Football betting preview: Stjørdals-Blink with moderate expectations before welcoming Stabæk

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Competition: Norway Obos-Ligaen
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MUS Stadion Sandskogan

Stjørdals-Blink will hope that their home support is enough to get a good result from this gruelling dispute, versus dynamic Stabæk.

Insights:
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the fewest scored goals (18) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stabæk have the most clean sheets (5) away in Obos-Ligaen

It should be mentioned that Stabæk play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Stabæk on artifical turf are 11 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 49-59. You can compare this with overall results below.

This could be an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Stjørdals-Blink form and stats

Stjørdals-Blink's results here at MUS Stadion Sandskogan in the Obos-Ligaen have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 8 defeats.

The home team returns to MUS Stadion Sandskogan after drawing with Raufoss (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Tøsse was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Raufoss after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that, Stjørdals-Blink had a home game versus Grorud which ended with a victory 1-0.

Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this side has contained three or more goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Stjørdals-Blink here at MUS Stadion Sandskogan in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). When Stjørdals-Blink hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Åsane, Bryne, Grorud, Fredrikstad and Skeid), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Stabæk form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Obos-Ligaen.

Stabæk's previous game was their home loss versus Brann (1-2).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Fredrikstad.

The Stabæk manager Kjönö has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. Stabæk have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head match ended Stabæk - Stjørdals-Blink 4-2, earlier this season. Orban likes to face Stjørdals-Blink and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

StabækG. Orban
G. Orban
9 goals
Stjørdals-BlinkS. Stokke
S. Stokke
6 goals
StabækH. Geelmuyden
H. Geelmuyden
6 goals

Stjørdals-Blink missing players

Stabæk missing players

Stjørdals-Blink Stabæk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 10 19
2 1 0 Won W 3 6 9
4 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 8 4 Lost L 0 1 3
18 6 3 Scored S 11 24 35
40 18 8 Conceded C 4 11 19
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 79%
84% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 63%
74% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 47%
37% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 60% 42%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 26%
68% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 47%
26% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 26%
 
5.9 6.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 5.4
6.3 6.6 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.7 3.9
1.3 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.1
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 8.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 13.1 12.9
3.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5.6 5.1
25% 21% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 43% 36%
 
12.4 11.4 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.4 9.8
5.5 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.4
Key stats in Obos-Ligaen this season:
  • Stabæk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stabæk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Stabæk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Stjørdals-Blink have scored home.
  • Stabæk have the most clean sheets (5) away in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the fewest scored goals (18) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Obos-Ligaen
  • Stjørdals-Blink 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 Brann 19 16 3 0 55 11 9 6 3 0 22 4 10 10 0 0 33 7 44 51
2 Sandnes Ulf 18 11 2 5 37 26 9 5 1 3 24 16 9 6 1 2 13 10 11 35
3 Stabæk 19 9 7 3 35 19 9 3 4 2 11 8 10 6 3 1 24 11 16 34
4 Ranheim 18 10 4 4 34 26 9 5 2 2 20 15 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 34
5 KFUM 19 9 5 5 35 30 9 3 3 3 14 15 10 6 2 2 21 15 5 32
6 Raufoss 19 8 7 4 29 29 10 4 4 2 11 15 9 4 3 2 18 14 0 31
7 Sogndal 19 8 5 6 34 35 10 6 1 3 20 13 9 2 4 3 14 22 -1 29
8 Mjøndalen 18 8 3 7 22 26 10 5 2 3 14 12 8 3 1 4 8 14 -4 27
9 Start 18 7 5 6 27 18 9 3 3 3 13 11 9 4 2 3 14 7 9 26
10 Kongsvinger 18 6 5 7 24 24 9 5 3 1 20 11 9 1 2 6 4 13 0 23
11 Fredrikstad 18 5 6 7 24 27 9 3 3 3 13 15 9 2 3 4 11 12 -3 21
12 Åsane 18 4 7 7 23 39 9 3 2 4 12 21 9 1 5 3 11 18 -16 19
13 Bryne 18 4 4 10 19 28 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 2 1 6 11 15 -9 16
14 Skeid 18 3 1 14 21 38 10 3 1 6 17 19 8 0 0 8 4 19 -17 10
15 Stjørdals-Blink 19 2 4 13 18 40 9 1 0 8 6 18 10 1 4 5 12 22 -22 10
16 Grorud 18 0 6 12 19 40 8 0 2 6 7 18 10 0 4 6 12 22 -21 6

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.