Fredrikstad vs Haugesund
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Today’s secondary featured game is the Eliteserien game between Fredrikstad and Haugesund.
Fredrikstad have impressed since being promoted from Divisjon 1 but it cannot be overlooked that they do rely heavily on Elyounoussi and Borges for inspiration. Nonetheless, it does work as they’re two very creative and dangerous players and you can see the difference that Borges in particular makes now that he’s back from the Gold Cup with two wins from their last two games. They struggled a lot without him but his return should see Fredrikstad resume usual service, especially with their vociferous fans at their backs tonight. It helps that they have a settled defence, too – Piiroja is the ideal candidate to marshal that defence because he’s got a terrific amount of experience and is a very solid centre-back. Fredrikstad are on the cusp of having a comfortable mid-table side rather than being a side that has just been promoted so they’re already one step ahead of the game. I’ll always give Fredrikstad a chance at home if they’ve got their lethal twosome in attack and they should have today so I’m keen here.
Additionally, Haugesund are poor on the road. Five losses from six away games in the Eliteserien says they’re not good enough to win away from home but that’s not strictly true. Their one win of the season away from home this season came at Rosenborg BK, of all teams, and it was massively deserved too. I mean, I appreciate that Rosenborg are far from what they should be as reigning champions but Haugesund were excellent in that game so I can only put their other away displays down as lethargic and lacklustre. They’ve shipped fourteen goals in six away games, which is horrendous for a side that’s generally pretty decent at the back, especially with Kristiansen behind their back four. They just keep getting drubbed on the road with their most recent loss being a 3-1 defeat in Drammen against Stromsgodset despite actually leading 0-1 at the break, which tells a story by itself, really. Haugesund very much have two faces; the solid home team and the abysmal away team and I naturally hope to see the latter today.
Quality-wise, there’s not much between the two sides, really. However, Fredrikstad have two match-winners and Haugesund don’t, to be honest. Haugesund are a good unit and are hard to beat at home but away from home, they lack the individuals to win games, in my view. Fredrikstad can more than match their team cohesion and can better it with individual talent so I think they’ll win this one fairly easily today, especially as the visitors still have a lengthy list of absentees.
Verdict: Fredrikstad to win at 4/5.
Wednesday’s Picks
Accumulator fodder:
Suduva Marijampole, Ekranas Panevezys
As ever, if there are any explanations required then please feel free to post a comment! For the remainder of my thoughts on today’s games, see below, although I feel compelled to write that the below are not necessarily my tips but merely my thoughts to prevent endless questions about my thoughts on certain games!
International Friendlies:
Indonesia vs Singapore (7) 2-0, at least one red card in this game
Iraq vs Syria (7) 1-0
Belarusian Vysshaya Liga:
BATE Borisov vs Shakhtyor Soligorsk (7) 1-0
Brazilian Serie A:
Vasco da Gama vs Cruzeiro (4) 1-1
Gremio vs Avai (6) 1-0
America Mineiro vs Flamengo (5) 1-1
Sao Paulo vs Botafogo (6) 2-1
Figueirense vs Santos (5) 1-2
Bahia vs Corinthians (5) 2-2, at least one red card in this game
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
Inter Turku vs KuPS Kuopio (7) 2-0
Jaro Pietarsaari vs RoPS Rovaniemi (4) 0-1
MyPa Anjalankoski vs HJK Helsinki (7) 0-2
Latvian Virsliga:
Gulbene 2005 vs FC Jurmala (6) 2-1
Lithuanian A Lyga:
Kruoja Pakruojis vs Tauras Taurage (6) 1-1
Mazeikiai vs Suduva Marijampole (8) 0-1
Dainava vs Atlantas (7) 1-0
FBK Kaunas vs Ekranas Panevezys (8) 0-2
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Fredrikstad vs Haugesund (7) 2-0
Lillestrom vs Start Kristiansand (5) 1-1
Valerenga Oslo vs Molde FK (6) 1-1
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