Fosshaugane Campus: Sogndal vs Start Obos-Ligaen preview

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Date: Wed 24.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fosshaugane Campus (5623 seats)

Sogndal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Start.

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.

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Sogndal form and stats

Sogndal, who have the most scored goals (23) at home in Obos-Ligaen, have performed well here at Fosshaugane Campus so far this season with 5 wins from 8 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

The Sogndal fans got no joy from their last match, a Obos-Ligaen game also here at Fosshaugane Campus: A 0-1 defeat against Start. Ahead of that match, Sogndal won a home game hosting Tromsdalen (5-2).

Sogndal are showing their attacking force in their home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 8 games). Sogndal have conceded 14 from these games.

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Start form and stats

Start's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Start collect 12 points from their 6 away matches. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Start are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Start play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sogndal. Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against HamKam.

The travelling fans enjoy Start's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 away matches. Start have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sogndal - Start 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sogndal 2 wins, 4 draws and Start 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Haugen
9 goals / 2 assists
A. Sigurdarson
8 goals / 3 assists
T. Christensen
5 goals / 1 assists

Sogndal missing players

Start missing players

Sogndal Start
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
14 8 1 Played 3 6 14
6 5 0 Won 2 4 9
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost 1 2 4
27 23 1 Scored 3 9 26
24 14 3 Conceded 3 8 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 67% 67% 79%
71% 75% 100% Over 2.5 33% 50% 64%
50% 75% 100% Over 3.5 0% 33% 43%
36% 62% 0% Over 4.5 0% 17% 21%
57% 88% 100% BTTS 33% 50% 50%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 33% 29%
36% 12% 0% Failed To Score 33% 17% 21%
 
5.1 6.2 6 Corners For (avg) 5 6 5.3
5.1 4.2 3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 4.6 4.2
1.3 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Sogndal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sogndal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sogndal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Start have scored away.
  • Sogndal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sogndal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sogndal
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-06-19 NMC Sogndal 1 - 2 Brann
23-06-19 OB Sogndal 4 - 2 Skeid
30-06-19 OB Kongsvinger 3 - 0 Sogndal
21-07-19 OB Sogndal 5 - 2 Tromsdalen
24-07-19 OB Sogndal 0 - 1 Start
28-07-19 OB Jerv 16:00 Sogndal
04-08-19 OB Sogndal 16:00 Ullensaker / Kisa
11-08-19 OB Notodden 16:00 Sogndal
17-08-19 OB Sogndal 13:30 Aalesund
21-08-19 OB Tromsdalen 16:00 Sogndal
Start
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-06-19 OB Kongsvinger 4 - 2 Start
22-06-19 OB Start 0 - 3 Notodden
30-06-19 OB Tromsdalen 1 - 3 Start
21-07-19 OB Start 4 - 1 HamKam
24-07-19 OB Sogndal 0 - 1 Start
28-07-19 OB Ullensaker / Kisa 18:00 Start
04-08-19 OB Start 13:00 Kongsvinger
09-08-19 OB Sandefjord 17:00 Start
18-08-19 OB Start 16:00 Tromsdalen
22-08-19 OB Skeid 17:00 Start

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Aalesund 14 11 2 1 29 11 6 6 0 0 17 4 8 5 2 1 12 7 18 35
2 Sandefjord 14 10 3 1 27 16 7 5 1 1 9 7 7 5 2 0 18 9 11 33
3 Start 14 9 1 4 26 18 8 5 1 2 17 10 6 4 0 2 9 8 8 28
4 Raufoss 14 9 1 4 28 26 7 4 1 2 15 14 7 5 0 2 13 12 2 28
5 Kongsvinger 14 7 3 4 17 12 7 5 2 0 13 5 7 2 1 4 4 7 5 24
6 KFUM 14 7 2 5 28 22 7 5 0 2 17 8 7 2 2 3 11 14 6 23
7 Nest-Sotra 14 6 3 5 19 14 8 5 1 2 13 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 21
8 Ullensaker / Kisa 14 6 2 6 29 19 7 5 1 1 18 8 7 1 1 5 11 11 10 20
9 Sandnes Ulf 14 5 5 4 22 19 7 3 1 3 12 11 7 2 4 1 10 8 3 20
10 Sogndal 14 6 2 6 27 24 8 5 1 2 23 14 6 1 1 4 4 10 3 20
11 Jerv 14 3 6 5 17 24 6 2 3 1 6 4 8 1 3 4 11 20 -7 15
12 HamKam 14 3 4 7 13 20 7 2 2 3 10 10 7 1 2 4 3 10 -7 13
13 Skeid 14 2 5 7 16 22 7 2 3 2 8 6 7 0 2 5 8 16 -6 11
14 Notodden 14 3 1 10 15 24 6 1 1 4 5 7 8 2 0 6 10 17 -9 10
15 Strømmen 14 1 6 7 11 22 7 1 4 2 7 7 7 0 2 5 4 15 -11 9
16 Tromsdalen 14 0 2 12 20 51 7 0 2 5 9 24 7 0 0 7 11 27 -31 2

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