05.04.10; Sandefjord - Odd Greenland; 18:00; Piłka Nożna

Sandefjord - Odd Greenland 2dnb @ 1.84 (ladbrokes, stanjames)

This is a local derby, away team has to travel only 30 minutes to this game, and obviously will have plenty of their own fans at the stadium as usual. The Home-Away factor has no edge here then.

Sandefjord started their 2010 compaign in a mixed way, lost two games, to teams that still have only one win each from three games and won against Molde (one of the 'top' teams, but as it turned out they aren't that strong yet, they also haven't won this year). Poor Brann stole the victory from S-ford coming back from 1-2 to win 3-2 last weekend. Expectations are only to stay in top division as usual.

Odd Greenland lost to Stabaek in the first game at home 1-2, but their form is rising from week to week, they won the next two games 2-1 away and impressive 4-1 a week ago at home vs. Haugesund. Many a fan tip them to be an unexpected contender for one of three top spots in the league. It has to said that this club won the most national cup competitions out of all the teams in Norway.

Current form def. on the away team's side.

H2H:
04/07/2009 Tippeligaen Sandefjord - Odd Grenland 1:2
22/03/2009 Tippeligaen Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 2:0
27/08/2008 Adeccoligaen Sandefjord - Odd Grenland 3:0
02/07/2008 NM Cup Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 2:0
06/04/2008 Adeccoligaen Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 2:1
08/02/2008 Freundschaftsspiele Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 3:2
28/10/2007 Tippeligaen Sandefjord - Odd Grenland 0:2
24/06/2007 Tippeligaen Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 4:0
13/08/2006 Tippeligaen Sandefjord - Odd Grenland 1:3
30/04/2006 Tippeligaen Odd Grenland - Sandefjord 3:1

OG own this one as well. They won staggering 9/10 of the last meetings, whether it was friendly game, cup game, top or second division game. In my opinion this is huge.

Injuries, again no good news for the home side, they will miss 4 very important players: defenders Alexander Gabrielsen, Martin Jensen, midfielder Ørjan Røyrane and one of two top attackers for the club in recent years Malick Mane. Difficult to see those players easily replaced especially as the club has only 5 senior defenders on the team. 19yo Fossedal is expected to play, this might be a problem as its only his debut at the top level.
OG will miss two, John Anders Bjørkøy (Mid) and Snorre Krogsgård (Att) but those absences should not be very visible today as they are mostly fringe players.

To sum up, everything points in Odd Greenland's direction, form, hugely dominated h2h and absences, odds are long for the away win but i will use DNB as this is my only 1st post here (in real life I'm all over 2.55 at 12 bet btw), juicy odds, great value bet, grab it before it goes 2.2-2.3 (188bet at 2.35 already) and Good Luck if you get on it.

6/10

1-1

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