Øygarden fights Sogndal in Obos-Ligaen battle

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ågotnes Stadion (2000 seats)

The visiting Sogndal side should be favourites in this visit to Øygarden, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Øygarden and Sogndal.

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Øygarden form and stats

When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Øygarden, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Obos-Ligaen, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

Øygarden are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Åsane. Before that, Øygarden had a home game versus KFUM which ended with a victory 3-1.

Øygarden are traveling soon after this match as the Obos-Ligaen match at Grorud awaits in three days.

Øygarden are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Øygarden have conceded 9 goals.

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Sogndal form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sogndal, who have the the best goal difference (+19) in Obos-Ligaen, playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season. Things are running smoothly for Sogndal who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against KFUM.

Sogndal had fun at their own home (Ågotnes Stadion) last time out, beating Stjørdals-Blink 3-2. A. Ndour, D. Eid and M. Blårud scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Jerv with the score of 3-0.

Sogndal can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Stjørdals-Blink. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. M. Blårud scored the final goal.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kongsvinger in just three days.

Sogndal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. Sogndal have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sogndal - Øygarden 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Øygarden won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Sogndal has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Øygarden missing players

Sogndal missing players

Øygarden Sogndal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 3
8 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
22 9 0 Scored S 4 15 38
37 9 2 Conceded C 4 12 19
94% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
75% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 88%
50% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 69%
50% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 62% 56%
31% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 31%
62% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 50%
12% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 44%
31% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
158 79 17 Total Shots T S 45 108 261
67 39 8 Shots on Target S O 14 43 102
33% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 37%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Sogndal has the the best goal difference (+19) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Øygarden has the most conceded goals (37) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Øygarden has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Øygarden has the the worst goal difference (-15) 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 Tromsø 16 11 2 3 27 11 8 6 1 1 16 6 8 5 1 2 11 5 16 35
2 Sogndal 16 10 3 3 38 19 8 7 0 1 23 7 8 3 3 2 15 12 19 33
3 Ranheim 16 10 0 6 45 28 8 5 0 3 25 13 8 5 0 3 20 15 17 30
4 Lillestrøm 16 8 5 3 23 15 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 4 3 1 11 7 8 29
5 Åsane 16 8 4 4 34 22 9 4 2 3 19 15 7 4 2 1 15 7 12 28
6 Sandnes Ulf 16 7 3 6 26 34 9 6 1 2 16 13 7 1 2 4 10 21 -8 24
7 Stjørdals-Blink 16 6 4 6 30 30 8 3 3 2 20 17 8 3 1 4 10 13 0 22
8 Grorud 16 5 6 5 23 22 9 4 2 3 13 10 7 1 4 2 10 12 1 21
9 Raufoss 16 5 6 5 26 23 7 3 4 0 13 7 9 2 2 5 13 16 3 20
10 Strømmen 16 6 2 8 24 29 7 5 1 1 18 9 9 1 1 7 6 20 -5 17
11 KFUM 16 4 5 7 19 24 9 3 3 3 12 10 7 1 2 4 7 14 -5 17
12 Ullensaker / Kisa 16 4 5 7 28 34 9 3 3 3 18 16 7 1 2 4 10 18 -6 17
13 Jerv 15 3 6 6 22 34 7 2 3 2 10 16 8 1 3 4 12 18 -12 15
14 Øygarden 16 3 5 8 22 37 7 2 3 2 9 9 9 1 2 6 13 28 -15 14
15 Kongsvinger 16 3 4 9 16 29 7 1 2 4 5 12 9 2 2 5 11 17 -13 13
16 HamKam 15 2 4 9 22 34 7 0 2 5 11 17 8 2 2 4 11 17 -12 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.