Form guide
Start are bottom of the Eliteserien with 16 points from 23 games. They beat Brann 2-0 in September, but the rest of their last five were defeats: 2-0 at Aalesund, 3-0 at Sandefjord, 4-2 at home to HamKam and 6-1 at Molde.
Sandefjord are 13th with 24 points. Their last five were a 1-1 draw with Viking, a 3-2 defeat at Bodø/Glimt, a 3-0 win over Start, a 1-1 draw at Rosenborg and a 2-0 home defeat by Lillestrøm.
Head-to-head
Sandefjord won the reverse fixture 3-0 last month and have not lost a competitive meeting with Start in the matches we found going back to 2018.
Team news
Both sides have absences. Start lose Segberg to suspension and are without goalkeeper Manojlović, Husebø and Tønnessen. Sandefjord are missing Loftesnes-Bjune, Koswal, Melchior and Möller, and goalkeeper Hadaya is a doubt.
Our prediction and why
We take Over 1.5 goals. All of Start's last five games had at least two goals, and so did all of Sandefjord's. Start have conceded 15 goals in those five games, and both teams have goalkeeper absences or doubts.