Ace Football previews the Europa League round 1 match between Lillestrom and Torreense and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Europa League title favourites Lillestrom begin their title challenge this coming Thursday in an opening day encounter with Torreense at Aaraasen Stadion.
Team form: Lillestrom vs Torreense
Lillestrom Form
In the previous three matches, Lillestrom lost 1-4 against Fredrikstad, beat Brann by 1-2 and won 2-0 against Valerenga. Lillestrom just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Europa League matches at the Aaraasen Stadion. They also drew zero and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded four goals.
Torreense Form
Betting facts for Lillestrom and Torreense
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Lillestrom and Torreense played across all tournaments.
- In 8 of the last 9 Lillestrom home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Lillestrom matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 Lillestrom matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Lillestrom matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Lillestrom have lost 3 of the last 4 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 21 of the last 22 Torreense away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Torreense matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Torreense matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players on top: Lillestrom vs Torreense
As the new Europa League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Lillestrom and Torreense this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Popular betting markets: Lillestrom vs Torreense
Full-time result
Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Lillestrom won five times and lost five as well. Torreense won four times, drew three and lost three of their last 10 games away from home.
Both teams to score
Lillestrom scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Curiously, Torreense only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Torreense managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Lillestrom were first on target in four of their last 10 outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Lillestrom’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Torreense, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.
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