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Vålerenga
Eliteserien · 12th
Play style · last 5
Possession Press
high possession with aggressive counter-pressing. Measured against Eliteserien; block height comes from how they press, not from tracking.
On Paper rating · last 14 matches
League table
12th
23 points from 21
On Paper
6th
Chances made and conceded
6 places of disagreementthe model rates them higher than the table does
This season
21
Pld
6
W
5
D
10
L
34
GF
43
GA
23
Pts
L
D
L
D
L
D
last 6
Drew 1–1 at home to Fredrikstad · Sep 20
That's how they've played so far. Where the model has Vålerenga finishing in May, and the odds on going down, come with a free account.
What the numbers say
Season to date, measured against the rest of the division.
Defence
Leaking goals
43 conceded in 21, 2.05 a game. No attack fixes that on its own.
43
conceded
Defence
They win the ball back
1st in the division for tackles. A side doing that much defending is either pressing well or living without the ball.
386
tackles
Overall
They keep hold of it
Dispossessed fewer times than almost anyone in the division.
121
dispossessed
Overall
Conceding fouls freely
247 fouls given away, among the most in the division. Free kicks in bad areas add up.
247
fouls
Against the rest of the division
Where the squad's season totals sit among the 16 clubs.
Big chances created
9th of 16
31
Shots
5th of 16
297
About 14.1 a match.
Key passes
4th of 16
235
Chance creation is not the problem.
Goals
7th of 16
29
Duels won
7th of 16
969
Tackles
1st of 16
386
They do a lot of defending, one way or another.
Clearances
3rd of 16
580
A lot of the ball ends up in their own box.
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Who's driving it
The squad's leaders this season.
Highest rated
Henrik Bjørdal
Midfielder · Norway
7.13
Most goals
Lucas Haren
Attacker · Denmark
8
Most assists
Henrik Bjørdal
Midfielder · Norway
7
Big chances created
Kolbeinn Finnsson
Defender · Iceland
6
Duels won
M. Grundetjern
Attacker · Norway
94
Big chances missed
M. Grundetjern
Attacker · Norway
10
Coming up
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