5th spot in the Obos-Ligaen table for Sandnes Ulf right now, a fine achievement. The home team ticketholders hope for more points as 6th-placed Start visit Øster Hus Arena.
- Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Obos-Ligaen
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!
Sandnes Ulf form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sandnes Ulf have to build on here at Øster Hus Arena in the Obos-Ligaen. Sandnes Ulf have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
No payout for Sandnes in their previous match, an away game at Mjøndalen that ended in defeat 1-4.
In the match before that, Sandnes Ulf hosted Stjørdals-Blink and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Sandnes Ulf perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sandnes Ulf as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Sandnes Ulf has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
The Sandnes Ulf manager Berntsen has got the team scoring with 24 from 11 home games in the league. Sandnes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Start form and stats
4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Start in their Obos-Ligaen matches away.
Start won their last game, 5-0 versus Grorud played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Start was very dominant against Grorud, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Sawo, Reinhardsen, Schulze and Grundetjern (2) providing the goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Stabæk wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Start in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Start, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Look out: 12 of the last 14 league matches involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visiting Start have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Start have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sandnes and Start have met earlier this season: Start - Sandnes Ulf 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sandnes Ulf victories, two draws and four Start wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brunes 12 goals |   J. Ekeland 8 goals |  M. Ramsland 7 goals |
Sandnes Ulf missing players
Start missing players
| Sandnes Ulf | Start | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 40 |
| 33 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 55% |
| 45% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 32% | 45% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 27% |
| 59% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 36% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 36% |
| 23% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 12.5 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 39% | 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 11 | 8.9 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Obos-Ligaen
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 56 | 60 |
| 2 | KFUM | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Stabæk | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Ranheim | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Start | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | Sogndal | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 27 | -4 | 32 |
| 8 | Raufoss | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -9 | 31 |
| 9 | Kongsvinger | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Mjøndalen | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 11 | Åsane | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 12 | Fredrikstad | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Bryne | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Skeid | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 15 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -23 | 14 |
| 16 | Grorud | 22 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -28 | 7 |
