It's early days in the Obos-Ligaen and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Notodden form and stats
The first game here at Idrettsparken resulted in a draw. Last season Notodden's home game statistics were 5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 15 games.The fans are hoping that Notodden will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Obos-Ligaen game against Jerv. Heartbreak before that as Notodden lost 1-4 at Sogndal's place.
Notodden are traveling soon after this match as the NM Cup match at Donn awaits in three days.
Notodden has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game.
Aalesund form and stats
Aalesund are still undefeated on their travels. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.The supporters enjoyed Aalesund's previous game versus Skeid, a Obos-Ligaen 4-2 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sandefjord.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aalesund manager L. Bohinen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bergsøy.
2 goals so far away for Aalesund, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Notodden won 0, Aalesund won 1 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
  A. Bakke 1 goals |  M. Brekke 1 goals |  G. Salasiwa 1 goals |
Notodden missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Notodden | Aalesund | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 3 | 5.2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notodden | Last season | Aalesund | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | 9 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | 2 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | 26 | 62 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | 18 | 32 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 81% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 60% | 66% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 41% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 9% | ||
| 53% | 60% | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | 20% | 34% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Failed To Score | 27% | 19% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners For (avg) | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | 2 | 2 | ||
- Aalesund hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
| 23-03-19 | | Raufoss | 2 - 2 | Notodden |
| 31-03-19 | | Kongsvinger | 1 - 0 | Notodden |
| 07-04-19 | | Notodden | 1 - 1 | Skeid |
| 14-04-19 | | Sogndal | 4 - 1 | Notodden |
| 22-04-19 | | Jerv | 3 - 1 | Notodden |
| 28-04-19 | | Notodden | 13:00 | Aalesund |
| 01-05-19 | | Donn | 16:00 | Notodden |
| 05-05-19 | | Tromsdalen | 16:00 | Notodden |
| 12-05-19 | | Notodden | 16:00 | HamKam |
| 16-05-19 | | Ullensaker / Kisa | 16:00 | Notodden |
| 24-03-19 | | Kristiansund | 1 - 0 | Aalesund |
| 30-03-19 | | Start | 0 - 1 | Aalesund |
| 06-04-19 | | Aalesund | 1 - 0 | Kongsvinger |
| 13-04-19 | | Sandefjord | 1 - 1 | Aalesund |
| 22-04-19 | | Aalesund | 4 - 2 | Skeid |
| 28-04-19 | | Notodden | 13:00 | Aalesund |
| 01-05-19 | | Bergsøy | 15:00 | Aalesund |
| 04-05-19 | | Aalesund | 13:30 | Sogndal |
| 12-05-19 | | Strømmen | 13:00 | Aalesund |
| 16-05-19 | | Aalesund | 16:00 | Tromsdalen |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Aalesund | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Sandefjord | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Kongsvinger | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Start | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Raufoss | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Jerv | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Skeid | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Sogndal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Nest-Sotra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | KFUM | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | HamKam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Notodden | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Tromsdalen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 1 |
