Vålerenga IF 3:2 Sarpsborg 08: xG & match report · Eliteserien

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Match report · Eliteserien

Vålerenga IF Home 2.08 xG · 14 shots

Sarpsborg 08 Away 1.72 xG · 19 shots

32 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

6' Filip Thorvaldsen Vålerenga IF · 0.20 xG chance 1–0
11' Daniel Karlsbakk Sarpsborg 08 · 0.34 xG chance 1–1
20' Elias Sørensen Vålerenga IF · 0.91 xG chance 2–1
28' Andreas Hansen Sarpsborg 08 · 0.10 xG chance 2–2
90' Mathias Grundetjern Vålerenga IF · 0.10 xG chance 3–2

The shots behind it

Vålerenga IF Sarpsborg 08

Shots: 14; 19
On target: 7; 10
Inside the box: 12; 13
xG per shot: 0.20; 0.09
Open play xG: 1.04; 1.24
Set-piece xG: 0.95; 0.44
Penalties: 1; 0

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.98 for Vålerenga IF and 1.72 for Sarpsborg 08.

Shot map

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All shots

33 shots · 4.49 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Vålerenga IF

1.24 xG created 1.90 xGA

L 0.57 created, 2.62 conceded against Viking FK
D 1.67 created, 1.58 conceded against Fredrikstad FK
L 1.09 created, 1.71 conceded against Lillestrøm SK
L 1.38 created, 3.59 conceded against Molde FK
D 1.20 created, 1.32 conceded against KFUM Oslo
L 1.53 created, 0.58 conceded against HamKam

Sarpsborg 08

1.43 xG created 1.56 xGA

L 1.15 created, 1.60 conceded against Rosenborg BK
D 1.71 created, 2.27 conceded against Bodø/Glimt
L 1.43 created, 1.28 conceded against Tromsø IL
L 1.39 created, 1.04 conceded against KFUM Oslo
L 0.81 created, 2.37 conceded against Lillestrøm SK
W 2.11 created, 0.77 conceded against Fredrikstad FK

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Vålerenga IF: 1 won · 1 drawn · 0 lost

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