A key match in Obos-Ligaen as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
KFUM could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Obos-Ligaen game only four sleeps ago.
Start form and stats
Start are steadily winning Obos-Ligaen games and points here. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
A good away victory last time out for Start, who won 2-0 against Notodden. Ahead of that match, Start won a home game hosting Ullensaker / Kisa (2-1).
The Start manager J. Hardarson has got the team scoring with 30 from 15 home games in the league. Start are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
KFUM form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
The KFUM goalkeeper Ali Ahamada is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 351 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
KFUM won their last game, 2-0 versus Kongsvinger played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Sogndal.
KFUM are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as KFUM have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Start - KFUM 0-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 1 - 0 (Start wins - draws - KFUM wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sigurdarson 13 goals |   L. Larsen 10 goals |  M. Ramsland 9 goals |
Start missing players
KFUM missing players
| Start | KFUM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 54 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 24 | 60 |
| 31 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 26 | 42 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 87% | 94% |
| 77% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 77% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 61% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 47% | 39% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 47% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 61% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 16% |
| 6.3 | 6.5 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 418 | 236 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 209 | 370 |
| 164 | 107 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 87 | 168 |
| 32% | 28% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 28% | 35% |
- KFUM has the most dropped points from leading position (22)
- KFUM has the most scored goals in the first half (33)
- Start has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Start have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Aalesund | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 42 | 79 |
| 2 | Sandefjord | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 23 | 65 |
| 3 | Start | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 62 |
| 4 | KFUM | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 48 |
| 5 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | Sogndal | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 45 |
| 7 | Nest-Sotra | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 39 |
| 8 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | HamKam | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Raufoss | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 47 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 38 |
| 12 | Jerv | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 33 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | -14 | 28 |
| 14 | Notodden | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Skeid | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 35 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Tromsdalen | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 36 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 39 | -43 | 13 |