Soccer betting preview: Sogndal welcomes Sandnes Ulf in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5622 seats)

It's round two of the Obos-Ligaen season and a lot to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of Sogndal-Sandnes Ulf!

Sogndal and Sandnes Ulf should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sogndal form and stats

The previous season, Sogndal's league stats were 12 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, providing 7th spot in the Obos-Ligaen. Over these 30 matches they scored {55 goals} and gave away 53. Performing at home in the former season Sogndal produced 8-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 21 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Sogndal, facing KFUM in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that result, a home defeat in the NM Cup against Lillestrøm.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sandnes Ulf performed last season in the Obos-Ligaen: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 23/22 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Moldskred, Høiland, Hiim and Ramsland secured the home win 4-1 against Skeid in their previous game.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Kongsvinger.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Sandnes Ulf in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sandnes Ulf, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Sogndal won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Sandnes Ulf got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

SogndalI. Twum
I. Twum
1 goals
Sandnes UlfM. Moldskred
M. Moldskred
1 goals
Sandnes UlfA. Hiim
A. Hiim
1 goals

Sogndal missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Sogndal Sandnes Ulf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Sogndal Last season Sandnes Ulf
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 31
12 8   Won W   9 14
7 1   Drew D   1 5
11 6   Lost L   5 12
55 29   Scored S   23 54
53 21   Conceded C   22 53
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
87% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 84%
67% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 74%
47% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 45%
33% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 29%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   73% 61%
27% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 23%
20% 13%   Failed to Score F T   7% 23%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6
5.5 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.2
1.3 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.5 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.4
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.7
43% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 37%
 
13.3 12.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13 11.3
5 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sandnes Ulf 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Ranheim 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Bryne 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Fredrikstad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Hødd 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sogndal 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 KFUM 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Start 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Åsane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Mjøndalen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Moss 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Kongsvinger 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Jerv 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Kristiansund 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Raufoss 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Skeid 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season 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 30 26 3 1 95 16 15 12 3 0 49 5 15 14 0 1 46 11 79 81
2 Stabæk 30 16 10 4 62 28 15 8 5 2 29 12 15 8 5 2 33 16 34 58
3 Start 30 16 6 8 63 38 15 9 3 3 36 16 15 7 3 5 27 22 25 54
4 KFUM 30 15 7 8 61 48 15 7 5 3 28 22 15 8 2 5 33 26 13 52
5 Sandnes Ulf 30 14 5 11 54 52 15 5 4 6 31 30 15 9 1 5 23 22 2 47
6 Kongsvinger 30 13 7 10 43 37 15 7 5 3 28 17 15 6 2 7 15 20 6 46
7 Sogndal 30 12 7 11 55 53 15 8 1 6 29 21 15 4 6 5 26 32 2 43
8 Ranheim 30 12 7 11 49 52 15 7 4 4 30 26 15 5 3 7 19 26 -3 43
9 Mjøndalen 30 13 3 14 39 47 15 9 2 4 25 18 15 4 1 10 14 29 -8 42
10 Fredrikstad 30 9 8 13 46 51 15 5 4 6 24 27 15 4 4 7 22 24 -5 35
11 Bryne 30 9 8 13 42 52 15 5 4 6 20 23 15 4 4 7 22 29 -10 35
12 Raufoss 30 9 8 13 35 54 15 5 4 6 14 25 15 4 4 7 21 29 -19 35
13 Åsane 30 8 8 14 42 67 15 6 2 7 22 31 15 2 6 7 20 36 -25 32
14 Skeid 30 8 4 18 39 54 15 6 2 7 30 29 15 2 2 11 9 25 -15 28
15 Grorud 30 4 8 18 34 69 15 3 4 8 17 28 15 1 4 10 17 41 -35 20
16 Stjørdals-Blink 30 4 5 21 30 71 15 3 0 12 15 32 15 1 5 9 15 39 -41 17

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.