Soccer match preview: Home fans with high expectations before Stabæk - Sandnes Ulf

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nadderud Stadion (5000 seats)

Sandnes Ulf have come here for an appealing game against the home side Stabæk. Read up on the game with this thorough Obos-Ligaen preview!

Insights:
  • Stabæk have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Obos-Ligaen

Sandnes Ulf play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. Up to date results for Sandnes Ulf when playing on grass are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five matches. They have created 12 goals and conceded 8 times in these fixtures.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Stabæk form and stats

A Obos-Ligaen draw at home so far for Stabæk. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.

The Stabæk goalkeeper Marcus Sandberg is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Obos-Ligaen.

Happy days for Stabæk in their previous game, a fixture away at Åsane (placed 14th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Stabæk played a great game against Åsane and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Stabæk drew at home versus Sogndal.

Stabæk has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sandnes Ulf form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Obos-Ligaen, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.

Sandnes Ulf won their last game, 4-1 versus Kongsvinger played at home. Ramsland has scored at least one goal for the away team three fixtures in a row. The smartness!

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stjørdals-Blink at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sandnes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.

It's early days yet, but Sandnes Ulf has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Stabæk one win, one draw and Sandnes Ulf two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

StabækH. Geelmuyden
H. Geelmuyden
4 goals
Sandnes UlfM. Ramsland
M. Ramsland
4 goals
Sandnes UlfI. Halgunset
I. Halgunset
3 goals

Stabæk missing players

Sandnes Ulf missing players

Stabæk Sandnes Ulf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 0 0 Scored S 0 2 8
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 4
3.7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.3
1.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 12.3
5 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.7
47% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 57%
 
7 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 7.3
3.7 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.7
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Sandnes Ulf have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Sandnes Ulf is in the best form (3-0-0) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stabæk have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Obos-Ligaen
Stabæk Last season Sandnes Ulf
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
6 4   Won W   3 10
7 3   Drew D   6 9
17 8   Lost L   6 11
35 17   Scored S   18 43
62 27   Conceded C   25 49
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
90% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 83%
73% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 63%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
20% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 13%
60% 47%   BTTS BTTS   67% 70%
20% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 10%
30% 40%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
3 2.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
5.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.6
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.3 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.4
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.7
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 39%
 
16.5 14.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.7
6.2 5.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.3

  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 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Brann 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 7
3 Stabæk 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 7
4 Sogndal 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Mjøndalen 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Fredrikstad 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
7 KFUM 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
8 Start 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 2 3 4
9 Ranheim 3 1 1 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
10 Kongsvinger 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
11 Grorud 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
12 Raufoss 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
13 Stjørdals-Blink 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
14 Åsane 3 0 1 2 2 10 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -8 1
15 Skeid 3 0 0 3 4 7 2 0 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
16 Bryne 3 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 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 Bodø / Glimt 30 18 9 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 15 8 5 2 25 12 34 63
2 Molde 30 18 6 6 70 40 15 11 2 2 46 18 15 7 4 4 24 22 30 60
3 Viking 30 17 6 7 60 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 15 8 3 4 26 25 13 57
4 Lillestrøm 30 14 7 9 49 40 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 9 49
5 Rosenborg 30 13 9 8 58 42 15 8 4 3 35 19 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 48
6 Kristiansund 30 14 4 12 41 46 15 10 2 3 27 16 15 4 2 9 14 30 -5 46
7 Vålerenga 30 11 12 7 46 37 15 7 7 1 27 14 15 4 5 6 19 23 9 45
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 11 6 13 39 44 15 6 5 4 21 14 15 5 1 9 18 30 -5 39
9 Strømsgodset 30 9 9 12 43 43 15 8 4 3 33 12 15 1 5 9 10 31 0 36
10 Sandefjord 30 10 6 14 38 52 15 6 5 4 21 18 15 4 1 10 17 34 -14 36
11 Haugesund 30 9 8 13 46 45 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 1 5 9 16 28 1 35
12 Tromsø 30 8 11 11 33 44 15 3 6 6 16 21 15 5 5 5 17 23 -11 35
13 Odd 30 8 9 13 44 58 15 5 4 6 30 29 15 3 5 7 14 29 -14 33
14 Brann 30 5 11 14 38 55 15 4 5 6 20 24 15 1 6 8 18 31 -17 26
15 Stabæk 30 6 7 17 35 62 15 4 3 8 17 27 15 2 4 9 18 35 -27 25
16 Mjøndalen 30 4 10 16 33 52 15 2 5 8 19 22 15 2 5 8 14 30 -19 22
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 HamKam 30 21 6 3 62 21 15 12 1 2 36 13 15 9 5 1 26 8 41 69
2 Aalesund 30 16 10 4 68 43 15 10 5 0 40 19 15 6 5 4 28 24 25 58
3 Jerv 30 15 9 6 49 46 15 9 5 1 26 17 15 6 4 5 23 29 3 54
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 15 9 4 2 35 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 18 52
5 KFUM 30 12 8 10 46 45 15 9 2 4 28 18 15 3 6 6 18 27 1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 6 1 8 19 19 5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 15 7 3 5 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 26 -9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 15 7 3 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 18 25 -6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 15 5 4 6 30 32 15 5 4 6 29 27 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 15 7 3 5 25 18 15 4 1 10 19 30 -4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 15 8 1 6 33 26 15 2 4 9 18 28 -3 34
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 15 6 4 5 33 31 15 3 3 9 23 31 -6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 15 6 1 8 24 28 15 4 3 8 21 31 -14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 7 15 32 50 15 6 5 4 18 13 15 2 2 11 14 37 -18 31
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 7 8 15 34 50 15 4 4 7 15 18 15 3 4 8 19 32 -16 29
16 Strømmen 30 4 12 14 32 49 15 3 7 5 14 19 15 1 5 9 18 30 -17 24

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.