Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Ranheim welcomes Grorud

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: EXTRA Arena (3000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Ranheim welcome Grorud for the opening game at EXTRA Arena. Read on!

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Ranheim form and stats

Last season, Ranheim's league statistics were 13 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Obos-Ligaen. Over these 30 matches they scored 61 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Ranheim managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 19 conceded.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ranheim home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager S. Maalen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bryne in only four days.

Ranheim have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ranheim scored 7 goals and let in 5 goals during these four games.

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Grorud form and stats

Let's have a look at how Grorud performed last season in the Obos-Ligaen: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 19/30 goals scored/conceded.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Grorud played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Grorud have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Ranheim won three, Grorud won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Ranheim missing players

Grorud missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ranheim Grorud
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Ranheim Last season Grorud
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   15 30
14 9   Won W   2 9
8 4   Drew D   5 7
10 3   Lost L   8 14
66 43   Scored S   19 45
45 20   Conceded C   30 56
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
81% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 93%
62% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 63%
47% 56%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 40%
31% 44%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
62% 75%   BTTS BTTS   87% 73%
22% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 13%
22% 6%   Failed to Score F T   7% 13%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 7.4
4.1 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.1
50% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 48%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aalesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Åsane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bryne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fredrikstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Grorud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 HamKam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jerv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KFUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ranheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raufoss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sandnes Ulf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sogndal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Start 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stjørdals-Blink 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Strømmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ullensaker / Kisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 19 6 5 60 29 15 12 2 1 33 13 15 7 4 4 27 16 31 63
2 Lillestrøm 30 16 9 5 49 26 15 9 4 2 27 12 15 7 5 3 22 14 23 57
3 Sogndal 30 15 6 9 57 36 15 11 2 2 37 14 15 4 4 7 20 22 21 51
4 Ranheim 30 13 8 9 61 41 15 8 4 3 39 19 15 5 4 6 22 22 20 47
5 Åsane 30 12 9 9 60 48 15 6 4 5 29 26 15 6 5 4 31 22 12 45
6 Raufoss 30 11 10 9 53 44 15 6 7 2 24 17 15 5 3 7 29 27 9 42
7 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 8 11 46 55 15 10 3 2 31 20 15 1 5 9 15 35 -9 41
8 KFUM 30 10 9 11 44 44 15 7 5 3 27 13 15 3 4 8 17 31 0 39
9 HamKam 30 10 9 11 49 52 15 4 5 6 26 27 15 6 4 5 23 25 -3 39
10 Strømmen 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 7 5 3 29 23 15 3 3 9 18 28 -4 35
11 Jerv 30 9 8 13 41 57 15 7 4 4 24 25 15 2 4 9 17 32 -16 35
12 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 10 5 15 45 63 15 8 3 4 27 24 15 2 2 11 18 39 -18 35
13 Grorud 30 9 7 14 45 56 15 7 2 6 26 26 15 2 5 8 19 30 -11 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 9 13 52 59 15 5 4 6 32 31 15 3 5 7 20 28 -7 33
15 Kongsvinger 30 6 10 14 35 53 15 4 5 6 19 23 15 2 5 8 16 30 -18 28
16 Øygarden 30 6 9 15 37 67 15 4 6 5 17 21 15 2 3 10 20 46 -30 27

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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 Aalesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Åsane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bryne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fredrikstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Grorud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 HamKam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jerv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 KFUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ranheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raufoss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sandnes Ulf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sogndal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Start 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stjørdals-Blink 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Strømmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ullensaker / Kisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.