Obos-Ligaen match prediction: Little separates Mjøndalen and Bryne in quality

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

Mjøndalen hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 15th place in the Obos-Ligaen table. Opponents Bryne have 8th place with 31 pts.

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This football field uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Bryne's home stadium. The last 23 games by the away side on artifical turf have given 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses.

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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Mjøndalen form and stats

Mjøndalen's results here at Consto Arena in the Obos-Ligaen have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Mjøndalen's attacking players as they have now played 207 minutes without scoring in a league game. Bringaker was their last goal scorer.

The Mjøndalen coach Nicol and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Kristiansund (placed 6th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sandnes Ulf (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Mjøndalen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mjøndalen as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Mjøndalen has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.

Goal fest? Who knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this side has contained three or more goals.

Mjøndalen has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Bryne form and stats

There's been little loot from Bryne's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Obos-Ligaen. Bryne only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

The supporters enjoyed Bryne's previous fixture versus Sandnes Ulf (placed 9th), a 3-0 win played at home. It was a convincing performance from Bryne when Sandnes Ulf were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Jonassen, Sødal and Guddal scored their goals.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jerv at their stadium, the result 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bryne playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Bryne wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

The visiting Bryne have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Bryne have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded meeting featuring both these sides is the Bryne - Mjøndalen 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mjøndalen five wins, one draw and Bryne four victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MjøndalenE. Stavas Skistad
E. Stavas Skistad
4 goals
MjøndalenM. Bringaker
M. Bringaker
4 goals
BryneA. Dybevik
A. Dybevik
4 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Bryne missing players

Mjøndalen Bryne
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 5 10 22
6 2 1 Won W 2 2 9
5 4 0 Drew D 0 1 4
11 5 3 Lost L 3 7 9
28 14 6 Scored S 6 11 31
35 15 8 Conceded C 7 18 28
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 90% 77%
68% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 70% 68%
36% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 30% 27%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 70% 64%
27% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 10% 23%
32% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 23%
 
4.8 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.4 4.6
5 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.5 5.6
1.4 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12 11.2
3.5 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.6 4.9 4.8
37% 44% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 22% 29%
 
10.3 10.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.8 9.8
4.5 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bryne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fredrikstad 22 12 9 1 32 15 11 7 4 0 19 6 11 5 5 1 13 9 17 45
2 Kongsvinger 22 12 3 7 38 28 11 7 1 3 21 12 11 5 2 4 17 16 10 39
3 KFUM 22 11 5 6 40 29 11 7 2 2 24 12 11 4 3 4 16 17 11 38
4 Start 22 9 8 5 42 29 11 8 2 1 27 12 11 1 6 4 15 17 13 35
5 Sogndal 21 10 4 7 32 28 10 6 2 2 19 11 11 4 2 5 13 17 4 34
6 Kristiansund 21 9 6 6 37 29 12 7 3 2 24 11 9 2 3 4 13 18 8 33
7 Ranheim 22 10 3 9 27 38 10 5 1 4 16 22 12 5 2 5 11 16 -11 33
8 Bryne 22 9 4 9 31 28 12 7 3 2 20 10 10 2 1 7 11 18 3 31
9 Sandnes Ulf 21 8 5 8 33 27 11 4 3 4 18 15 10 4 2 4 15 12 6 29
10 Raufoss 22 8 5 9 29 28 11 5 4 2 18 10 11 3 1 7 11 18 1 29
11 Moss 22 7 6 9 25 32 11 6 1 4 12 10 11 1 5 5 13 22 -7 27
12 Jerv 22 7 5 10 34 46 11 4 3 4 17 19 11 3 2 6 17 27 -12 26
13 Åsane 22 5 8 9 31 34 10 3 4 3 17 16 12 2 4 6 14 18 -3 23
14 Hødd 21 6 5 10 21 27 10 3 4 3 9 8 11 3 1 7 12 19 -6 23
15 Mjøndalen 22 6 5 11 28 35 11 2 4 5 14 15 11 4 1 6 14 20 -7 23
16 Skeid 22 2 5 15 20 47 11 1 2 8 11 25 11 1 3 7 9 22 -27 11

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.