Vålerenga vs Aalesunds FK Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Vålerenga

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Vålerenga enter this fixture after a 1-1 Eliteserien drawn game against Viking FK.

In that match, Vålerenga had 33% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Vålerenga, the goals were scored by Eneo Bitri (63' Own goal) and Christian Borchgrevink (87'). At the other end, Viking got 14 shots at goal with 3 on target.

It’s not been often in recent games where Vålerenga haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Vålerenga have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals along the way.

Their previous form shows that Vålerenga:

• have not been beaten in the league by Aalesunds FK in their previous 7 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 7 league games. That's never good.

Aalesunds FK

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In their last game, Aalesunds FK drew 1-1 in the Eliteserien match with Lillestrøm SK.

In that game, Aalesunds FK managed 46% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Aalesunds FK was Bjørn Martin Kristensen (64'). Lillestrøm had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Thomas Lehne Olsen (12') scored for Lillestrøm SK.

It is worth noting that Aalesunds FK have struggled for goals over their last 6 clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Tangotrøyene have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 15. Such a trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, of course.

Their previous form shows that Aalesunds FK:

• have not registered a win against Vålerenga when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 12 matches in the league. A poor run.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/10/2017 tells us that Vålerenga have won 3 of these and Aalesunds FK 0, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 15 for Enga and 6 for Tangotrøyene. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

📰 Team News: Vålerenga

There’s just a single fitness concern for the Vålerenga boss Geir Bakke to contend with from an otherwise complete squad. Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out. Fredrik Oldrup Jensen is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

In our view, Enga could use a 3-5-2 formation for this one, utilising Jacob Storevik, Fredrik Jensen, Stefan Strandberg, Eneo Bitri, Magnus Riisnaes, Henrik Björdal, E. K. Hagen, Vitinho, Petter Strand, Mohamed Ofkir and Andrej Ilic.

📋 Team News: Aalesunds FK

Thanks to a largely available squad, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Aalesunds FK manager Christian Johnsen to be concerned with. Alexander Ammitzbøll (Cruciate Ligament Injury) misses out for this game.

From our viewpoint, Tangotrøyene appear most likely to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Sten Grytebust, Erik Ansok Frøysa, David Fällman, Simen Vatne Haram, John Kitolano, Hakon Hammer, Henrik Melland, Markus Karlsbakk, B. Martin Kristensen, Martin Ramsland and K. Odemarksbakken.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Aalesunds FK have the ability to find the back of the net against this Vålerenga team, however that might not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a 2-1 win for Vålerenga by the conclusion of the game. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 08:04 13/09/2023