Ranheim favourites for feisty fight facing Sogndal

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: EXTRA Arena (3000 seats)

The Ranheim & Sogndal managers Ingebrigtsen and Flo are both worrying about and eagerly anticipating this important fixture in the top area of the Obos-Ligaen table.

Insights:
  • All of Ranheim's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sogndal have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Obos-Ligaen

Ranheim and Sogndal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ranheim form and stats

Ranheim have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Obos-Ligaen. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Ranheim faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kristiansund (2-3). The first loss after collecting points in three league matches. Heartbreak for Ranheim in their last match as Kristiansund's Alvheim scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Raufoss the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ranheim handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ranheim as they are travelling to their away game against Verdal in the NM Cup. That match is three days after this one.

The Ranheim fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Ranheim are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).

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Sogndal form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Obos-Ligaen.

Impressive finishing from Flataker secured the home win 1-0 against Hødd in their previous game.

Prior to that result Sogndal won their away game at Åsane. The scoreline was 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Sogndal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sogndal manager Flo as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Forde.

The travelling fans enjoy Sogndal's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Sogndal have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ranheim three wins, one draw and Sogndal six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RanheimS. Solli
S. Solli
3 goals
RanheimA. Gunnes
A. Gunnes
3 goals
SogndalE. Hovden Flataker
E. Hovden Flataker
3 goals

Ranheim missing players

Sogndal missing players

Ranheim Sogndal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
10 5 0 Scored S 1 7 13
11 7 0 Conceded C 2 6 9
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
62% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 62%
38% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
50% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
38% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 6.2
6.2 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.4
1.1 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.5 10.4
3.5 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.8 3.8
36% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 43%
 
9.4 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 9.5
2.2 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 2.8
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Ranheim's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Sogndal's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ranheim have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sogndal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sogndal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sogndal have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sogndal 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 Sogndal 8 5 2 1 13 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 17
2 Kristiansund 8 5 1 2 14 11 5 4 0 1 10 5 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 16
3 Fredrikstad 8 3 5 0 5 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 3 14
4 Ranheim 8 4 2 2 10 11 3 2 0 1 5 7 5 2 2 1 5 4 -1 14
5 Start 8 3 4 1 20 13 4 2 1 1 12 8 4 1 3 0 8 5 7 13
6 Moss 8 3 4 1 9 7 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 13
7 Kongsvinger 8 4 0 4 12 11 4 3 0 1 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 7 1 12
8 Hødd 8 2 4 2 9 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
9 Bryne 8 2 4 2 10 11 5 2 3 0 6 4 3 0 1 2 4 7 -1 10
10 Raufoss 8 2 3 3 8 7 3 1 2 0 4 0 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 9
11 Jerv 8 2 2 4 11 13 4 1 1 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 -2 8
12 Mjøndalen 8 2 2 4 10 12 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 8
13 Sandnes Ulf 8 1 4 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 0 7
14 KFUM 8 1 4 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 0 2 2 3 8 -4 7
15 Skeid 8 1 3 4 11 19 3 0 2 1 4 7 5 1 1 3 7 12 -8 6
16 Åsane 8 0 4 4 7 11 3 0 1 2 4 6 5 0 3 2 3 5 -4 4

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.