ODD Grenland vs FK Haugesund Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

ODD Grenland

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ODD Grenland will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-0 Eliteserien defeat last time out to Molde FK.

In that game, ODD Grenland had 30% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Molde FK got 27 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Magnus Wolff Eikrem (15'), Sivert Mannsverk (34') and Magnus Grødem (63') scored for Molde FK.

It’s been seldom in recent times where ODD Grenland have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that ODD Grenland have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals on the way. That sort of trend might not be carried forward into this match, however.

Going into this contest, ODD Grenland haven't been beaten in the league by FK Haugesund in their previous 4 games.

FK Haugesund

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FK Haugesund will go into the encounter following a 2-0 Eliteserien win with the downing of Kristiansund in their last fixture.

In that match, FK Haugesund had 38% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For FK Haugesund, the scorers were Alexander Søderlund (2') and Alioune Ndour (48'). On the other side, Kristiansund had 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and FK Haugesund have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in all. Defensively, FK Haugesund have some weaknesses to address.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that FK Haugesund:

• have not emerged victorious against ODD Grenland in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 9 league matches. A poor run.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head meetings going back to 23/06/2019 tells us that ODD Grenland have won 3 of these and FK Haugesund 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 in total which averages out at 4.5 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Eliteserien match day 20 on 26/09/2021 and the score finished FK Haugesund 1-3 ODD Grenland.

In that match, FK Haugesund had 60% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Martin Samuelsen (33').

At the other end, ODD Grenland got 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. Joshua Kitolano (7'), Espen Ruud (56') and Sander Svendsen (71') scored.

The match was refereed by Christian Moen.

📋 Team News: ODD Grenland

The ODD Grenland boss Pål Arne Johansen has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a completely injury-free group available for selection.

📰 Team News: FK Haugesund

Owing to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the FK Haugesund boss Jostein Grindhaug has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FK Haugesund may not find it easy to break down this ODD Grenland side who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore expecting a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for ODD Grenland when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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Renata Leite, 23:55 11/05/2022