Obos-Ligaen preview: Can Ranheim edge out victory against Mjøndalen?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 08.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: EXTRA Arena (3000 seats)

Ranheim are located at 4th, while Mjøndalen are hanging back 7 points behind in the league standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Ranheim have the most points from losing position (14) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Ranheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjøndalen have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

L W W D L

Ranheim form and stats

When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Ranheim have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

In their previous game, the manager Pereira led his Ranheim to a defeat away at Skeid. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at EXTRA Arena. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league matches.

Ahead of that match, Ranheim won a home game hosting Stjørdals-Blink (2-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ranheim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

Ranheim can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Ranheim have conceded 15 from these games.

L L D W D

Mjøndalen form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Obos-Ligaen.

The manager Hansen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Consto Arena. Mjøndalen suffered a 1-2 loss to Raufoss (placed 5th). Mjøndalen were so close to getting something from the game against Raufoss, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

A 1-2 defeat away at Kongsvinger before that.

Mjøndalen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

As for defending, Mjøndalen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the result Mjøndalen - Ranheim 1-2 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Ranheim won three, Mjøndalen triumphed in three and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

RanheimM. Mehnert
M. Mehnert
10 goals
RanheimV. Erlien
V. Erlien
8 goals
RanheimM. Reginiussen
M. Reginiussen
7 goals

Ranheim missing players

Mjøndalen missing players

Ranheim Mjøndalen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 8 18
10 5 1 Won W 1 3 8
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
34 20 9 Scored S 3 8 22
26 15 6 Conceded C 9 14 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
78% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 56%
44% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 11%
22% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 11%
72% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 61%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 28%
17% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 17%
 
5.1 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 4 4.1
5.3 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6.5
1.3 1.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 9.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.9 8.7
4.5 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.6 3.6
42% 48% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 34%
 
9.2 8.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 11.5 11.6
3.9 3.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 5 4.9
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Mjøndalen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ranheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ranheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjøndalen have scored away.
  • Ranheim have the most points from losing position (14) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Ranheim 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 18 15 3 0 53 10 9 6 3 0 22 4 9 9 0 0 31 6 43 48
2 Sandnes Ulf 18 11 2 5 37 26 9 5 1 3 24 16 9 6 1 2 13 10 11 35
3 Stabæk 18 9 7 2 34 17 8 3 4 1 10 6 10 6 3 1 24 11 17 34
4 Ranheim 18 10 4 4 34 26 9 5 2 2 20 15 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 34
5 Raufoss 18 8 6 4 27 27 9 4 3 2 9 13 9 4 3 2 18 14 0 30
6 KFUM 18 8 5 5 33 29 9 3 3 3 14 15 9 5 2 2 19 14 4 29
7 Sogndal 18 8 5 5 33 33 9 6 1 2 19 11 9 2 4 3 14 22 0 29
8 Mjøndalen 18 8 3 7 22 26 10 5 2 3 14 12 8 3 1 4 8 14 -4 27
9 Start 18 7 5 6 27 18 9 3 3 3 13 11 9 4 2 3 14 7 9 26
10 Kongsvinger 18 6 5 7 24 24 9 5 3 1 20 11 9 1 2 6 4 13 0 23
11 Fredrikstad 18 5 6 7 24 27 9 3 3 3 13 15 9 2 3 4 11 12 -3 21
12 Åsane 18 4 7 7 23 39 9 3 2 4 12 21 9 1 5 3 11 18 -16 19
13 Bryne 18 4 4 10 19 28 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 2 1 6 11 15 -9 16
14 Skeid 18 3 1 14 21 38 10 3 1 6 17 19 8 0 0 8 4 19 -17 10
15 Stjørdals-Blink 18 2 3 13 16 38 9 1 0 8 6 18 9 1 3 5 10 20 -22 9
16 Grorud 18 0 6 12 19 40 8 0 2 6 7 18 10 0 4 6 12 22 -21 6

Ranheim:
Mjøndalen:
Obos-Ligaen:
Norway:

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.