Football preview: Sogndal favourites when Grorud visit

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 11.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5622 seats)

Sogndal have managed 4 home wins up until now, Grorud have won 0 away. Which team boosts their records after this one?

Insights:
  • Sogndal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grorud is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sogndal and Grorud.

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Sogndal form and stats

When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Sogndal have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

The spoils were shared in Sogndal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Fredrikstad (placed 10th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Heartbreak before that as Sogndal lost 2-3 at KFUM's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sogndal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Observe: 10 of the most recent 11 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

Sogndal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fosshaugane Campus with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Sogndal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grorud form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grorud so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Grorud as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Brann match.

Grorud's previous game was their home loss versus Sandnes Ulf (1-3).

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Skeid's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Grorud when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 13 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

Grorud are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Sogndal three wins, zero draws and Grorud one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrorudK. Mankowitz
K. Mankowitz
6 goals
GrorudH. Bredeli
H. Bredeli
3 goals

Sogndal missing players

Grorud missing players

Sogndal Grorud
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 1 7 13
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 0
3 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
4 2 1 Lost L 0 3 7
21 11 6 Scored S 1 11 17
20 8 5 Conceded C 1 14 28
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 77%
38% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 54%
31% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 15%
77% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 85%
23% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
6.2 7.3 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.7
4.5 3.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.4 5.8
1.3 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.9 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 13.7 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.1 9
4.2 4.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.9
38% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 33%
 
12.4 12.1 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.6 12.9
4.5 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.3 5.6
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Grorud's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grorud have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Grorud have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Grorud have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have yet to win a game.
  • Grorud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grorud is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sogndal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sogndal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sogndal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 11 2 0 38 8 6 4 2 0 17 3 7 7 0 0 21 5 30 35
2 Ranheim 13 8 3 2 25 17 7 4 1 2 15 11 6 4 2 0 10 6 8 27
3 Stabæk 13 7 5 1 22 8 6 2 3 1 6 4 7 5 2 0 16 4 14 26
4 KFUM 13 7 3 3 25 21 6 3 2 1 11 10 7 4 1 2 14 11 4 24
5 Sandnes Ulf 13 7 1 5 19 22 6 2 1 3 9 14 7 5 0 2 10 8 -3 22
6 Mjøndalen 13 7 1 5 18 21 7 5 0 2 12 9 6 2 1 3 6 12 -3 22
7 Sogndal 13 6 3 4 21 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 2 2 2 10 12 1 21
8 Start 13 5 4 4 24 15 7 2 3 2 11 9 6 3 1 2 13 6 9 19
9 Raufoss 12 5 4 3 16 17 7 4 2 1 8 7 5 1 2 2 8 10 -1 19
10 Fredrikstad 12 3 5 4 17 17 5 2 2 1 8 6 7 1 3 3 9 11 0 14
11 Kongsvinger 13 3 4 6 15 19 6 2 3 1 11 9 7 1 1 5 4 10 -4 13
12 Åsane 13 3 4 6 16 27 7 2 1 4 8 18 6 1 3 2 8 9 -11 13
13 Bryne 13 2 4 7 13 18 7 2 3 2 7 6 6 0 1 5 6 12 -5 10
14 Grorud 13 0 6 7 17 28 6 0 2 4 6 14 7 0 4 3 11 14 -11 6
15 Skeid 13 2 0 11 15 29 7 2 0 5 13 15 6 0 0 6 2 14 -14 6
16 Stjørdals-Blink 13 1 3 9 13 27 6 0 0 6 4 14 7 1 3 3 9 13 -14 6

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.