📏 Form Guide

Lillestrøm SK

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Lillestrøm SK will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Eliteserien defeat last time out to Sandefjord.

In that match, Lillestrøm SK had 53% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Sandefjord had 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Alexander Ruud Tveter (43') was the scorer for Sandefjord.

Fixtures featuring Lillestrøm SK have tended to be entertaining encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of them coming from Lillestrøm SK.

Kristiansund

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Kristiansund go into this clash after a 0-2 Eliteserien play-offs win in the defeat of Vålerenga in their most recent game.

In that game, Kristiansund managed 52% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Kristiansund was Mikkel Rakneberg (76'). On the other side, Valerenga got 20 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The game was won 5-4 by Kristiansund on penalties.

Illustrating their involvement in fruitful matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the previous 6 games in which Kristiansund have played, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per meeting. Their opponents have managed 7 of this grand total. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 05/07/2019 shows that Lillestrøm SK have won 1 of them & Kristiansund 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A sum of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Kanarifuglene and 9 netted by KBK. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Eliteserien match day 20 on 28/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Lillestrøm SK 1-1 Kristiansund.

That time, Lillestrøm SK had 64% possession and 21 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson (23').

Kristiansund got 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Max Williamsen (54') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Svein Oddvar Moen.

📋 Team News: Lillestrøm SK

Erling Knudtzon (Head injury) and Lars Ranger (Cruciate ligament surgery) will not be able to play for Lillestrøm SK manager Andreas Georgson.

📋 Team News: Kristiansund

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Kristiansund boss Amund Skiri to contend with. Marius Weidel (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Lillestrøm SK should get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against Kristiansund, who might well find it difficult to find the back of the net.

Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 2-0 winning score for Lillestrøm SK at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 14:02 01/04/2024