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Eliteserien · 2026

IK Start vs Kristiansund BK · Eliteserien

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.091
Expected goals
1.360.95
Shots
14.512
Possession
43.2%41.6%

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: start's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Start's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Start's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.09 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.6 goals/match1.09 goals/match1.55 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: IK Start favored in 9 of 13 directional metrics · Kristiansund BK in 3 · 1 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

IK Start22 matchesKristiansund BK22 matches
1.09 goals/match ▲Goals scored22/221 goal/match
2.18 goals/matchGoals allowed22/22▲ 1.95 goals/match
1.36 xG/match ▲Expected goals22/220.95 xG/match
14.5 shots/match ▲Shots22/2212 shots/match
3.86 shots/match ▲Shots on target22/223.55 shots/match
43.2% ●Possession22/2241.6%
4.27 corners/match ●Corners22/224.09 corners/match
3.2 cards/matchCards5/34.33 cards/match
11.9 fouls/matchFouls22/2211.8 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1IK Start
0Draws
0Kristiansund BK
Kristiansund BK — IK Start · Eliteserien1–2

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples22 / 22home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness64 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 13 Dec 2026, 16:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Eliteserien

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsIK StartKristiansund BK
CompetitionEliteserien
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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