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Aalesund 2–4 Sarpsborg 08 FF

Final score · Half-time 0–1 · All of yesterday's results

The sharp market makes Aalesund the most likely outcome at 39% — fair odds of 2.55. Coolbet offers 2.65, a market gap of +3.8% above the fair price, which is where we flag value (Strong value). Confidence is Low and model agreement is Medium. Recent form — Aalesund: WLWLD; Sarpsborg 08 FF: LDDDL.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 5' Eirik Wichne · goal · assist Sander Johan Christiansen · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  2. 9' Bjorn Utvik · yellow card · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  3. 40' Sigurd Rosted · yellow card · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  4. 51' Sondre Sorlie · goal · assist Noa Williams · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  5. 54' Noa Williams · goal · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  6. 65' Olaus Jair Skarsem (pen.) · Sarpsborg 08 FF
  7. 70' Elias Kristoffersen Hagen · goal · assist Marcus Reed · Aalesund
  8. 74' Elias Kristoffersen Hagen · goal · assist Marcus Reed · Aalesund
  9. 80' Ólafur Gudmundsson · yellow card · Aalesund

Match stats

Match statsAalesundSarpsborg 08 FF
Possession %5347
Expected goals (xG)1.762.40
Shots2318
Shots on target78
Corners86
Yellow cards12
Red cards00
Fouls1714
Offsides01
Goalkeeper saves45

What the market said before kick-off

  • Aalesund win 44% did not happen
  • Draw 25% did not happen
  • Sarpsborg 08 FF win 32% happened
  • Over 2.5 goals 68% happened

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes · Venue: Color Line Stadion, Ålesund

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Aalesund 5-3-2

  1. Luca Podlech GK
  2. K. Nessø DF
  3. E. Engqvist DF
  4. D. Mbacke DF
  5. Ó. Guðmundsson DF
  6. U. Charles DF
  7. M. Christensen MF
  8. E. Hagen MF
  9. E. Osenbroch MF
  10. I. Skotheim FW
  11. H. M. Reed FW

Sarpsborg 08 FF 4-4-2

  1. L. Øy GK
  2. E. Wichne DF
  3. B. Utvik DF
  4. S. Rosted DF
  5. P. Reinhardsen DF
  6. S. Sørli MF
  7. S. Christiansen MF
  8. N. Williams MF
  9. O. Skarsem MF
  10. D. Karlsbakk FW
  11. A. Nibe FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 43 / 25 / 32% when the line-ups came out, 44 / 25 / 32% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value opportunity before kick-off Strong value

1 Aalesund @ 2.65
Bookmaker Coolbet
Price observed
Flag recorded @ 2.65 (Coolbet) · recorded live, before kick-off
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 2.55
Coolbet 2.65
Confidence: Low
Value-bet result Lost · 1 -1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, Aalesund (1) was priced at 2.65 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 2.55 — a +3.8% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

Most likely result

1/2 Home or away 75%

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded37%25%38%
Other estimates
Our model30%25%45%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.33
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.57 / 3.77 / 2.54
Market Gap +3.8%
Confidence Low
Model agreement Medium

Confidence reflects only the sharp probability of the selection: high from 50%, medium from 40%, low below. It says how likely the result is, not how big the price gap is. Model agreement shows how close our own model is to the sharp market on this selection — when it is Low, the market and our model disagree, so treat the flag with more caution.

Prediction result Won · 2

Value lifecycle Settled

Detected ·
1 Aalesund · soft 2.65 (Coolbet) · fair 2.55 · edge +3.8%
Opening sharp
2.61
At close
2.29 · CLV +15.8%
Result
Lost -1.00u 🔒 Recorded live before kick-off

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Match context

The last 5 head-to-head meetings we tracked split 2–0–3 (Aalesund wins – draws – Sarpsborg 08 FF wins).

Aalesund scored 2.2 and conceded 2 across their last 5 matches in our results database; Sarpsborg 08 FF scored 1 and conceded 1.6 in 5.

Since opening around 2.61, the sharp market price on Aalesund has shortened to 2.29 — the market has moved towards this outcome.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Aalesund is averaging 2.2 goals scored over its last 5 matches.
✓ And the market hasn't fully priced it in: value flagged on Aalesund at +3.8% above fair.
Sarpsborg 08 FF is winless in its last 5 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Sarpsborg 08 FF here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Aalesund
W L W L D
avg 2.2 scored · 2 conceded (last 5)
Sarpsborg 08 FF
L D D D L
avg 1 scored · 1.6 conceded (last 5)
Recent head-to-head
22 Oct 2023 Aalesund 3–2 Sarpsborg 08 FF
29 May 2023 Sarpsborg 08 FF 3–1 Aalesund
11 Sep 2022 Aalesund 1–3 Sarpsborg 08 FF
22 May 2022 Sarpsborg 08 FF 1–2 Aalesund
13 Sep 2020 Aalesund 0–1 Sarpsborg 08 FF

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.28
Closing odds 1.29
Prediction CLV -0.7%
Result Won
Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 1 · Aalesund
Odds when flagged 2.65
Fair odds 2.55
Closing odds 2.29
Value CLV +15.8%
Profit (units) -1.00
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 839a5cf5221a53b5

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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