Early sportsbook action insinuate Sogndal superiority when meeting Ranheim

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5622 seats)

The standings tells us that 4 points split the two rivals in this Obos-Ligaen fixture. Sogndal enjoy both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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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Sogndal form and stats

Sogndal have performed here at Fosshaugane Campus this season with 6 wins from 9 Obos-Ligaen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Sogndal's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Skeid (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sweet to taste a league victory after three fixtures without.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Raufoss (0-3).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sogndal at home in the league. 18 on target and 9 scored by the opposition; from 9 matches.

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Ranheim form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ranheim playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season. Ranheim love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

184 minutes! That's how long the Ranheim goalkeeper Nicklas Frenderup and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ranheim played 0-0 against Start in their previous match.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Skeid with the score of 1-0.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ranheim as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Ranheim have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Ranheim - Sogndal 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Sogndal wins - draws - Ranheim wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SogndalK. Nesso
K. Nesso
5 goals
SogndalV. Ingimundarson
V. Ingimundarson
5 goals
SogndalS. Ørjasæter
S. Ørjasæter
5 goals

Sogndal missing players

Ranheim missing players

Sogndal Ranheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 4 11 21
10 6 2 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
6 1 0 Lost L 3 5 9
31 18 5 Scored S 2 9 25
26 9 3 Conceded C 9 15 37
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
75% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 55% 71%
55% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 55% 67%
25% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 38%
20% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 29%
55% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 48%
20% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 29%
30% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 38%
 
6.6 7 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 5.1
4.2 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.8 5.3
1 0.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.8 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.7 10.3
4.2 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2 3
37% 45% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 39%
 
9.9 8.9 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 10.3 10.7
3.4 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 3.3 3.6
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Fredrikstad 21 12 8 1 30 13 11 7 4 0 19 6 10 5 4 1 11 7 17 44
2 Kongsvinger 21 12 3 6 37 26 11 7 1 3 21 12 10 5 2 3 16 14 11 39
3 KFUM 21 10 5 6 34 27 10 6 2 2 18 10 11 4 3 4 16 17 7 35
4 Start 21 9 7 5 40 27 10 8 1 1 25 10 11 1 6 4 15 17 13 34
5 Sogndal 20 10 4 6 31 26 9 6 2 1 18 9 11 4 2 5 13 17 5 34
6 Ranheim 21 9 3 9 25 37 10 5 1 4 16 22 11 4 2 5 9 15 -12 30
7 Sandnes Ulf 20 8 5 7 33 24 11 4 3 4 18 15 9 4 2 3 15 9 9 29
8 Kristiansund 19 8 5 6 34 29 11 7 2 2 24 11 8 1 3 4 10 18 5 29
9 Raufoss 21 8 4 9 28 27 10 5 3 2 17 9 11 3 1 7 11 18 1 28
10 Bryne 21 8 4 9 28 28 11 6 3 2 17 10 10 2 1 7 11 18 0 28
11 Moss 20 7 5 8 24 28 10 6 1 3 12 7 10 1 4 5 12 21 -4 26
12 Jerv 21 7 5 9 32 40 11 4 3 4 17 19 10 3 2 5 15 21 -8 26
13 Mjøndalen 21 6 4 11 28 35 11 2 4 5 14 15 10 4 0 6 14 20 -7 22
14 Åsane 21 4 8 9 28 33 10 3 4 3 17 16 11 1 4 6 11 17 -5 20
15 Hødd 20 5 5 10 19 26 9 2 4 3 7 7 11 3 1 7 12 19 -7 20
16 Skeid 21 2 5 14 19 44 10 1 2 7 10 22 11 1 3 7 9 22 -25 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.