UEFA Europa League Matchday 4 Thu, Nov 5 · 17:45 Åråsen Stadion, Kjeller
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Our take

Plzen are slight favourites.

Plzen are the stronger side on L90 Strength (49 vs 27). Lillestrom have 13.9 days of rest, Plzen 13.9 and have to travel 1,154 km.

Away travel1,154 kmRest days13.9 · 13.9Matches / 14d1 · 1
Lillestrom31%
Draw24%
Plzen45%
Expected goals 1.46 – 1.78
Lillestrom30%
Draw27%
Plzen43%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.48
Lillestrom31%
Draw24%
Plzen45%
Expected goals 1.46 – 1.78
Lillestrom24%
Draw23%
Plzen53%
Expected goals 1.30 – 2.00
Lillestrom31%
Draw25%
Plzen45%
Expected goals 1.40 – 1.73
Over 2.5 63% Both score 64% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 5 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Kjeller)

Forecast from 21 Oct

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lillestrom and Plzen. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

LillestromPlzen
27 L90 StrengthIn forecast 49
27 Current StrengthIn forecast 49
23 AttackIn forecast 54
31 DefenceIn forecast 43
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lillestrom

Attack—
Defense risk—

Plzen

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

LillestromPlzen
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.50
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.50
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
100% Scored inContext 50%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
14.50 ShotsContext 16.00
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.00
28% On target shareContext 38%
7.00 Shots in the boxContext 9.50
56% Box shareContext 59%
7% ConversionContext 3%
1.50 OffsidesContext —
13.00 Shots allowedContext 17.00
5.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 9.50
4.00 BlocksContext 3.00
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 7.00
64% Save rateContext 74%
58% PossessionIn forecast 48%
475 PassesContext 432
393 Accurate passesContext 339
83% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.63 Team ratingContext 6.41
11.50 FoulsContext 14.00
13.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.00
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.30
— xGVia Att/Def 0.97
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.36
— Goals minus xGContext +0.13
75% Scored inContext 60%
25% Clean sheetsContext 30%
— ShotsContext 13.88
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.38
28% On target shareContext 32%
— Shots in the boxContext 8.13
— Box shareContext 56%
7% ConversionContext 5%
— OffsidesContext 1.25
— Shots allowedContext 14.25
— On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.00
6.00 BlocksContext 3.50
— Goalkeeper savesContext 4.88
64% Save rateContext 81%
55% PossessionIn forecast 48%
— PassesContext 404
— Accurate passesContext 314
— Pass accuracyContext 78%
— Team ratingContext 6.75
12.75 FoulsContext 14.10
11.25 Fouls sufferedContext 11.40
1.75 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 4 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lillestrom
Rest13.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 30 · 1 pts vs 3.4 for an average club · -1.7 vs expected
  • D15 OctA · Sparta Praha1–11.1 xPts
  • L17 SepH · Torreense1–21.7 xPts
Plzen
Rest13.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel1,154 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load12%Low
Form 30 · 0 pts vs 2.3 for an average club · -2.3 vs expected
  • L15 OctA · Ferencvarosi TC1–20.9 xPts
  • L17 SepH · Union St. Gilloise0–31.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lillestrom Plzen
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 12
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match13.9UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - League phase, 22 Oct13.9UEFA Europa League 2026-2027 - League phase, 22 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,154 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 1 / 2
Next matchdays after this one21.121

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lillestrom Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Sparta Praha (A) 1–1, 15 Oct
12P. Dahlberg(G)
26W. Paintsil 47S. Kristiansen 28L. Gabrielsen 2Lars Ranger
14G. Nyheim 21F. Ottosson 29Y. Ibrahimaj
20Vá 8F. Gulbrandsen 22D. Bassi
Plzen Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Ferencvarosi TC (A) 1–2, 15 Oct
1D. Ťapaj(G)
14Merchas Doski 98F. Prebsl 40S. Dweh 29A. Gabriel
17P. Hrošovský 36S. Pirgic
99Amar Memić 20J. Panoš 12A. Sojka
25C. Kabongo

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lillestrom No reported absences
Plzen No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lillestrom+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Plzen+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Lillestrom · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00
Plzen · Away 0.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Lillestrom2 games · scored 2 · conceded 3
0-15
1 16-30
31-45
2 46-60
61-75
2 76-90
Plzen2 games · scored 1 · conceded 5
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
61-75
1 1 76-90
Lillestrom4 games · scored 4 · conceded 4
0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
61-75
4 76-90
Plzen10 games · scored 11 · conceded 13
3 2 0-15
1 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 1 61-75
4 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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