A key match in Obos-Ligaen as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sogndal in 3rd position and Lillestrøm placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Lillestrøm have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-4-15 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
Sogndal form and stats
Sogndal, who have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Obos-Ligaen, have been outstanding at home so far in the Obos-Ligaen with 9 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss.
Sogndal manager E. Bakke and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Strømmen (placed 13th) in the Obos-Ligaen. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jerv in a game that was won 1-0.
The hometeam coach E. Bakke made a successful contribution in the game against Strømmen, bringing on K. Hoven who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sogndal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sogndal as a small favourite), we find six games. Sogndal has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Obos-Ligaen game versus KFUM in only three days. This game is also played here at Fosshaugane Campus.
Goals are plentiful at Fosshaugane Campus in the league this season as Sogndal has scored 30 goals here in 11 home games. Sogndal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fosshaugane Campus in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Lillestrøm form and stats
As the visiting team in Obos-Ligaen matches, Lillestrøm, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Obos-Ligaen, have produced an overall stat of 6-4-2 so far.
F. Krogstad (2) and T. Haraldsson scored in Lillestrøm's previous match, the home game against Tromsø that ended 3-0. A 0-2 defeat away at Raufoss before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Lillestrøm in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Lillestrøm, three draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Åsane in just four days.
Lillestrøm has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. Lillestrøm have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Lillestrøm - Sogndal 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sogndal two wins, one draw and Lillestrøm seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Hoven 16 goals |   F. Krogstad 7 goals |  T. Lehne Olsen 7 goals |
Sogndal missing players
Lillestrøm missing players
| Sogndal | Lillestrøm | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 49 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 42 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| 58% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 42% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 54% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 48% |
| 38% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 360 | 200 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 153 | 299 |
| 141 | 77 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 64 | 128 |
| 35% | 39% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 33% |
- Lillestrøm has the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Lillestrøm has the fewest conceded goals (22) in Obos-Ligaen
- Lillestrøm has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Obos-Ligaen
- Lillestrøm has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Obos-Ligaen
- Lillestrøm has the most points (22) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Sogndal has the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Sogndal have scored at least twice as many goals 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 | Tromsø | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Sogndal | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 44 |
| 4 | Ranheim | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 40 |
| 5 | Åsane | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | KFUM | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Raufoss | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Jerv | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Stjørdals-Blink | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Sandnes Ulf | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -14 | 30 |
| 11 | HamKam | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Grorud | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 27 |
| 15 | Kongsvinger | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 16 | Øygarden | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 39 | -24 | 19 |
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