Mjøndalen vs Start match preview: Even contest expected at Consto Arena

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

Playing at home is comfortable and nice for Mjøndalen, but Start are fully motivated and qualified to win. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Obos-Ligaen

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!

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Mjøndalen form and stats

Mjøndalen have collected 16 points from their Obos-Ligaen home games so far after 4-4-5. Two home wins in a row for Mjøndalen bring valid hopes of a third.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Thomas Kinn not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.

Mjøndalen shared the glory with Raufoss in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Before that, Mjøndalen had a home game versus Skeid which ended with a victory 2-0.

Mjøndalen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Mjøndalen have conceded 16 in these home matches. When Mjøndalen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Åsane, Jerv, Hødd, Moss and Skeid), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Start form and stats

There's been little loot from Start's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Obos-Ligaen. Start only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws.

Start won their last game, 2-1 versus Kongsvinger played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Sandnes Ulf's place.

The visiting Start have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Start in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Start have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Mjøndalen.

The two teams involved faced each other previously this season: Start - Mjøndalen 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

MjøndalenM. Bringaker
M. Bringaker
7 goals
StartL. Mares
L. Mares
6 goals
StartM. Grundetjern
M. Grundetjern
6 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Start missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mjøndalen Start
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
8 4 0 Won W 2 2 11
6 4 1 Drew D 2 6 9
12 5 2 Lost L 0 5 6
32 18 3 Scored S 7 16 45
37 16 6 Conceded C 3 18 31
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 88%
73% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 77%
62% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 69%
31% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 38%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
50% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 62%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 35%
35% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 15%
 
5 5.2 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 4.8
5.2 4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 4.3
1.5 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.5 10 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.1 10
3.5 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.2
36% 43% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 33% 41%
 
10.3 10.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.5 9.9
4.3 4.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.6 3.7
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjøndalen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Obos-Ligaen

  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 26 16 9 1 43 17 13 9 4 0 24 7 13 7 5 1 19 10 26 57
2 KFUM 26 15 5 6 46 30 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 6 3 4 20 18 16 50
3 Kongsvinger 26 13 4 9 43 35 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 6 2 5 20 19 8 43
4 Start 26 11 9 6 45 31 13 9 3 1 29 13 13 2 6 5 16 18 14 42
5 Kristiansund 26 11 8 7 44 35 13 7 3 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 20 22 9 41
6 Sogndal 26 12 5 9 41 37 13 7 3 3 24 17 13 5 2 6 17 20 4 41
7 Ranheim 26 11 3 12 33 48 13 6 1 6 22 29 13 5 2 6 11 19 -15 36
8 Bryne 26 10 5 11 36 33 13 7 4 2 21 11 13 3 1 9 15 22 3 35
9 Sandnes Ulf 26 9 7 10 37 34 13 5 3 5 20 17 13 4 4 5 17 17 3 34
10 Raufoss 26 9 7 10 33 33 13 5 6 2 19 11 13 4 1 8 14 22 0 34
11 Moss 26 9 7 10 32 34 13 8 1 4 18 10 13 1 6 6 14 24 -2 34
12 Åsane 26 7 9 10 36 39 13 5 4 4 21 20 13 2 5 6 15 19 -3 30
13 Mjøndalen 26 8 6 12 32 37 13 4 4 5 18 16 13 4 2 7 14 21 -5 30
14 Jerv 26 7 6 13 39 56 13 4 3 6 18 23 13 3 3 7 21 33 -17 27
15 Hødd 26 6 7 13 24 35 13 3 6 4 12 12 13 3 1 9 12 23 -11 25
16 Skeid 26 3 5 18 24 54 13 2 2 9 15 27 13 1 3 9 9 27 -30 14

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Table
  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 26 16 9 1 43 17 13 9 4 0 24 7 13 7 5 1 19 10 26 57
2 KFUM 26 15 5 6 46 30 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 6 3 4 20 18 16 50
3 Kongsvinger 26 13 4 9 43 35 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 6 2 5 20 19 8 43
4 Start 26 11 9 6 45 31 13 9 3 1 29 13 13 2 6 5 16 18 14 42
5 Kristiansund 26 11 8 7 44 35 13 7 3 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 20 22 9 41
6 Sogndal 26 12 5 9 41 37 13 7 3 3 24 17 13 5 2 6 17 20 4 41
7 Ranheim 26 11 3 12 33 48 13 6 1 6 22 29 13 5 2 6 11 19 -15 36
8 Bryne 26 10 5 11 36 33 13 7 4 2 21 11 13 3 1 9 15 22 3 35
9 Sandnes Ulf 26 9 7 10 37 34 13 5 3 5 20 17 13 4 4 5 17 17 3 34
10 Raufoss 26 9 7 10 33 33 13 5 6 2 19 11 13 4 1 8 14 22 0 34
11 Moss 26 9 7 10 32 34 13 8 1 4 18 10 13 1 6 6 14 24 -2 34
12 Åsane 26 7 9 10 36 39 13 5 4 4 21 20 13 2 5 6 15 19 -3 30
13 Mjøndalen 26 8 6 12 32 37 13 4 4 5 18 16 13 4 2 7 14 21 -5 30
14 Jerv 26 7 6 13 39 56 13 4 3 6 18 23 13 3 3 7 21 33 -17 27
15 Hødd 26 6 7 13 24 35 13 3 6 4 12 12 13 3 1 9 12 23 -11 25
16 Skeid 26 3 5 18 24 54 13 2 2 9 15 27 13 1 3 9 9 27 -30 14

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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.