Match Report
Odd went into the game 16th in the table on 23 points; Sarpsborg 08 sat 9th on 37 — a 14-point gap. Per game in the league, Odd were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.8, Sarpsborg 08 1.43 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Sarpsborg 08 in 5 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Odd had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Sarpsborg 08, 11.
25 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Odd 8, draws 10, Sarpsborg 08 7, at 2 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 32% of the meetings went over two goals. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.2 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2 all-time.
The venue was Skagerak Arena in Skien, with room for 13,500 spectators. The referee was R. Saggi, with 85 matches in our database and 2.0 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Odd led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.