Obos-Ligaen preview: Can HamKam edge out victory against Start?

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Briskeby Arena (8068 seats)

HamKam have delivered well so far this season, proven by 1st spot in the table. Start have a view both ways from the 7th place.

Insights:
  • HamKam have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Obos-Ligaen

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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HamKam form and stats

The complete Obos-Ligaen statistics at home this season for HamKam, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Obos-Ligaen, are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). HamKam are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Briskeby Arena, having lost their two previous games here.

The HamKam goalkeeper Nicholas George Hagen Godoy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Obos-Ligaen.

HamKam enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ranheim's place. The match ended 4-0 with R. Lindkvist, J. Enkerud (2) and K. Onsrud scoring. As mentioned above, HamKam "killed" Ranheim in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Jerv.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from HamKam's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won zero matches, drawn one and lost two.

Goals decide football matches and HamKam are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Start form and stats

As the visiting team in Obos-Ligaen matches, Start have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.

Start delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sogndal (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Obos-Ligaen game.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Fredrikstad.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Start when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing two and winning one game.

The travelling fans enjoy Start's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Start in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Start - HamKam 1-4. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: HamKam won two, Start were winners in six and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

HamKamJ. Enkerud
J. Enkerud
8 goals
HamKamK. Eriksen
K. Eriksen
6 goals
StartE. Marković
E. Marković
5 goals

HamKam missing players

Start missing players

HamKam Start
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
10 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
3 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
32 15 4 Scored S 2 12 26
13 8 2 Conceded C 2 9 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 60%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 47%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 33%
53% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 80%
47% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 13%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
4.7 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 6.6 5.7
4.6 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.7 7.3
1.4 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11 12.2
4.2 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 4.7
51% 45% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 39% 37%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of HamKam's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Start's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • HamKam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • HamKam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • HamKam have scored in all their matches so far.
  • HamKam have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have the most clean sheets (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have the the best goal difference (+19) in Obos-Ligaen
  • HamKam have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • HamKam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start 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 15 10 2 3 32 13 7 4 1 2 15 8 8 6 1 1 17 5 19 32
2 Fredrikstad 15 8 5 2 32 19 8 5 2 1 20 9 7 3 3 1 12 10 13 29
3 Jerv 15 8 4 3 25 24 7 3 3 1 10 9 8 5 1 2 15 15 1 28
4 Aalesund 15 7 5 3 22 17 7 4 3 0 14 6 8 3 2 3 8 11 5 26
5 Sogndal 15 7 4 4 24 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 25
6 Åsane 15 6 2 7 19 22 7 3 1 3 12 11 8 3 1 4 7 11 -3 20
7 Start 15 5 4 6 26 26 8 2 2 4 14 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 0 19
8 Ullensaker / Kisa 14 5 4 5 20 20 6 2 2 2 8 6 8 3 2 3 12 14 0 19
9 KFUM 15 4 6 5 22 21 8 4 2 2 14 10 7 0 4 3 8 11 1 18
10 Raufoss 15 5 3 7 25 25 8 4 0 4 16 13 7 1 3 3 9 12 0 18
11 Bryne 14 5 3 6 21 22 8 3 3 2 12 9 6 2 0 4 9 13 -1 18
12 Ranheim 15 4 5 6 22 27 8 3 2 3 14 16 7 1 3 3 8 11 -5 17
13 Sandnes Ulf 15 4 5 6 17 23 7 2 2 3 8 10 8 2 3 3 9 13 -6 17
14 Strømmen 15 2 8 5 11 16 8 2 4 2 6 7 7 0 4 3 5 9 -5 14
15 Stjørdals-Blink 15 4 1 10 14 31 7 3 1 3 7 6 8 1 0 7 7 25 -17 13
16 Grorud 15 3 3 9 19 29 7 2 1 4 8 13 8 1 2 5 11 16 -10 12

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.