📊 Form Guide

Strømsgodset IF

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Strømsgodset IF, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Eliteserien triumph over Hamarkameratene.

In that game, Strømsgodset IF had 46% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Strømsgodset IF was Jesper Taaje (43'). Hamarkameratene had 22 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

In their last six games, Jørgen Isnes's Strømsgodset IF have hit the target a combined total of 11 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.83.

A look at their previous results shows us that Strømsgodset IF:

• have not been beaten in the league by Kristiansund in their previous 2 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Kristiansund

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Kristiansund will go into this meeting following on from a 1-0 Eliteserien win vs Tromsø IL in their last match.

In that match, Kristiansund managed 46% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for Kristiansund was Pape Habib Guèye (44'). For their opponents, Tromso got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the prior six games involving Kristiansund, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that period comes out as a mere 2.33, with the number of goals averaged by KBK standing at 1.17. Such a trend isn’t assured to follow through into this game, though.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 05/07/2020 shows that Strømsgodset IF have won 2 of these games & Kristiansund 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 11 for Godset and 8 coming from KBK. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league game between the two was Eliteserien match day 23 on 18/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Strømsgodset IF 4-1 Kristiansund.

On that occasion, Strømsgodset IF managed 58% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Johan Hove (14', 67'), Gustav Valsvik (45') and Fred Friday (77').

For their opponents, Kristiansund got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Faris Moumbagna (85') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Svein Oddvar Moen.

🗞️ Team News: Strømsgodset IF

The Strømsgodset IF boss Jørgen Isnes does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

It seems likely that Godset will possibly use a 3-4-2-1 system in the match, utilising P. K. Braatveit, Jesper Taaje, Gustav Valsvik, F. Kristensen Dahl, L. Vilsvik, Logi Tomasson, Hermann Stengel, Kreshnik Krasniqi, Marko Lawk Farji, E. Ulland Andersen and Elias Hoff Melkersen.

ℹ️ Team News: Kristiansund

Owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Kristiansund manager Amund Skiri has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

We believe KBK appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Michael Lansing, Haakon Sjaatil, M. Berntsen Olsen, Dan Peter Ulvestad, Mikkel Rakneberg, R. Kristensen Alte, Sebastian Jarl, B. Darri Willumsson, O. Siira Sivertsen, Hilmir Mikaelsson and Pape Habib Gueye.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Kristiansund have it in them to put a goal past this Strømsgodset IF lineup, although it may not be enough to prevent defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Strømsgodset IF when all is said and done. Expecting it to be very competitive.

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

Renata Leite, 14:05 28/04/2024