12-14.april: Norway, Tippeligaen

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Saturday 12.april 19:00 Rosenborg 1.60 X 3.75 Fredrikstad FK 5.25
Rosenborg lost to Strømsgodset in last game, but played pretty well. Created some good chances but still does some very easy mistakes in the defence. So the defenders still need some time to get to know each other. Rosenborg has now scored in the last 43 Tippeliga games played.
Rosenborg will miss S.Iversen (A 1game) with injury. M.Sapara (M) is doubtful here. A.Tettey was back from injury in the game against Strømsgodset. K.Stadsgaard(D) might get his first game here, after he came from ffice:smarttags" />Italy.

Fredrikstad played a good game against Molde and has played well the first two rounds. There were many chances both ways in the game against Molde, and the winning goal came just after Fredrikstad got a red card. Lost to Brann in first away game, but played very good there and could have taken all the points with a little more luck. Won only 1 game away last year, and is looking forward to do better this season.
Fredrikstad will miss A.Barsom(M 2games) with suspension after a red card. I.Fofana(A) got a injury on training all will be out for 3 weeks.

Rosenborg are favorites, but over looks like a better choice here.

Sunday 13.april 18:00 Bodø/Glimt 3.25 X 3.50 Stabaek IF 2.05
Bodø/Glimt won their first home game, a little lucky win against HamKam. Didn’t have much to do against Lyn in last game and the loss was well deserved. They were lucky they just conceded 3 goals in that game. So the defence gets problems as expected with players that has great pace.
J.D.Sørensen(A) is out with injury.

Stabæk got only 1 point away against Molde, a game they should forget as soon as possible. Didn’t play well there and should be happy they got a point. Played much better against Lillestrøm and the win was well deserved. Alanzinho, Nannskog and J.Andersson was excellent in that game, and showed some of the great form they had last year.
H.Hauger(M) and M.Kjølø(D 1game) are injured. S.Tchoyi(M 1game) was not very good in the first round and was on the bench against Lillestrøm. His replacement J.Andersson did a great job and scored two goals.

I see Stabæk as favorites here and they should be good enough to win here.

Sunday 13.april 18:00 Lyn Oslo 1.70 X 3.55 HamKam 4.75
Lyn has played two good games so far, but has only 3 points. Were close to grab points against Rosenborg in the first round and could have easily scored more then 3 goals against Bodø/Glimt last weekend. They have many talented and young players in Lyn, who has started the season great.
Lyn has will only miss Jimmy Tamandi(D), who might miss the hole season with injury.

HamKam has played two good games so far. Were close to get points against Bodø in their first away game, and took a great win against Viking last weekend. The gras on the home pitch ain’t great for HamKam and they have some benefit with that. They will not get that benefit here as Ullevål looked very good the last weekend.
HamKam will miss K.H.Haraldsen(D), Håkan Malmström(D), Tom Kristoffersen(D), Steve Cooreman(D) and Pål Strand(M) with injury. All defenders that played against Viking are ready here.

I think both teams are capable to score here and over looks like a good bet.

Sunday 13.april 18:00 Molde FK 2.80 X 3.45 Tromsø 2.30
Molde has played two good games, but has only 1 point so far. They are fighting well and will give everything in every game, so they can avoid relegation. They were close to get all 3 points against Stabæk, but ended up with only 1 in the end. Against Fredrikstad they had a draw, with one man more, but a mistake by the goalkeeper gave them none points.
Molde will miss Christian Steen(D) and Valter Tomaz jr(D) with injury. M.Andreasson(D 1game might miss this game.

Tromsø has 4 points after 2 rounds, after playing against 2 of the best teams. Very strong start this season and this should be the easiest game so far. They are normally not very good away, but played great against Lillestrøm in the first round. Will try to play a little more offensive then they have done the last seasons, and created some very good chances against LSK.
Tromsø will miss Knut Borch(GK) and Morten Moldskred(A) with injury.

Tromsø are small favourites, but this is a game to avoid.

Sunday 13.april 18:00 Viking 1.50 X 4.25 Aalesund 5.50
Viking will be looking forward to bounce straight back after the loss against HamKam. The game was played on an awful pitch, and forced Viking to change the style on how the play football. Back on the home stadium, they will try to get an early goal and score at least some more then they did against Strømsgodset. They were close in the end to loose some points against Strømsgodset and will try to keep focus for a longer time now.
Viking will miss P.Abelsson(D), M.Ross(D 1game) and T.Myhre(GK) with injury.

Aalesund took a well deserved win against Brann, and they were much better then last season winners. They have played well in the 2 first rounds, and the confident will be high after the great win last weekend. They have the potential to score in every game, and with T.H.Aarøy back from injury, they look stronger up front.
No injury problems.

Think we will se a good game here, with many chances and hopefully some goals, so over3 for me here.

Sunday 13.april 20:00 Lillestrøm 2.30 X 3.25 Vålerenga 2.95
Big derby game here. Lillestrøm has only 1 point and has disappointed big so far this season. Was lucky to get 1 point against Tromsø and were far from getting points against Stabæk. The players look tired in the games, and something has to be done quickly.
K.Mouelhi(M 2games) is suspended after red card. Lillestrøm will miss Marius Johnsen(D), Espen Søgård(M) and Markus Kiesenebner(M) for a long time with injury. Bjørn Helge Riise(M) felt good on today’s training and should be ready for this game.

Vålerenga has 3 points so far after a win against Aalesund. Didn’t play to good there, but it was ok that they won in the end. Against Tromsø they lost, and didn’t create much there, so the loss was well deserved. They will still need some time before all the players are familiar with the new formation and their new friends, before we will see them playing their best football.
Vålerenga will miss R.Lange(A), J.Jalland(M) and M.Fellah(A) with injury. G.Roberts(A) has gone on loan to Nybergsund.

Two teams that haven’t played too well so far and it’s a no bet for me.

Monday 14.april 19:00 Brann 1.55 X 3.90 Strømsgodset 5.50
Brann haven’t played well so far. They won a little lucky win against Fredrikstad in the first round, while against Aalesund they were just really bad. They were complaining a little on the artificial grass Aalesund has, but has to get familiar with that, since many clubs are switching over to the same kind.
Brann will miss K.Sigurdsson(D 2games) with suspension after his red card against Aalesund. Captain E.Bakke(M 2games) is doubtful after he went out early with injury against Aalesund. Also H.Opdahl(GK 2games) has some problems, he haven’t been on training this week after his knees makes some problems and are doubtful here. T.Jaiteh(M) is back in training again.

Strømsgodset have played 2 good games so far. Were close to get points against Viking in their first away game, and took a strong win against Rosenborg. Especially the new attacker D.Nielsen did a great job there, when he scored two goals in his debut. This hard working team will get many points this season and should be able to avoid the relegation battle.
T.Sørum(A 1game) missed the last game and he is doubtful here.

So far Strømsgodset has played best, while Brann has been equal to goals, so over looks like a good bet, too a low odds.

[slobic]

Excelent work as always

[jonjev]

great job..

[Kjers]

Rosenborg - Fredrikstad X2 (2.25 @ Expekt)

Based on the performance for both teams the first two matches I believe Fredrikstad offer a bit of value here. Sapara and Iversen are important players for RBK, which were visible in their loss against Strømsgodset last round. I was not impressed by Rosenborg in this match, especially their offensive play.

Fredrikstad on the other hand has proven good form and should be able to win this match, but this is away (they have had a horrible away statistcs the last years) and I assume they would be more than happy with one point - X2 for me.

[Kjers]

Fredrikstad won 2-1 and secured three rare away points yesterday, as well som money for me...

Bodø-Glimt - Stabæk 2 (2,05 @ Expekt)
Today only Stabæk seems to be of interest. 2.05 for a Stabæk victory offers a bit of value as far as I can understand. They are comfortable on artifical turf (Won all three mathces last year, 10-2 score...) and showed som potential against Lillestrøm last round. Bodø-Glimt however demonstrated in last match (lost 3-1 for Lyn) why the majority of the press has them as favourites for relegation. 2 for me...

[kompressaur]

Pleased to meet you Kjers and welcome to the Daily Punt. the forum where people lurk. I notice a few cup games tomorrow (Mon) too. I'lkl go get todays results and thanks Kjers and off course Mr Norwegian football betting himself E_S

Norway - Eliteserien
FT Rosenborg 1 - 2 Fredrikstad
FT Bodo/Glimt 1 - 1 Stabaek
FT Lyn 2 - 1 Ham Kam
FT Molde 0 - 0 Tromso
FT Viking 2 - 1 Aalesund
FT Lillestrom 0 - 3 Valerenga Oslo
19:00 Brann Bergen ? - ? Stromsgodset

Norway - 1. Division
FT Sandefjord 2 - 1 Sandnes
FT Alta 3 - 7 Odd Grenland
FT Honefoss 3 - 3 Start Kristiansand
FT Moss 2 - 2 Hodd
FT NIL-Trysil 4 - 0 Bryne
FT Notodden 0 - 1 LovHam
FT Sarpsborg Sparta FK 1 - 1 Kongsvinger
FT Sogndal 1 - 0 Haugesund

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Think we can see a lot of goals tonight between Brann and Strømsgodset. I have tryed some on over3,5 @ 2.30.

Last H2H:
2007-07-29 Strømsgodset - Brann 2 - 4
2007-04-16 Brann - Strømsgodset 3 - 1
2003-06-26 Brann - Strømsgodset 4 - 3 (NM Cupen)
2001-08-05 Brann - Strømsgodset 6 - 2
2001-05-02 Strømsgodset - Brann 2 - 6
1999-08-15 Brann - Strømsgodset 2 - 2
1999-05-13 Strømsgodset - Brann 1 - 2
1998-08-29 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 2
1998-05-10 Brann - Strømsgodset 0 - 1
1997-07-13 Brann - Strømsgodset 4 - 1
1997-04-26 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 4
1996-09-08 Brann - Strømsgodset 6 - 2
1996-05-19 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 2
1994-07-27 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 2
1994-04-16 Brann - Strømsgodset 5 - 1
1991-10-13 Brann - Strømsgodset 2 - 0
1991-07-07 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 1
1990-07-22 Brann - Strømsgodset 5 - 2
1990-04-28 Strømsgodset - Brann 0 - 1

Total:
Over 3,5 in 11 of 19 games.
When Brann is home:
Over3,5 in 8 of 10 games.

Brann will miss important defender K.Sigurdsson with suspension. His replacement A.Karadas is doubtful, and it will be decided shortly before KO, if he plays or not. No other problems for Brann.
Strømsgodset has no injury worries before this game.

Many goals here i think and over 3,5 looks worth a try.