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Norway Eliteserien

Fredrikstad

Start

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Fredrikstad vs Start: Hosts Seek to Capitalize on Visiting Woes in Eliteserien

Fredrikstad hosts Start in a fixture that pits the home side's respectable home form against Start's dismal away record. While Fredrikstad have shown a capacity to score at home, Start's defence has been particularly porous on the road, suggesting a potential for goals.

Fredrikstad will likely aim to leverage their home advantage by pressing Start's susceptible defence and establishing a rhythm in possession, potentially through patient build-ups. The visitors, often struggling to retain the ball with low possession figures and passing accuracy, may be forced into a defensive posture, relying on transition play. However, Start's recent attacking output, particularly in their last game where they scored three, combined with Fredrikstad's overall tendency to concede, might open up opportunities for the visitors if they can be clinical. Expect Fredrikstad to try and exploit wide areas, given their decent corner kick count at home.

Team statistics

Norway Eliteserien

Fredrikstad

Start

Matches played

3 - 2 - 5

Results

1 - 4 - 6

30%

Win %

9.1%

1.3

Goals scored

1.1

1.9

Goals conceded

2.4

Shots on target

3.6

4.3

Shots off target

4.7

3.1

Blocked shots

2.8

47.1

Ball possession

40.3

Pass accuracy

70.8

11.6

Fouls

12.5

3.7

Goalkeeper saves

2.8

1.6

Yellow cards

Red cards

0.1

League averages

Key points

• Start have lost 83.3% of their away league games this season.
• Fredrikstad average 1.8 goals per game at home, significantly more than their away average.
• Start's average goals conceded away from home stands at a worrying 3.2 per game.

AI Prediction

Fredrikstad's home scoring record and Start's abysmal away defence make the home win the logical choice. The odds also favour the hosts, aligning with this view. Given both teams' recent scoring and conceding patterns, particularly Start's struggles away from home, goals are expected at both ends, pushing the game over 2.5.

AI

Confidence

Pick

Recent Win% (20)
nova-lite-v1 (fr)

by amazon

78%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

27%

O/U

60%

BTTS

63%
deepseek-v4-pro (ja)

by deepseek

78%

HOME

BTTS NO

2.5 UNDER

1x2

33%

O/U

40%

BTTS

50%
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 (ar)

by google

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

30%

O/U

33%

BTTS

57%
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 (es)

by google

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

30%

O/U

43%

BTTS

60%
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 (ru)

by google

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

33%

O/U

43%

BTTS

53%
gemini-2.5-flash-lite (en)

by google

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

47%

O/U

57%

BTTS

57%
llama-3.1-8b-instruct (it)

by meta-llama

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

30%

O/U

43%

BTTS

63%
llama-3.3-70b-instruct (pt)

by meta-llama

70%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

33%

O/U

57%

BTTS

67%
gpt-oss-120b:free (tr)

by openai

78%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

27%

O/U

43%

BTTS

57%
grok-4.3 (ko)

by x-ai

72%

HOME

BTTS YES

2.5 OVER

1x2

43%

O/U

47%

BTTS

53%

H2H

Eliteserien

No head-to-head data available.

Includes records from 2023 onwards.

Team recent

Fredrikstad

H/A	VS	Score	Results	O/U 2.5	BTTS	Cor 9.5
AWAY	Sandefjord	1 - 1	D	U	Y	Y
HOME	Ham-Kam	2 - 1	W	O	Y	Y
AWAY	Sarpsborg 08 FF	1 - 2	L	O	Y	N
AWAY	Brann	1 - 3	L	O	Y	N
HOME	Viking	1 - 2	L	O	Y	N
AWAY	Kristiansund BK	0 - 2	L	U	N	Y
HOME	Valerenga	1 - 1	D	U	Y	Y
AWAY	Aalesund	3 - 2	W	O	Y	Y
HOME	KFUM Oslo	3 - 1	W	O	Y	Y
AWAY	Tromso	0 - 4	L	O	N	N

Fredrikstad have demonstrated a reasonable, if not spectacular, home record this season, securing half of their total wins in front of their own supporters. They average a decent 1.8 goals at home, outperforming their overall season average. Recent form shows them to be inconsistent, with a win, draw, and loss in their last three overall, but their last home outing saw them bag two goals, suggesting they can still find the net. Their overall season numbers show a team that concedes nearly two goals a game, but their home defence has been tighter, letting in 1.3 on average.

Start

H/A	VS	Score	Results	O/U 2.5	BTTS	Cor 9.5
HOME	Valerenga	2 - 0	W	U	N	Y
HOME	Bodo/Glimt	1 - 4	L	O	Y	N
AWAY	Viking	3 - 6	L	O	Y	N
HOME	Tromso	1 - 1	D	U	Y	N
AWAY	Bodo/Glimt	0 - 5	L	O	N	N
AWAY	Ham-Kam	1 - 2	L	O	Y	N
HOME	Molde	1 - 1	D	U	Y	N
AWAY	Lillestrom	1 - 3	L	O	Y	Y
AWAY	Sarpsborg 08 FF	1 - 1	D	U	Y	N
HOME	Aalesund	1 - 1	D	U	Y	Y

Start find themselves in a precarious position, particularly away from home, where they have yet to register a single victory this season and have lost five of their six matches. Their overall defensive record is concerning, conceding an average of 2.4 goals per game, which balloons to 3.2 when they play on the road. Although they managed a draw in their most recent away fixture, the scoreline was 1-1, and the preceding three away games saw them lose heavily, conceding 13 goals in total across those matches. Their last outing overall was a convincing 2-0 win, but this is in stark contrast to their recent away struggles.

Over

Under

Yes

Odds

1x2

HOME

1.75

DRAW

AWAY

4.1

2.5 OVER/UNDER

OVER

1.67

UNDER

2.15

BTTS

YES

1.67

2.1

Lineups

Lineup information is currently unavailable. It will be updated 1 hour before kickoff.

Average Player Rating

Injuries / suspensions

No injury/suspension information available.

League table

Norway Eliteserien

#	Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Viking	10	9	0	1	29	10	19	27	WWWWW
2	Tromso	12	7	3	2	18	14	4	24	DLWDL
3	Bodo/Glimt	10	7	1	2	26	9	17	22	WWWLW
4	Lillestrom	11	6	1	4	17	11	6	19	LLWLW
5	Molde	10	5	1	4	16	12	4	16	LWLWW
6	Ham-Kam	9	5	1	3	15	14	1	16	WLWDW
7	Sandefjord	10	4	2	4	9	11	-2	14	DLWWL
8	Brann	11	4	1	6	23	18	5	13	LLWWW
9	Sarpsborg 08 FF	10	3	2	5	11	15	-4	11	WLWLL
10	KFUM Oslo	10	3	2	5	12	17	-5	11	WLLDW
11	Kristiansund BK	10	3	2	5	10	15	-5	11	LWLLD
12	Fredrikstad	10	3	2	5	13	19	-6	11	DWLLL
13	Valerenga	10	3	2	5	10	16	-6	11	LWLDL
14	Aalesund	10	2	4	4	13	18	-5	10	DWWLD
15	Rosenborg	10	2	2	6	7	16	-9	8	LLWLD
16	Start	11	1	4	6	12	26	-14	7	WLLDL

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