Top-ranking Sandnes Ulf land at Start after their 3-2-result vs Ranheim. Get out our full preview!
- Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Obos-Ligaen
- Sandnes Ulf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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.
Start form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Start have to build on here at Sparebanken Sør Arena in the Obos-Ligaen.
A good away victory last time out for Start, who won 1-0 against KFUM (placed 6th).
Ahead of that match, Start lost 0-2 at home to Brann.One betting fact: This team have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.
A decent goal production from Start in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Sandnes Ulf form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Obos-Ligaen.
Sandnes go into this game after a win, the home game against Ranheim that ended 3-2.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Grorud.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sandnes Ulf playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sandnes Ulf have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Sandnes have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Start victories, two draws and three Sandnes Ulf wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Brunes 11 goals |   M. Ramsland 6 goals |  J. Ekeland 5 goals |
Start missing players
Sandnes Ulf missing players
| Start | Sandnes Ulf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 86% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 43% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 29% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.1 | 14.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
- Sandnes Ulf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Obos-Ligaen
- Sandnes Ulf have the most points from losing position (10) in Obos-Ligaen
- Sandnes Ulf have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sandnes Ulf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 36 |
| 2 | Stabæk | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Sandnes Ulf | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | KFUM | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Mjøndalen | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Start | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | Raufoss | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Fredrikstad | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Kongsvinger | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Åsane | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 13 | Bryne | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Grorud | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -15 | 6 |
| 15 | Skeid | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 6 |
| 16 | Stjørdals-Blink | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 6 |
