Sogndal Fotball - Fredrikstad FK

Norway - Tippeligaen

Kick-off:               26/Jun        14:00 CET

Pick:                    Sogndal Fotball (+0)

Odds:                   1,82 @ 188Bet

Stake:                  6/10


Result:                 0-1     Profit:   -6,00

Sogndal is still on the last place. They are playing defensive minded football, tries to keep the clean sheet and score a goal if it is possible. Their squad is not too strong, two central defenders Scheel and Hovland and goalkeeper Udjus make sure the closed defence while attacking midfielder Halvorsen tries to help the attacks but the others are quite poor, especially the forward players who are unable to score a single goal. But if we see the last five home games we can say that they are not hopeless at their home stadium. They played a draw with second ranked Tromsø but Sogndal was closer to the win, then came another draw against Viking, a win against Lillestrøm (2-0, Lillestrøm was not bad at all but the home win was fair). Thereafter suffered a defeat against Vålerenga (0-1) after played NM Cup match in midweek while Vålerenga did not play because eliminated earlier and Sogndal did not deserve lose in my opinion. Finally they won over Haugesund two weeks ago. They lost the last two games – both away from home – against Molde (0-2) and Brann (NM Cup: 2-2, 2-3 with penalties). Well, Molde was not much better and the Cup game was totally boring, Sogndal played defensive football while Brann showed poor performance. For this game team captain E. Bakke is injured but he is far away from his top form and did not play well. Another regular midfielder Furebotn and a few reservist guys are still injured.

Fredrikstad started well this season but then changed their form and had poor results lately. Let’s see their last six league games. Firstly they beat Vålerenga by 3-1, FFK took the lead with a luckily goal, Vålerenga pressured in the second half but the hosts scored more goals, VIF was not bad at all. Then came two defeats against Molde and Strømsgodset without serious winning chance, a home draw with one of the worst travellers Sarpsborg, and two more defeats against Start and Odd Grenland. All in all they had only a single good game from the six, they played well against Sarpsborg. Team captain Borges is back from the Gold Cup and helped his team this midweek when beat Odd Grenland in the NM Cup away from home. It worth a few words, he missed last four rounds, he is rated as key attacker but he did not show outstanding performance - plays well but nothing special, Elyounoussi was much better in my opinion - so his return won’t give really great push to Fredrikstad. Regular right defender Gamboa and regular midfielder Amin Askar are suspended, key left back Thomassen is doubtful but will play probably.

It will be hard to beat Sogndal at home who need every single point. They are on the last place and must win at home against Fredrikstad, I can not imagine away win, Fredrikstad is not strong enough for this at the moment.