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Aalesund v IK Start : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 4th Sep, 18:00 BST, Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

IK Start pay Eliteserien rivals Aalesund a visit on Friday evening, as Azar Karadas leads his team into an away clash with Kjetil André Rekdal & co. at the Color Line Stadion. We have custom-designed stats for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.


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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Aalesund
49%
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Draw
20%
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IK Start
31%
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Aalesund 2-1
8%
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Draw 1-1
7%
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Draw 2-2
7%
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IK Start 2-1
6%
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Aalesund 3-1
6%
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Aalesund 3-2
5%
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Aalesund 2-0
5%
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IK Start 3-2
4%
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Aalesund 1-0
4%
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IK Start 3-1
4%
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Aalesund 3-0
3%
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Aalesund 4-1
3%
--
IK Start 1-0
3%
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Draw 3-3
3%
--
Aalesund 4-2
3%
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Over 2.5 Goals
76%
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Under 2.5 Goals
24%
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Home 1st Goal
52%
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Away 1st Goal
48%
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No 1st Goal
1%
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BTTS - Yes
74%
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BTTS - No
26%
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BTTS - Home Win
34%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
22%
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Home/draw
69%
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Away/draw
51%
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Home/away
80%
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Over 1.5 Goals
91%
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Under 1.5 Goals
9%
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Over 3.5 Goals
57%
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Under 3.5 Goals
43%
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Over 4.5 Goals
37%
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Under 4.5 Goals
63%
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Over 5.5 Goals
22%
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Under 5.5 Goals
78%
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Over 0.5 Goals
98%
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Under 0.5 Goals
2%
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Home DNB
63%
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Away DNB
45%
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Aalesund win to nil
15%
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IK Start win to nil
9%
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Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Aalesund have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Eliteserien league table. Aalesund are unbeaten in 1 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 1 games. Aalesund are winless in the 1 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below in the table, having won 0, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Aalesund have outscored their opponents by 27 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Aalesund have played 10 games at home winning 1, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 26 goals at home.

IK Start are in 16th position in the Eliteserien on 10 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 2. IK Start have conceded 38 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Aalesund
IK Start
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bodø1713223141 
Dec 6
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-4A
l
 
5-0A
2
Viking1713132340 
d
 
1-1A
Aug 29
l
 
0-3A
l
 
6-3F
3
Tromsø1710431434 
l
 
2-6A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Dec 6
4
Molde17836627 
d
 
2-2F
Sep 19
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
5
Lillestrøm17827226 
l
 
1-3F
Nov 8
Nov 1
l
 
3-1A
6
Brann17818925 
w
 
2-1F
Dec 13
Sep 13
l
 
2-1F
7
Rosenborg17737324 
Nov 22
w
 
2-3A
l
 
0-3A
Nov 8
8
Fredrikstad17728-923 
l
 
2-3F
Nov 29
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
9
Sarpsborg17647-322 
Oct 11
Oct 25
Nov 29
d
 
1-1F
10
HamKam17647-622 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 11
l
 
2-1F
11
Vålerenga17638-621 
d
 
5-5F
l
 
6-1A
w
 
2-0F
Nov 22
12
KFUM17548-819 
d
 
2-2A
Sep 13
Aug 30
l
 
2-0A
13
Sandefjord17539-818 
Nov 1
l
 
1-0A
Oct 25
Sep 20
14
Kristians.174310-1215 
d
 
1-1A
Oct 18
Dec 13
w
 
1-2A
15
Aalesund17296-1415 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Sep 4
16
IK Start172411-2210 
Sep 4
d
 
1-1F
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Aalesund 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
50
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
2
Draw
9
Lost
9
IK Start 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
55
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
D
2
Lost
16
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
44
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
Draw
5
Lost
13
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Aalesund since 2015
Aalesund
IK Start
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
3 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
0 / 3
AAL
2
D
1
League games at IK Start since 2015
IK Start
Aalesund
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
AAL
1
D
1
STA
2
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.3 is fairly strong for Aalesund in their meeting with IK Start, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 17 consecutive Eliteserien outings.

IK Start's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Aalesund have conceded in each of their last 17 Eliteserien games. A PG of 1.8 for A. Karadas's side suggests that run should continue.

Aalesund 15th IK Start 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 66% probability that Aalesund will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that IK Start will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-5
Aalesund’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-20
IK Start have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
2.3
conceded
2.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season
Aalesund
PG (predicted goals)
IK Start
2.3
1.8
Attack rating
31%
better
AAL
STA
view stats
Games scored15
12
Failed to score2
5
Scored first8
7
Goals scored27
16
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.9
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for14
9
Avg. XG for1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
AAL
STA
15%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
16
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first9
10
Goals conceded41
38
Avg. goals conceded2.4
2.2
Avg. shots/game conceded13
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against18%
21%
Avg. XG against2.3
1.9
KickOff rating
+15%

Aalesund v IK Start Eliteserien lLine ups will show here when available.

Aalesund Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15634
M. ChristensenM. ChristensenU CharlesM. Christensen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
U Charles DEF163
1
-
K Nesso MID16
-
M. Christensen MID1662
4
-
E. Hjertager Osenbroch FWD1653
1
-
K. Lonnebu FWD1651
-
E Hagen MID1511
2
-
H. Hammer MID152
1
-
Ólafur Guðmundsson DEF14
1
-
S Haram DEF13
1
-
A Kjelsen DEF13
3
-
E Myrlid FWD12
1
-
E. Engqvist DEF11
2
-
I. Djantou Tchaboutang FWD1111
-
M. Andersen DEF101
3
-
D Jóhannsson MID101
3
-
U. Valderhaug Syversen DEF91
1
-
J Örsahl MID912
1
-
M. Haagensen Reed FWD731
1
-
P. Aukland DEF6
1
-
L. Podlech GLK4
-
T Larsen GLK2
-
M Kristensen MID1
-
IK Start Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17436
J. CorneliusJ. CorneliusH. LorentzenE Reitan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H. Lorentzen FWD1723
-
J. Cornelius FWD1741
-
E Reitan DEF161
6
-
E Segberg MID1622
3
-
O. Toure DEF152
3
1
M Ugland MID151
3
-
J. Ampofo FWD15
1
-
J Norheim DEF14
2
-
E Schulze MID1312
2
-
O Jebali DEF122
1
-
S Mvoué MID102
4
-
F Palerud DEF8
1
-
L. Gausdal MID8
-
S Griesbeck DEF7
1
-
D. Dashaev DEF6
-
K Tönnessen DEF5
1
-
A Ujkani DEF5
1
1
J. Berland Husebø DEF4
-
F. Lien MID2
-
J Meyer DEF1
-
M. Nordal FWD1
-