -3 34
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 15 6 4 5 33 31 15 3 3 9 23 31 -6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 15 6 1 8 24 28 15 4 3 8 21 31 -14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 7 15 32 50 15 6 5 4 18 13 15 2 2 11 14 37 -18 31
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 7 8 15 34 50 15 4 4 7 15 18 15 3 4 8 19 32 -16 29
16 Strømmen 30 4 12 14 32 49 15 3 7 5 14 19 15 1 5 9 18 30 -17 24

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.