Obos-Ligaen preview: Can Sogndal edge out victory against Start?

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5622 seats)

There is optimism in Sogndal at this point, with their 5th position in the Obos-Ligaen table and welcoming Start (who are placed 9th).

Insights:
  • Sogndal have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Obos-Ligaen

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!

Start are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sogndal form and stats

Sogndal have played 14 Obos-Ligaen games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Sogndal has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sogndal, who played 1-1 against Stjørdals-Blink. That match was also played at this venue (Fosshaugane Campus).

Prior to that, an away loss at KFUM.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sogndal handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.

Sogndal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Sogndal have conceded 15 goals.

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Start form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Start playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season. Start has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Start go into this game after a win, the home game against Ranheim that ended 3-1.

A 2-3 defeat away at Aalesund before that.

We have checked recent matches where Start have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, one draw and four defeats.

Start have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 14 away matches. As for defending, Start rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Start - Sogndal 1-1 was the product when these two squads last did battle, some time ago this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Sogndal, four draws and five wins for Start. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

StartE. Marković
E. Marković
15 goals
SogndalA. Adams
A. Adams
10 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
9 goals

Sogndal missing players

Start missing players

Sogndal Start
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
11 5 3 Won W 0 5 10
8 7 1 Drew D 1 3 6
9 2 0 Lost L 3 6 12
38 20 10 Scored S 8 28 56
32 15 6 Conceded C 11 26 56
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 79% 75%
18% 21% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 64% 64%
4% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 36% 43%
64% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 86%
25% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 11%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 4%
 
6.8 7.1 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.1 5.1
4.6 5.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 7
1.8 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 10.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.9 13.1
4 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5 5.2
34% 44% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 40% 38%
 
11.8 12.6 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.5 12.6
4.1 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6 5.4
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Start's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sogndal have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Start have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 HamKam 28 19 6 3 59 20 14 11 1 2 35 13 14 8 5 1 24 7 39 63
2 Aalesund 28 15 10 3 64 40 14 9 5 0 36 17 14 6 5 3 28 23 24 55
3 Jerv 28 14 9 5 46 42 14 8 5 1 24 17 14 6 4 4 22 25 4 51
4 Fredrikstad 28 14 7 7 57 40 14 8 4 2 32 17 14 6 3 5 25 23 17 49
5 Sogndal 28 11 8 9 38 32 14 5 7 2 20 15 14 6 1 7 18 17 6 41
6 KFUM 28 11 7 10 41 43 14 8 2 4 24 17 14 3 5 6 17 26 -2 40
7 Åsane 28 11 5 12 42 51 14 7 2 5 24 26 14 4 3 7 18 25 -9 38
8 Sandnes Ulf 28 10 7 11 40 46 14 7 2 5 24 23 14 3 5 6 16 23 -6 37
9 Start 28 10 6 12 56 56 14 5 3 6 28 30 14 5 3 6 28 26 0 36
10 Raufoss 28 10 4 14 50 51 14 8 0 6 32 25 14 2 4 8 18 26 -1 34
11 Ranheim 28 9 7 12 53 55 14 6 4 4 31 27 14 3 3 8 22 28 -2 34
12 Bryne 28 10 4 14 40 44 14 7 3 4 25 16 14 3 1 10 15 28 -4 34
13 Grorud 28 9 4 15 41 56 14 6 1 7 23 26 14 3 3 8 18 30 -15 31
14 Stjørdals-Blink 28 7 6 15 30 49 14 5 5 4 17 13 14 2 1 11 13 36 -19 27
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 28 6 8 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 13 17 14 3 4 7 17 28 -15 26
16 Strømmen 28 3 12 13 29 46 14 3 7 4 13 16 14 0 5 9 16 30 -17 21

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.