Soccer match preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Start take on Grorud

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Mon 29.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Enjoying a 23 point lead in the league table, Start regulars crave to see their team get max points from this game against Grorud.

Insights:
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Obos-Ligaen

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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Start form and stats

All-inclusive Obos-Ligaen statistics at home this season for Start are 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sparebanken Sør Arena.

In their previous game, the manager Tjelmeland led his Start to a defeat away at Stabæk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sparebanken Sør Arena. As you see from the result above, Start suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that, Start played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Kongsvinger.

It should be added that a peek at the 13 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Start have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparebanken Sør Arena with 19 goals in 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Grorud form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grorud so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-7 (win-draw-lose). Grorud are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run.

Grorud's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Skeid that finished 1-1.

Prior to that match, the Grorud manager Nilsen faced defeat when travelling to Bryne and losing 1-2.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 16 of this club's latest 21 league fixtures.

The visiting Grorud have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. For Grorud, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Grorud - Start 0-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Start victories, zero draws and zero Grorud wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Schulze with 3 goals scored against Grorud in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

StartJ. Brunes
J. Brunes
12 goals
GrorudK. Mankowitz
K. Mankowitz
6 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
5 goals

Start missing players

Grorud missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Grorud
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 11 21
8 4 3 Won W 0 0 0
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
7 3 0 Lost L 2 7 14
35 19 11 Scored S 5 13 22
25 11 3 Conceded C 10 24 45
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 90%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 71%
38% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 55% 48%
24% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 10%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 76%
33% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 24%
 
5.5 5.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.4
4.8 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 7.2 6.3
1.4 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13 14.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 9.3
5.2 5.7 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4
32% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 27%
 
10.4 9.9 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.5 13.4
3.6 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.9 5.8
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Grorud have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grorud have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Grorud have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grorud have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Grorud have yet to win a game.
  • Grorud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) 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 21 18 3 0 62 11 10 7 3 0 25 4 11 11 0 0 37 7 51 57
2 Stabæk 22 11 7 4 43 22 10 4 4 2 16 8 12 7 3 2 27 14 21 40
3 Ranheim 21 11 6 4 38 29 11 6 3 2 23 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 9 39
4 KFUM 21 11 5 5 40 33 11 5 3 3 19 18 10 6 2 2 21 15 7 38
5 Sandnes Ulf 21 11 4 6 39 29 11 5 3 3 24 16 10 6 1 3 15 13 10 37
6 Sogndal 22 9 5 8 40 44 11 6 1 4 20 17 11 3 4 4 20 27 -4 32
7 Raufoss 21 8 7 6 29 33 11 4 4 3 11 16 10 4 3 3 18 17 -4 31
8 Start 21 8 6 7 35 25 10 4 3 3 19 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 10 30
9 Kongsvinger 22 8 6 8 29 28 11 5 4 2 22 14 11 3 2 6 7 14 1 30
10 Åsane 22 7 7 8 34 47 11 5 2 4 19 25 11 2 5 4 15 22 -13 28
11 Mjøndalen 21 8 3 10 24 35 11 5 2 4 14 16 10 3 1 6 10 19 -11 27
12 Fredrikstad 22 6 7 9 34 36 11 4 4 3 19 18 11 2 3 6 15 18 -2 25
13 Bryne 21 5 5 11 22 36 10 3 3 4 10 14 11 2 2 7 12 22 -14 20
14 Skeid 21 4 3 14 24 39 11 4 1 6 19 19 10 0 2 8 5 20 -15 15
15 Stjørdals-Blink 22 3 5 14 23 46 11 2 0 9 11 24 11 1 5 5 12 22 -23 14
16 Grorud 21 0 7 14 22 45 10 0 3 7 9 21 11 0 4 7 13 24 -23 7

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 21 18 3 0 62 11 10 7 3 0 25 4 11 11 0 0 37 7 51 57
2 Stabæk 22 11 7 4 43 22 10 4 4 2 16 8 12 7 3 2 27 14 21 40
3 Ranheim 21 11 6 4 38 29 11 6 3 2 23 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 9 39
4 KFUM 21 11 5 5 40 33 11 5 3 3 19 18 10 6 2 2 21 15 7 38
5 Sandnes Ulf 21 11 4 6 39 29 11 5 3 3 24 16 10 6 1 3 15 13 10 37
6 Sogndal 22 9 5 8 40 44 11 6 1 4 20 17 11 3 4 4 20 27 -4 32
7 Raufoss 21 8 7 6 29 33 11 4 4 3 11 16 10 4 3 3 18 17 -4 31
8 Start 21 8 6 7 35 25 10 4 3 3 19 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 10 30
9 Kongsvinger 22 8 6 8 29 28 11 5 4 2 22 14 11 3 2 6 7 14 1 30
10 Åsane 22 7 7 8 34 47 11 5 2 4 19 25 11 2 5 4 15 22 -13 28
11 Mjøndalen 21 8 3 10 24 35 11 5 2 4 14 16 10 3 1 6 10 19 -11 27
12 Fredrikstad 22 6 7 9 34 36 11 4 4 3 19 18 11 2 3 6 15 18 -2 25
13 Bryne 21 5 5 11 22 36 10 3 3 4 10 14 11 2 2 7 12 22 -14 20
14 Skeid 21 4 3 14 24 39 11 4 1 6 19 19 10 0 2 8 5 20 -15 15
15 Stjørdals-Blink 22 3 5 14 23 46 11 2 0 9 11 24 11 1 5 5 12 22 -23 14
16 Grorud 21 0 7 14 22 45 10 0 3 7 9 21 11 0 4 7 13 24 -23 7

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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.