Sandefjord vs Vålerenga Prediction & Betting Tips

The Eliteserien tie at Sandefjord Arena on Sunday sees home side Sandefjord doing battle with Vålerenga.

All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Sandefjord v Vålerenga are shown below - along with the latest match odds.

📏 Form Guide

Sandefjord

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Sandefjord will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 Eliteserien loss in their previous game against Bodo Glimt.

The only player to score from Sandefjord was Lars Markmanrud (39'). Sondre Fet (1') and Ulrik Saltnes (29') scored for Bodo Glimt.

Martí Cifuentes's Sandefjord have hit the target 5 times over their last 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures amounts to 6.

Vålerenga

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Vålerenga will go into this match following a 4-1 Eliteserien win as they beat Mjøndalen in their last match.

For Vålerenga, the goals were scored by Bård Finne (45', 75'), Jonatan Tollås Nation (61' Own goal) and Henrik Bjørdal (67', 68').

Showing their fondness for action-packed encounters, goals have been scored 22 times in the previous six games in which Vålerenga have played, yielding a mean average of 3.67 goals each fixture. Their opponents have got 8 of this grand total. That sort of trend might not be carried forward here, however.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 11/07/2015 shows that Sandefjord have won 2 of them and Vålerenga 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A total of 15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Guttane and 8 netted by Enga. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

📋 Team News: Sandefjord

Sandefjord manager Martí Cifuentes does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Vålerenga

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, Vålerenga manager Dag-Eilev Fagermo has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Sandefjord will have to work hard as a team to get anything against this Vålerenga team who will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’ve gone for a very competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Vålerenga at the conclusion of the game.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Peter Guest, 23:34 13/10/2020