Start supporters put their faith in manager Tjelmeland to deliver victory against Moss

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Things are looking good for Start at this point, with their 4th position in the Obos-Ligaen table and welcoming Moss (who are sitting at 10th).

Insights:
  • Start have the most scored goals (43) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Moss have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Obos-Ligaen

This football stadium has artifical turf, unlike Moss's home arena. The last 21 games by the guests on artifical turf have generated 7 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses.

This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Start form and stats

Start have performed here at Sparebanken Sør Arena this season with 8 wins from 11 Obos-Ligaen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Start are returning here after visiting Jerv and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Sakor scored the goal(s).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fredrikstad that ended 2-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Start matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 8 games).

Scoring bonanza? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 17 of the 22 latest league games with this team has seen three goals or more.

The Start manager Tjelmeland has got the team scoring with 27 from 11 home games in the league. On the other hand, Start have conceded 12 goals.

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Moss form and stats

Moss have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 1-5-5 (11 played).

Braga, Pedersen and Andersen scored in Moss's previous match, the home game against Skeid that ended 3-0. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without winning.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Raufoss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Moss when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Moss find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the result Moss - Start 0-0 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Start wins - draws - Moss wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MossC. Soares Braga
C. Soares Braga
9 goals
MossS. Pedersen
S. Pedersen
7 goals
StartL. Mares
L. Mares
6 goals

Start missing players

Moss missing players

Start Moss
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
10 8 2 Won W 0 1 8
8 2 0 Drew D 1 5 6
5 1 1 Lost L 2 5 9
43 27 5 Scored S 4 13 28
29 12 4 Conceded C 9 22 32
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 74%
74% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 52%
43% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 22%
13% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 18% 13%
65% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 91% 61%
35% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 22%
 
4.4 5.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.1 5.3
4.4 3.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.3 4.7
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10 11.5 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 11.2 11.5
4.4 5.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.7 4.8
42% 47% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 25%
 
9.8 8.2 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.7 10.2
3.7 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • All of Moss's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Moss have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Moss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Moss have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Obos-Ligaen
  • Moss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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.
  • Start have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Moss have scored away.
  • Start have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Start have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (27) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals (43) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Start have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • 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 Fredrikstad 23 13 9 1 34 16 12 8 4 0 21 7 11 5 5 1 13 9 18 48
2 KFUM 23 12 5 6 42 30 11 7 2 2 24 12 12 5 3 4 18 18 12 41
3 Kongsvinger 23 12 4 7 39 29 12 7 2 3 22 13 11 5 2 4 17 16 10 40
4 Start 23 10 8 5 43 29 11 8 2 1 27 12 12 2 6 4 16 17 14 38
5 Kristiansund 22 9 7 6 38 30 12 7 3 2 24 11 10 2 4 4 14 19 8 34
6 Sogndal 22 10 4 8 33 30 10 6 2 2 19 11 12 4 2 6 14 19 3 34
7 Ranheim 23 10 3 10 28 41 11 5 1 5 17 25 12 5 2 5 11 16 -13 33
8 Raufoss 23 9 5 9 32 29 11 5 4 2 18 10 12 4 1 7 14 19 3 32
9 Bryne 23 9 4 10 32 31 12 7 3 2 20 10 11 2 1 8 12 21 1 31
10 Moss 23 8 6 9 28 32 12 7 1 4 15 10 11 1 5 5 13 22 -4 30
11 Sandnes Ulf 22 8 5 9 34 29 12 4 3 5 19 17 10 4 2 4 15 12 5 29
12 Åsane 23 6 8 9 32 34 11 4 4 3 18 16 12 2 4 6 14 18 -2 26
13 Mjøndalen 23 7 5 11 31 36 12 3 4 5 17 16 11 4 1 6 14 20 -5 26
14 Jerv 23 7 5 11 34 47 12 4 3 5 17 20 11 3 2 6 17 27 -13 26
15 Hødd 22 6 5 11 21 28 10 3 4 3 9 8 12 3 1 8 12 20 -7 23
16 Skeid 23 2 5 16 20 50 11 1 2 8 11 25 12 1 3 8 9 25 -30 11

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.