Football background guide: Ranheim odds-on when Åsane arrive

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: EXTRA Arena (3000 seats)

Ranheim are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture versus Åsane, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Ranheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Åsane have the most points from losing position (21) in Obos-Ligaen

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ranheim form and stats

The story so far in the Obos-Ligaen for Ranheim at their home stadium (EXTRA Arena) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Pereira led his Ranheim to a defeat away at Grorud. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at EXTRA Arena.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brann (0-5).

Take note that 14 of the latest 17 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.

Goals decide football matches and Ranheim are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ranheim defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Åsane form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Åsane so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose).

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Brann with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stjørdals-Blink at their stadium, the result 4-2.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored in 15 of this club's latest 20 league matches.

Åsane have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Åsane has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Ranheim have avoided defeat in the last 12 games (10-2-0) versus Åsane.

Åsane - Ranheim 1-2 was the product when this pair of teams previously did battle, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

RanheimV. Erlien
V. Erlien
11 goals
RanheimM. Mehnert
M. Mehnert
10 goals
ÅsaneS. Nygard
S. Nygard
8 goals

Ranheim missing players

Åsane missing players

Ranheim Åsane
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
11 6 4 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 1 Drew D 2 5 7
6 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
39 23 12 Scored S 3 15 34
36 17 5 Conceded C 9 22 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 96%
74% 82% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 65%
39% 55% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 48%
22% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 30%
74% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 74%
9% 9% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 26%
 
5.5 4.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.7 4.9
5.3 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6 5.7
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 10.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.3 9.8
4.4 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 4.2
38% 47% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 35%
 
9.3 8.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 13.7 14.6
4.3 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.4 5.5
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.
  • Åsane have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Åsane have the most points from losing position (21) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Åsane haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brann 23 20 3 0 69 11 11 8 3 0 30 4 12 12 0 0 39 7 58 63
2 KFUM 23 13 5 5 48 34 12 6 3 3 22 18 11 7 2 2 26 16 14 44
3 Stabæk 23 11 8 4 45 24 11 4 5 2 18 10 12 7 3 2 27 14 21 41
4 Ranheim 23 11 6 6 39 36 11 6 3 2 23 17 12 5 3 4 16 19 3 39
5 Sandnes Ulf 23 11 4 8 43 38 12 5 3 4 27 21 11 6 1 4 16 17 5 37
6 Start 23 10 6 7 45 28 11 5 3 3 24 11 12 5 3 4 21 17 17 36
7 Raufoss 23 9 7 7 31 39 12 5 4 3 13 17 11 4 3 4 18 22 -8 34
8 Kongsvinger 23 9 6 8 33 29 11 5 4 2 22 14 12 4 2 6 11 15 4 33
9 Sogndal 23 9 5 9 40 45 12 6 1 5 20 18 11 3 4 4 20 27 -5 32
10 Mjøndalen 23 9 3 11 28 39 12 6 2 4 18 17 11 3 1 7 10 22 -11 30
11 Åsane 23 7 7 9 34 49 12 5 2 5 19 27 11 2 5 4 15 22 -15 28
12 Fredrikstad 23 6 7 10 35 38 11 4 4 3 19 18 12 2 3 7 16 20 -3 25
13 Bryne 23 6 6 11 29 38 11 4 3 4 15 14 12 2 3 7 14 24 -9 24
14 Skeid 23 5 3 15 26 44 12 4 1 7 20 24 11 1 2 8 6 20 -18 18
15 Stjørdals-Blink 23 3 5 15 24 50 12 2 0 10 12 28 11 1 5 5 12 22 -26 14
16 Grorud 23 1 7 15 24 51 11 1 3 7 11 22 12 0 4 8 13 29 -27 10

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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.