Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Sandefjord welcomes Sandnes Ulf

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6582 seats)

The league table in Obos-Ligaen tells a story about these teams so far, with Sandefjord leading Sandnes Ulf by 19 points. Match preview to follow:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sandefjord form and stats

Sandefjord are steadily winning Obos-Ligaen games and points here at Komplett Arena. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.

Sandefjord drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nest-Sotra. Ahead of that match, Sandefjord won a home game hosting Raufoss (1-0).

Sandefjord has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Sandefjord have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sandnes Ulf playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season. With the Sandnes Ulf losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Sandnes Ulf has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager B. Sæternes was unhappy after their last game, a Obos-Ligaen match played at their home ground Komplett Arena. Sandnes Ulf suffered a 1-2 loss to Aalesund. Prior to that match, the Sandnes Ulf manager B. Sæternes faced defeat when travelling to Ullensaker / Kisa and losing 1-2.

Sandnes Ulf are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Sandnes Ulf in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sandnes Ulf - Sandefjord 2-4, played this season. Sandefjord-Sandnes Ulf H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Sandefjord 3 wins, Sandnes Ulf 2 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Engblom
14 goals
K. Eriksen
8 goals
O. Ugwuadu
6 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Sandefjord Sandnes Ulf
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played 3 10 20
12 7 2 Won 0 3 6
6 2 0 Drew 1 4 5
2 1 0 Lost 2 3 9
32 11 2 Scored 2 15 30
20 7 0 Conceded 7 13 31
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 100% 70% 80%
65% 40% 0% Over 1.5 100% 70% 80%
40% 30% 0% Over 2.5 67% 60% 60%
30% 10% 0% Over 3.5 33% 40% 40%
20% 10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 30%
45% 30% 0% BTTS 67% 50% 55%
45% 60% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 40% 35%
15% 20% 0% Failed To Score 33% 40% 30%
 
5.7 5.4 6 Corners For (avg) 5 5.6 5.1
3.6 4 2 Corners Against (avg) 6 7.1 5.2
1.4 0.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 2

Sandefjord
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 OB Sandefjord 1 - 0 Tromsdalen
09-08-19 OB Sandefjord 0 - 0 Start
17-08-19 OB Skeid 2 - 2 Sandefjord
21-08-19 OB Sandefjord 1 - 0 Raufoss
25-08-19 OB Nest-Sotra 1 - 1 Sandefjord
01-09-19 OB Sandefjord 13:00 Sandnes Ulf
15-09-19 OB Sogndal 16:00 Sandefjord
18-09-19 OB Sandefjord 16:00 Strømmen
22-09-19 OB KFUM 13:00 Sandefjord
29-09-19 OB Sandefjord 16:00 HamKam
Sandnes Ulf
All Obos-Ligaen NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 OB Sandnes Ulf 0 - 2 HamKam
10-08-19 OB KFUM 3 - 0 Sandnes Ulf
18-08-19 OB Sandnes Ulf 2 - 3 Jerv
21-08-19 OB Ullensaker / Kisa 2 - 1 Sandnes Ulf
24-08-19 OB Sandnes Ulf 1 - 2 Aalesund
01-09-19 OB Sandefjord 13:00 Sandnes Ulf
15-09-19 OB Sandnes Ulf 16:00 Notodden
18-09-19 OB Tromsdalen 16:00 Sandnes Ulf
22-09-19 OB Sandnes Ulf 16:00 Raufoss
28-09-19 OB Start 13:30 Sandnes Ulf

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Aalesund 20 17 2 1 45 17 9 9 0 0 27 7 11 8 2 1 18 10 28 53
2 Start 20 13 3 4 36 21 10 7 1 2 22 11 10 6 2 2 14 10 15 42
3 Sandefjord 20 12 6 2 32 20 10 7 2 1 11 7 10 5 4 1 21 13 12 42
4 KFUM 20 10 5 5 46 32 10 8 0 2 27 10 10 2 5 3 19 22 14 35
5 Sogndal 20 10 3 7 39 30 11 7 1 3 30 18 9 3 2 4 9 12 9 33
6 Raufoss 20 10 1 9 35 38 10 5 1 4 21 22 10 5 0 5 14 16 -3 31
7 Nest-Sotra 20 8 6 6 29 22 11 6 3 2 19 9 9 2 3 4 10 13 7 30
8 Kongsvinger 20 9 3 8 23 24 10 7 2 1 17 9 10 2 1 7 6 15 -1 30
9 Jerv 20 6 8 6 30 33 10 4 5 1 15 8 10 2 3 5 15 25 -3 26
10 Ullensaker / Kisa 20 7 3 10 35 35 10 6 2 2 21 12 10 1 1 8 14 23 0 24
11 Sandnes Ulf 20 6 5 9 30 31 10 3 1 6 15 18 10 3 4 3 15 13 -1 23
12 HamKam 20 5 5 10 23 32 10 3 3 4 16 16 10 2 2 6 7 16 -9 20
13 Notodden 20 5 2 13 25 37 9 1 1 7 8 17 11 4 1 6 17 20 -12 17
14 Skeid 20 3 7 10 22 32 10 2 5 3 11 10 10 1 2 7 11 22 -10 16
15 Strømmen 20 3 7 10 20 34 10 2 5 3 11 13 10 1 2 7 9 21 -14 16
16 Tromsdalen 20 2 2 16 25 57 10 1 2 7 10 27 10 1 0 9 15 30 -32 8

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