Obos-Ligaen information and preview: Start small favoured to overcome Jerv

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Fri 23.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Obos-Ligaen: The mid-table positions illustrates the road Start and Jerv have been on uptil now. Both contenders are eager to play; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Start have the most scored goals (26) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Jerv have the most points from losing position (8) in Obos-Ligaen

Start's stadium, Sparebanken Sør Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Jerv have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Jerv when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses from 27 matches. They have scored {38 goals} in these games and conceded 61.

This could be an action-packed game with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Start form and stats

The story so far in the Obos-Ligaen for Start at their home stadium (Sparebanken Sør Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Start lost their last game at Fredrikstad (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Gjøvik-Lyn in the NM Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Start have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Both teams to score! That has been the case in 10 league games in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

Start are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sparebanken Sør Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Jerv form and stats

Playing away, Jerv have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Obos-Ligaen this season.

Jerv had fun at their own home (Sparebanken Sør Arena) last time out, beating Raufoss 1-0. Grønner scored.

A defeat, in the NM Cup away at Kjelsås, earlier.

Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 12 league games.

The visiting Jerv have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Jerv have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Start wins - draws - Jerv wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JervS. Robalo Pedro
S. Robalo Pedro
6 goals
StartA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
5 goals
StartL. Mares
L. Mares
4 goals

Start missing players

Jerv missing players

Start Jerv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 1 5 12
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
26 14 0 Scored S 1 7 18
21 9 0 Conceded C 2 7 17
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
92% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 83%
92% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 67%
75% 80% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
25% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
83% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 83%
17% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 17%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 8%
 
4.4 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.6 7.6
4.2 3.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 4.9
1.8 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 9.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.6 8.4
4.3 5.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.1
50% 54% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 37%
 
10.8 9.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.2 9.5
4.8 3.4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Start's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Jerv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jerv have the most points from losing position (8) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Jerv have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Start have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Start have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (26) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kongsvinger 12 8 0 4 20 13 6 5 0 1 13 4 6 3 0 3 7 9 7 24
2 Fredrikstad 12 5 7 0 12 6 6 3 3 0 7 3 6 2 4 0 5 3 6 22
3 Kristiansund 12 6 3 3 21 17 7 5 1 1 16 8 5 1 2 2 5 9 4 21
4 Sogndal 12 6 3 3 15 13 5 4 1 0 8 4 7 2 2 3 7 9 2 21
5 Ranheim 12 6 2 4 15 17 5 4 0 1 9 8 7 2 2 3 6 9 -2 20
6 KFUM 12 5 4 3 19 14 6 3 2 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 5 19
7 Jerv 12 5 3 4 18 17 7 3 2 2 11 10 5 2 1 2 7 7 1 18
8 Start 12 4 5 3 26 21 5 3 1 1 14 9 7 1 4 2 12 12 5 17
9 Moss 12 4 4 4 14 17 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 0 3 3 8 14 -3 16
10 Mjøndalen 12 4 3 5 15 16 7 1 3 3 7 9 5 3 0 2 8 7 -1 15
11 Hødd 12 3 5 4 15 14 6 1 4 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 10 9 1 14
12 Sandnes Ulf 12 3 4 5 17 16 7 2 2 3 11 10 5 1 2 2 6 6 1 13
13 Raufoss 12 2 4 6 10 12 5 1 3 1 6 3 7 1 1 5 4 9 -2 10
14 Bryne 12 2 4 6 11 18 7 2 3 2 7 7 5 0 1 4 4 11 -7 10
15 Skeid 12 2 4 6 15 27 6 1 2 3 6 13 6 1 2 3 9 14 -12 10
16 Åsane 12 1 5 6 13 18 5 0 2 3 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 8 -5 8

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.