Preview: Start expected to overcome Bryne at Sparebanken Sør Arena

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 08.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Boasting a 10 point advantage in the league standings, Start supporters long to see their side collect max points from this match versus Bryne.

Insights:
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

8 - 6 - 10 with 40-42. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Bryne when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Bryne play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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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Start form and stats

3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Obos-Ligaen numbers at home for Start so far this season.

The club members are hoping that Start will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Brann (placed 1st).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Fredrikstad.

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 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 1.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Start has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Start's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bryne form and stats

Bryne have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 2-1-6 (9 played).

Bryne are travelling again after losing away to Kongsvinger in their previous match (1-2). Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Grønli and that is impressive!

Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Brann.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bryne have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. In the opposite end, Bryne have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bryne - Start 2-0 was the scoreline in these squads' last head-to-head game, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding eight meetings): Start won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Bryne managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / two

Top Goalscorers

StartJ. Brunes
J. Brunes
12 goals
BryneA. Gunnes
A. Gunnes
5 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
3 goals

Start missing players

Bryne missing players

Start Bryne
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
7 3 2 Won W 0 2 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
6 3 0 Lost L 3 6 10
27 13 4 Scored S 3 11 19
18 11 2 Conceded C 6 15 28
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
61% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 61%
28% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
17% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
39% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 67%
33% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
39% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
5.9 6 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 5.7
4.6 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 7.6 5.9
1.5 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.4 14.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.4 10.7
5.3 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.1
28% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 26%
 
10.3 10.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12.2 10.2
3.5 3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Bryne's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bryne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bryne have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bryne haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Obos-Ligaen

  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 18 15 3 0 53 10 9 6 3 0 22 4 9 9 0 0 31 6 43 48
2 Sandnes Ulf 18 11 2 5 37 26 9 5 1 3 24 16 9 6 1 2 13 10 11 35
3 Stabæk 18 9 7 2 34 17 8 3 4 1 10 6 10 6 3 1 24 11 17 34
4 Ranheim 18 10 4 4 34 26 9 5 2 2 20 15 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 34
5 Raufoss 18 8 6 4 27 27 9 4 3 2 9 13 9 4 3 2 18 14 0 30
6 KFUM 18 8 5 5 33 29 9 3 3 3 14 15 9 5 2 2 19 14 4 29
7 Sogndal 18 8 5 5 33 33 9 6 1 2 19 11 9 2 4 3 14 22 0 29
8 Mjøndalen 18 8 3 7 22 26 10 5 2 3 14 12 8 3 1 4 8 14 -4 27
9 Start 18 7 5 6 27 18 9 3 3 3 13 11 9 4 2 3 14 7 9 26
10 Kongsvinger 18 6 5 7 24 24 9 5 3 1 20 11 9 1 2 6 4 13 0 23
11 Fredrikstad 18 5 6 7 24 27 9 3 3 3 13 15 9 2 3 4 11 12 -3 21
12 Åsane 18 4 7 7 23 39 9 3 2 4 12 21 9 1 5 3 11 18 -16 19
13 Bryne 18 4 4 10 19 28 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 2 1 6 11 15 -9 16
14 Skeid 18 3 1 14 21 38 10 3 1 6 17 19 8 0 0 8 4 19 -17 10
15 Stjørdals-Blink 18 2 3 13 16 38 9 1 0 8 6 18 9 1 3 5 10 20 -22 9
16 Grorud 18 0 6 12 19 40 8 0 2 6 7 18 10 0 4 6 12 22 -21 6

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.