Jerv vs Sogndal: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 14.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: J.J. Ugland Stadion - Levermyr (3300 seats)

The visiting Sogndal side should be favourites in this visit to Jerv, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Jerv's stadium, J.J. Ugland Stadion - Levermyr, has a grass surface. Sogndal have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sogndal when playing on grass; 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from seven matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 3.

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Jerv form and stats

2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Obos-Ligaen numbers at home for Jerv so far this season. It's trouble wherever Jerv are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Jerv are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Åsane. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Strømmen (2-5).

Jerv were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Jerv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at J.J. Ugland Stadion - Levermyr with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Jerv with 13 goals conceded in these matches.

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Sogndal form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Sogndal who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sogndal goalkeeper Renze Fij is eager to challenge this, with his 274 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sogndal had fun at their own home (J.J. Ugland Stadion - Levermyr) last time out, beating Strømmen 3-0. K. Hoven (3) scored. A 0-0 draw at Kongsvinger's stadium before that.

It was a convincing performance from Sogndal when Strømmen were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. K. Hoven (3) scored their goals. It's hard not to mention K. Hoven's lethal finishing against Strømmen. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Sogndal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Sogndal's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Jerv won zero, Sogndal won one and five draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SogndalK. Hoven
K. Hoven
10 goals
JervJ. Pereira Sastre
J. Pereira Sastre
6 goals
JervD. Campos
D. Campos
5 goals

Jerv missing players

Sogndal missing players

Jerv Sogndal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 4 Played P 1 7 14
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 8
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 3
5 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
22 10 6 Scored S 0 12 32
31 13 10 Conceded C 0 12 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
86% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 86%
71% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 64%
57% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 71% 57%
29% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
79% 83% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 50%
14% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 43%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 14% 14%
 
5.4 4.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.4 5.8
4.6 3.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.3
1.8 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
160 88 53 Total Shots T S 13 90 224
61 29 15 Shots on Target S O 5 38 91
36% 34% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 35%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Jerv has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Jerv have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Jerv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sogndal has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Tromsø 14 10 2 2 24 10 7 6 1 0 16 5 7 4 1 2 8 5 14 32
2 Ranheim 14 9 0 5 41 25 7 5 0 2 23 10 7 4 0 3 18 15 16 27
3 Sogndal 14 8 3 3 32 17 7 6 0 1 20 5 7 2 3 2 12 12 15 27
4 Sandnes Ulf 14 7 3 4 22 26 8 6 1 1 16 10 6 1 2 3 6 16 -4 24
5 Lillestrøm 14 6 5 3 20 15 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 3 3 1 10 7 5 23
6 Åsane 14 6 4 4 27 19 8 3 2 3 16 14 6 3 2 1 11 5 8 22
7 Grorud 14 5 5 4 21 18 8 4 2 2 13 8 6 1 3 2 8 10 3 20
8 Stjørdals-Blink 14 5 4 5 23 23 7 2 3 2 15 13 7 3 1 3 8 10 0 19
9 KFUM 14 4 5 5 17 19 8 3 3 2 11 8 6 1 2 3 6 11 -2 17
10 Raufoss 14 4 5 5 20 20 6 3 3 0 11 5 8 1 2 5 9 15 0 16
11 Jerv 14 3 6 5 22 31 6 2 3 1 10 13 8 1 3 4 12 18 -9 15
12 Ullensaker / Kisa 14 3 5 6 24 28 8 3 3 2 17 12 6 0 2 4 7 16 -4 14
13 Kongsvinger 14 3 4 7 14 23 6 1 2 3 3 8 8 2 2 4 11 15 -9 13
14 Strømmen 14 4 2 8 19 28 6 4 1 1 15 9 8 0 1 7 4 19 -9 11
15 Øygarden 14 2 5 7 18 33 6 1 3 2 6 8 8 1 2 5 12 25 -15 11
16 HamKam 14 2 4 8 22 31 7 0 2 5 11 17 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 10

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.