Football betting guide: Start favourites when Åsane visit

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Start are thought of as favourites to win this home game versus Åsane, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Start have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Åsane have the most points from losing position (21) in Obos-Ligaen

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Start form and stats

7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Obos-Ligaen numbers at home for Start so far this season. After failing to beat Sandnes Ulf here at Sparebanken Sør Arena, Start has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Start are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Skeid. The first loss after collecting points through five league games. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Holtan, having bagged a goal in four games in a row.

Ahead of that match, Start won a home game hosting KFUM (3-2).

Start are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 2, drew 1 and lost 1.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

The Start manager Tjelmeland has got the team scoring with 30 from 13 home games in the league. On the other hand, Start have conceded 14 goals.

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Åsane form and stats

Åsane have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 2-6-5 (13 played).

Åsane won their last game, 1-0 versus Raufoss played at home. That win felt good as this team had gone four league matches without winning.

A 0-4 defeat away at Stabæk before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Åsane played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 3 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Åsane have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 18 goals have been scored. For Åsane, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Åsane - Start 1-5 was the score in these teams' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Last five meetings involving these participants: Start won two, Åsane were winners in two and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
9 goals
ÅsaneE. Flotve Myklebust
E. Flotve Myklebust
8 goals

Start missing players

Åsane missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Åsane
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
13 7 5 Won W 0 2 8
6 3 0 Drew D 3 6 8
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 11
55 30 18 Scored S 4 18 39
35 14 3 Conceded C 8 29 58
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 93%
63% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 67%
48% 54% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 48%
33% 38% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 30%
48% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 70%
30% 31% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
30% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 26%
 
5.4 5.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.9 5.1
4.9 4.4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.6 5.6
1.4 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 14.5 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9 10.1
5.4 5.9 7.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.4
37% 39% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 33% 33%
 
10.3 9.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.4 14.2
3.7 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.7 5.5
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Start have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Åsane have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Åsane have the most points from losing position (21) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Åsane 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 Brann 27 23 3 1 85 14 13 10 3 0 42 4 14 13 0 1 43 10 71 72
2 Stabæk 27 14 9 4 55 24 13 6 5 2 24 10 14 8 4 2 31 14 31 51
3 KFUM 27 13 7 7 54 43 14 6 5 3 25 21 13 7 2 4 29 22 11 46
4 Start 27 13 6 8 55 35 13 7 3 3 30 14 14 6 3 5 25 21 20 45
5 Kongsvinger 27 12 7 8 40 31 13 6 5 2 25 15 14 6 2 6 15 16 9 43
6 Sandnes Ulf 27 13 4 10 49 47 14 5 3 6 29 28 13 8 1 4 20 19 2 43
7 Sogndal 27 11 7 9 51 49 14 8 1 5 28 19 13 3 6 4 23 30 2 40
8 Ranheim 27 11 7 9 43 45 14 6 4 4 27 24 13 5 3 5 16 21 -2 40
9 Mjøndalen 27 12 3 12 35 43 14 8 2 4 22 18 13 4 1 8 13 25 -8 39
10 Raufoss 27 9 8 10 33 45 13 5 4 4 14 19 14 4 4 6 19 26 -12 35
11 Åsane 27 8 8 11 39 58 14 6 2 6 21 29 13 2 6 5 18 29 -19 32
12 Fredrikstad 27 7 8 12 42 47 14 5 4 5 23 24 13 2 4 7 19 23 -5 29
13 Bryne 27 7 8 12 38 48 13 4 4 5 18 20 14 3 4 7 20 28 -10 29
14 Skeid 27 7 4 16 35 50 14 5 2 7 26 29 13 2 2 9 9 21 -15 25
15 Grorud 27 2 8 17 29 65 13 1 4 8 12 27 14 1 4 9 17 38 -36 14
16 Stjørdals-Blink 27 3 5 19 27 66 13 2 0 11 13 30 14 1 5 8 14 36 -39 14

Table
  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 27 23 3 1 85 14 13 10 3 0 42 4 14 13 0 1 43 10 71 72
2 Stabæk 27 14 9 4 55 24 13 6 5 2 24 10 14 8 4 2 31 14 31 51
3 KFUM 27 13 7 7 54 43 14 6 5 3 25 21 13 7 2 4 29 22 11 46
4 Start 27 13 6 8 55 35 13 7 3 3 30 14 14 6 3 5 25 21 20 45
5 Kongsvinger 27 12 7 8 40 31 13 6 5 2 25 15 14 6 2 6 15 16 9 43
6 Sandnes Ulf 27 13 4 10 49 47 14 5 3 6 29 28 13 8 1 4 20 19 2 43
7 Sogndal 27 11 7 9 51 49 14 8 1 5 28 19 13 3 6 4 23 30 2 40
8 Ranheim 27 11 7 9 43 45 14 6 4 4 27 24 13 5 3 5 16 21 -2 40
9 Mjøndalen 27 12 3 12 35 43 14 8 2 4 22 18 13 4 1 8 13 25 -8 39
10 Raufoss 27 9 8 10 33 45 13 5 4 4 14 19 14 4 4 6 19 26 -12 35
11 Åsane 27 8 8 11 39 58 14 6 2 6 21 29 13 2 6 5 18 29 -19 32
12 Fredrikstad 27 7 8 12 42 47 14 5 4 5 23 24 13 2 4 7 19 23 -5 29
13 Bryne 27 7 8 12 38 48 13 4 4 5 18 20 14 3 4 7 20 28 -10 29
14 Skeid 27 7 4 16 35 50 14 5 2 7 26 29 13 2 2 9 9 21 -15 25
15 Grorud 27 2 8 17 29 65 13 1 4 8 12 27 14 1 4 9 17 38 -36 14
16 Stjørdals-Blink 27 3 5 19 27 66 13 2 0 11 13 30 14 1 5 8 14 36 -39 14

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