Start vs KFUM: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Who will claim the points when KFUM visit Start? In this preview you'll get all the relevant information and statistics necessary to get smart.

Insights:
  • Start have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Obos-Ligaen
  • KFUM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Obos-Ligaen this season. Start have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Sparebanken Sør Arena.

In their previous game, the manager S. Tjelmeland led his Start to a defeat in the Obos-Ligaen match away at HamKam. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sparebanken Sør Arena.

Before that, Start drew at home versus Sogndal.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Start as they are travelling to their away game against Ullensaker / Kisa in the Obos-Ligaen. That match is four days after this one.

The Start fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Start with 17 goals conceded in these matches.

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KFUM form and stats

KFUM have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 1-4-3 (8 played).

It's the second away game in a row for KFUM, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Ullensaker / Kisa (placed 7th) in the Obos-Ligaen last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Isnes when D. Tavakoli scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when D. Tavakoli scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Ullensaker / Kisa.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sandnes Ulf.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fredrikstad in just four days.

KFUM have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by KFUM in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled previously this season: KFUM - Start 0-2. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Start victories, one draw and zero KFUM wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KFUMA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
7 goals
StartM. Ramsland
M. Ramsland
6 goals
StartE. Marković
E. Marković
5 goals

Start missing players

KFUM missing players

Start KFUM
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 1 8 16
5 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 4 6
7 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
28 14 1 Scored S 1 9 23
29 17 3 Conceded C 0 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 88%
62% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 44%
50% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
38% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
81% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 69%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 12% 12%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
5.5 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.4 6.9
7.1 6.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.9
1.8 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 0.9 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 13.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 18 10.4 11.1
4.6 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.5
38% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 41%
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Start's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • KFUM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Start have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Start have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start 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 HamKam 16 11 2 3 35 15 8 5 1 2 18 10 8 6 1 1 17 5 20 35
2 Jerv 16 9 4 3 28 26 8 4 3 1 13 11 8 5 1 2 15 15 2 31
3 Fredrikstad 16 8 5 3 34 22 8 5 2 1 20 9 8 3 3 2 14 13 12 29
4 Aalesund 16 8 5 3 26 19 8 5 3 0 18 8 8 3 2 3 8 11 7 29
5 Sogndal 16 7 4 5 25 18 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 25
6 Åsane 16 7 2 7 21 23 8 4 1 3 14 12 8 3 1 4 7 11 -2 23
7 Ullensaker / Kisa 16 6 4 6 22 22 8 3 2 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 12 14 0 22
8 KFUM 16 5 6 5 23 21 8 4 2 2 14 10 8 1 4 3 9 11 2 21
9 Ranheim 16 5 5 6 24 28 8 3 2 3 14 16 8 2 3 3 10 12 -4 20
10 Start 16 5 4 7 28 29 8 2 2 4 14 17 8 3 2 3 14 12 -1 19
11 Raufoss 16 5 3 8 27 29 8 4 0 4 16 13 8 1 3 4 11 16 -2 18
12 Bryne 16 5 3 8 23 26 8 3 3 2 12 9 8 2 0 6 11 17 -3 18
13 Sandnes Ulf 16 4 5 7 19 26 8 2 2 4 10 13 8 2 3 3 9 13 -7 17
14 Stjørdals-Blink 16 5 1 10 16 32 8 4 1 3 9 7 8 1 0 7 7 25 -16 16
15 Grorud 16 4 3 9 22 31 7 2 1 4 8 13 9 2 2 5 14 18 -9 15
16 Strømmen 16 2 8 6 12 18 8 2 4 2 6 7 8 0 4 4 6 11 -6 14

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.