Balanced ball game between Raufoss and Sogndal expected

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Wed 23.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: NAMMO stadion (2500 seats)

This could be an engaging match as Raufoss have their presumed home advantage, while Sogndal are in front by 6 points in the Obos-Ligaen standings.

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.

W W L W L

Raufoss form and stats

Raufoss have played 9 Obos-Ligaen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Raufoss's last game was hosting Start (placed 5th) and winning 2-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Skeid with a 2-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Raufoss perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Raufoss as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Raufoss has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

There will be little rest for Raufoss after this match as they are travelling to Åsane for a Obos-Ligaen game in only four days.

The Raufoss fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

D L W W W

Sogndal form and stats

Playing away, Sogndal have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Obos-Ligaen this season.

Sogndal played 3-3 against Kongsvinger in their previous match. It looked so good for Sogndal vs Kongsvinger, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.

Prior to that match, the Sogndal manager Flo faced defeat when travelling to Start and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Sogndal in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sogndal, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

After this away game Sogndal return home for a Obos-Ligaen game against Skeid. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sogndal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Sogndal have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Sogndal wins. More of the same or streak broken?

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Sogndal - Raufoss 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

RaufossL. Mettler
L. Mettler
6 goals
RaufossA. Helmersen
A. Helmersen
5 goals
SogndalK. Nesso
K. Nesso
5 goals

Raufoss missing players

Sogndal missing players

Raufoss Sogndal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 10 18
7 4 2 Won W 1 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
8 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
24 14 8 Scored S 3 13 29
24 9 4 Conceded C 5 14 23
84% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 94%
63% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 72%
58% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 56%
32% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 28%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 22%
53% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 61%
26% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 17%
37% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 28%
 
6.9 6.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.8 6.2
6.1 5.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.1 4.4
1.5 1.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 11.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.2 10.6
3.9 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 4.1
32% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 40%
 
9.5 9.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 10.9 10.2
3.4 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fredrikstad 19 10 8 1 27 12 10 6 4 0 18 6 9 4 4 1 9 6 15 38
2 Kongsvinger 19 12 2 5 35 23 9 7 0 2 19 9 10 5 2 3 16 14 12 38
3 KFUM 19 10 4 5 33 25 9 6 2 1 18 9 10 4 2 4 15 16 8 34
4 Sogndal 18 9 4 5 29 23 8 5 2 1 16 9 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 31
5 Start 19 8 6 5 39 27 9 7 1 1 24 10 10 1 5 4 15 17 12 30
6 Kristiansund 18 8 5 5 34 28 10 7 2 1 24 10 8 1 3 4 10 18 6 29
7 Moss 19 7 5 7 23 25 10 6 1 3 12 7 9 1 4 4 11 18 -2 26
8 Ranheim 19 8 2 9 24 37 9 5 0 4 16 22 10 3 2 5 8 15 -13 26
9 Raufoss 19 7 4 8 24 24 9 4 3 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 10 15 0 25
10 Jerv 19 7 4 8 29 35 10 4 3 3 16 16 9 3 1 5 13 19 -6 25
11 Sandnes Ulf 18 6 5 7 31 24 10 3 3 4 17 15 8 3 2 3 14 9 7 23
12 Bryne 19 6 4 9 22 26 10 5 3 2 14 9 9 1 1 7 8 17 -4 22
13 Mjøndalen 19 6 3 10 26 32 10 2 3 5 12 13 9 4 0 5 14 19 -6 21
14 Åsane 19 3 8 8 25 31 9 2 4 3 14 15 10 1 4 5 11 16 -6 17
15 Hødd 18 4 5 9 18 25 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 1 6 11 18 -7 17
16 Skeid 19 2 5 12 19 41 9 1 2 6 10 21 10 1 3 6 9 20 -22 11

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.