The Ranheim & Sogndal managers S. Maalen and E. Bakke are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Obos-Ligaen league table.
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.
Ranheim form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Obos-Ligaen games here at EXTRA Arena for Ranheim. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
An away draw last time out for Ranheim, facing Strømmen in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Åsane.
The hometeam coach S. Maalen made a successful contribution in the game against Strømmen, bringing on M. Lundal who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
This is expected to be a close game, with Ranheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ranheim as a small favourite), we find seven games. Ranheim has won two of these, drawn one and lost four.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ranheim is on fire here. A stunning 28 from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ranheim defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sogndal form and stats
As the visiting team in Obos-Ligaen matches, Sogndal have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far. Things are running smoothly for Sogndal who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against KFUM. Sogndal love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The supporters enjoyed Sogndal's previous game versus Kongsvinger (placed 16th), a Obos-Ligaen 5-2 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Øygarden with the score of 1-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Kongsvinger was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? K. Hoven certainly enjoyed Sogndal's last game versus Kongsvinger, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 5-2 victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sogndal playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Sogndal wins, two draws and five defeats.
Sogndal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Sogndal have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sogndal - Ranheim 4-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Ranheim victory, zero draws and three Sogndal wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Hoven 15 goals |   E. Tønne 10 goals |  M. Reginiussen 9 goals |
Ranheim missing players
Sogndal missing players
| Ranheim | Sogndal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 49 | 28 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 44 |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 44% | 56% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | 100 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 124 | 295 |
| 89 | 45 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 49 | 116 |
| 55% | 62% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 38% |
- Ranheim has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Obos-Ligaen
- Ranheim has the most scored goals (49) in Obos-Ligaen
- Ranheim has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Obos-Ligaen
- Ranheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ranheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sogndal has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Obos-Ligaen
- Sogndal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Sogndal | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Åsane | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Stjørdals-Blink | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Sandnes Ulf | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Raufoss | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Grorud | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | KFUM | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Strømmen | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 13 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | HamKam | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Øygarden | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | Kongsvinger | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -17 | 13 |
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