Kristiansund BK vs Valerenga — Eliteserien: prediction, stats, lineups & analysis
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Kristiansund BK host in-form Valerenga in Eliteserien matchday 26
Kristiansund BK welcome Valerenga to Kristiansund Stadion on matchday 26 of the Eliteserien. The hosts sit 15th in the table on 23 points from 25 games, while Valerenga are eighth on 32 points, seven places and nine points ahead of them.
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Valerenga arrive having won their last 3 games under Johannes Moesgaard, the latest a 4-0 win over Tromso on 1 November. Before that came a 1-0 victory away at Bodo/Glimt and a 3-1 home win over Brann, with a defeat at KFUM Oslo on 12 October the only loss in their last five.
Amund Skiri's Kristiansund come off a 4-2 win at Sarpsborg 08 FF on 1 November, which followed a 2-2 draw at home to KFUM Oslo. Over their last five league outings they have won one, drawn one and lost three, scoring nine goals and conceding 14.
Valerenga have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five games, scoring 10 goals and conceding four, while Kristiansund BK have won one, drawn one and lost three, conceding 14.
Both sides have faced Bodo/Glimt and KFUM Oslo recently: Kristiansund lost at Bodo/Glimt and drew with KFUM Oslo, while Valerenga won at Bodo/Glimt and lost at KFUM Oslo.
Kristiansund BK meet Valerenga in the Eliteserien (Regular Season - 26). Kick-off is Saturday, 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC at Nordmøre stadion. Referee: M. Lien.
Team pages: Kristiansund BK · Valerenga · Eliteserien
Sirius · Why these numbers
Kristiansund BK 31% · Draw 26% · Valerenga 43%
Valerenga's stronger rating gives them a slight lean — Valerenga sit 109 points higher on our strength rating, 1474 to 1365, and their habit of controlling the ball, 51 to 41 in possession in recent games, adds to that edge, so we give them 43%. The draw starts near 28%, the usual rate for a gap this size, but both sides' own recent games averaging 4.1 goals lower it to 26%.
Why Valerenga at 43%?
Valerenga sit 109 points higher on our strength rating — 1474 to 1365. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,872 such games. Valerenga hold 10 more possession points (51 to 41 in recent games) across a 109-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.7% of 9,367 such games where the class table expected 40.5%. The 300 most similar past games finished 38–26–36.
Why only 43%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 43% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 26% and Kristiansund BK at 31%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 4.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.1% of 18,743. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Kristiansund BK scored +0.37 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 3,264 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 40.9% vs 42.2% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Valerenga won 4 of the last 6 meetings with Kristiansund BK. The record is 4 wins for Valerenga, 0 draws and 2 wins for Kristiansund BK. These were 6 Eliteserien games played at both grounds between 11 September 2022 and 29 May 2026. Latest meeting: 29 May 2026 — Valerenga 3–1 Kristiansund BK. In 6,111 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.2%. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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On this page: kickoff time and matchday details for Kristiansund BK vs Valerenga, the head-to-head record and recent form, stats-based pre-match analysis, confirmed lineups about an hour before kick-off — then the live score, goal clips and video highlights once this Eliteserien fixture kicks off.
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- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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