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

Obos-Ligaen: What this fixture might lack in glamour it should compensate in energy and attitude. Get set for Start - Stjørdals-Blink!

Insights:
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's look for an animated match!

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Start form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Obos-Ligaen numbers at home for Start so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Start, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

A good away victory last time out for Start, who won 5-3 against Sandnes Ulf (placed 5th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Grorud.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 15 latest league matches reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Goals decide football matches and Start are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Stjørdals-Blink form and stats

There's been little loot from Stjørdals-Blink's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Obos-Ligaen. Stjørdals-Blink only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. Stjørdals-Blink has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Kongsvinger with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Åsane.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this team's 17 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Stjørdals-Blink are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants met previously this season; Stjørdals-Blink - Start 0-3. Head to head totals (for the last three meetings): Start won two games, one match ended with a tie and Stjørdals-Blink got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero One of the players to grab the headlines has been Sjokvist with 3 goals scored against Stjørdals-Blink in these 3 matches.

Top Goalscorers

StartJ. Brunes
J. Brunes
12 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
7 goals
Stjørdals-BlinkS. Stokke
S. Stokke
6 goals

Start missing players

Stjørdals-Blink missing players

Start Stjørdals-Blink
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
10 5 4 Won W 0 1 3
6 3 0 Drew D 1 5 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 5 15
45 24 15 Scored S 3 12 24
28 11 2 Conceded C 9 22 50
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
70% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
57% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 74%
43% 45% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 43%
30% 36% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 22%
39% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 70%
35% 36% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 13%
35% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 26%
 
5.4 5.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.6
4.8 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.4 6.1
1.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
13.2 14.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 9.1
5.6 6.3 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.7
35% 35% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 28%
 
10.4 10 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 13.1 12.7
3.8 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 6.1 5.7
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Start have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Start have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 23 20 3 0 69 11 11 8 3 0 30 4 12 12 0 0 39 7 58 63
2 KFUM 23 13 5 5 48 34 12 6 3 3 22 18 11 7 2 2 26 16 14 44
3 Stabæk 23 11 8 4 45 24 11 4 5 2 18 10 12 7 3 2 27 14 21 41
4 Ranheim 23 11 6 6 39 36 11 6 3 2 23 17 12 5 3 4 16 19 3 39
5 Sandnes Ulf 23 11 4 8 43 38 12 5 3 4 27 21 11 6 1 4 16 17 5 37
6 Start 23 10 6 7 45 28 11 5 3 3 24 11 12 5 3 4 21 17 17 36
7 Raufoss 23 9 7 7 31 39 12 5 4 3 13 17 11 4 3 4 18 22 -8 34
8 Kongsvinger 23 9 6 8 33 29 11 5 4 2 22 14 12 4 2 6 11 15 4 33
9 Sogndal 23 9 5 9 40 45 12 6 1 5 20 18 11 3 4 4 20 27 -5 32
10 Mjøndalen 23 9 3 11 28 39 12 6 2 4 18 17 11 3 1 7 10 22 -11 30
11 Åsane 23 7 7 9 34 49 12 5 2 5 19 27 11 2 5 4 15 22 -15 28
12 Fredrikstad 23 6 7 10 35 38 11 4 4 3 19 18 12 2 3 7 16 20 -3 25
13 Bryne 23 6 6 11 29 38 11 4 3 4 15 14 12 2 3 7 14 24 -9 24
14 Skeid 23 5 3 15 26 44 12 4 1 7 20 24 11 1 2 8 6 20 -18 18
15 Stjørdals-Blink 23 3 5 15 24 50 12 2 0 10 12 28 11 1 5 5 12 22 -26 14
16 Grorud 23 1 7 15 24 51 11 1 3 7 11 22 12 0 4 8 13 29 -27 10

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.