Obos-Ligaen: Ranheim - Aalesund pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: EXTRA Arena (3000 seats)

Aalesund bring their bags for Ranheim and EXTRA Arena full of hope and confidence, but the hosts is not a walk in the park. More news on the fixture here!

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

It's no vacation for neither Ranheim nor Aalesund as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ranheim form and stats

When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Ranheim have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

The fans are hoping that Ranheim will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Obos-Ligaen game against Jerv (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that match, Ranheim won a home game hosting Strømmen (5-2).

Ranheim are traveling soon after this match as the Obos-Ligaen match at HamKam awaits in four days.

Ranheim can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Aalesund form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Obos-Ligaen. Things are running smoothly for Aalesund who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sogndal.

Aalesund are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Obos-Ligaen against Sogndal (placed 6th).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs HamKam.

After this away game Aalesund return home for a Obos-Ligaen game against Sandnes Ulf. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Aalesund are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Aalesund have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Aalesund - Ranheim 1-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Ranheim won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Aalesund got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

AalesundS. Haugen
S. Haugen
14 goals
RanheimE. Melkersen
E. Melkersen
13 goals
RanheimM. Mehnert
M. Mehnert
8 goals

Ranheim missing players

Aalesund missing players

Ranheim Aalesund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
8 6 0 Won W 1 5 13
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 7
9 3 2 Lost L 3 3 3
44 27 4 Scored S 8 19 50
43 21 9 Conceded C 9 16 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 83%
65% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 57%
52% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 43%
30% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 35%
70% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 65%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 26%
17% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 17%
 
5.8 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8.3 7.3
4.6 4.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 4.7 4.7
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 13.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 14.1 14.7
5.8 5.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.5 6
33% 42% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 31% 36%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Ranheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ranheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 HamKam 23 16 4 3 52 18 12 9 1 2 30 12 11 7 3 1 22 6 34 52
2 Aalesund 23 13 7 3 50 29 12 8 4 0 31 13 11 5 3 3 19 16 21 46
3 Jerv 23 13 6 4 41 36 12 7 4 1 21 15 11 6 2 3 20 21 5 45
4 Fredrikstad 23 12 6 5 47 31 11 7 3 1 25 11 12 5 3 4 22 20 16 42
5 KFUM 23 9 7 7 33 33 11 7 2 2 19 11 12 2 5 5 14 22 0 34
6 Sogndal 23 9 6 8 31 27 12 5 5 2 18 13 11 4 1 6 13 14 4 33
7 Ranheim 23 8 6 9 44 43 12 6 3 3 27 21 11 2 3 6 17 22 1 30
8 Åsane 23 8 5 10 30 42 12 5 2 5 19 25 11 3 3 5 11 17 -12 29
9 Raufoss 23 8 4 11 39 38 11 6 0 5 23 17 12 2 4 6 16 21 1 28
10 Start 23 7 6 10 43 47 11 2 3 6 19 27 12 5 3 4 24 20 -4 27
11 Sandnes Ulf 23 7 6 10 31 38 11 5 2 4 19 18 12 2 4 6 12 20 -7 27
12 Bryne 23 7 4 12 31 37 12 5 3 4 20 15 11 2 1 8 11 22 -6 25
13 Grorud 23 7 3 13 33 47 11 4 1 6 15 20 12 3 2 7 18 27 -14 24
14 Stjørdals-Blink 23 7 3 13 25 40 11 5 3 3 15 10 12 2 0 10 10 30 -15 24
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 23 6 5 12 28 41 11 3 2 6 12 15 12 3 3 6 16 26 -13 23
16 Strømmen 23 2 12 9 22 33 12 2 7 3 11 13 11 0 5 6 11 20 -11 18

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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.