Start vs Ham-Kam Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Start's last 20 matches have brought just four wins against thirteen defeats, with 21 goals scored and 45 conceded. That's a leaky record across a decent sample of games home and away.

Start: 20 completed matches; Ham-Kam: 20 completed matches.

Start

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

45

Difference

-24

Ham-Kam

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

36

Difference

-8

Ham-Kam have managed six wins and six draws in the same period, losing eight. They've scored 28 and shipped 36, which isn't tight at the back either, but it's a healthier balance than Start's.

Ham-Kam's recent results look considerably steadier than Start's.

Comparative Team Statistics: Start vs Ham-Kam

They've already met once this season

Ham-Kam won 2-1 when these two played each other back in April, at Ham-Kam's ground. Older meetings between the sides, stretching back to previous divisions, have also tended to favour Ham-Kam more often than not.

That history isn't decisive on its own, but it lines up with the current form and league gap rather than contradicting it.

Table gap between the two

Ham-Kam sit 13th with 23 points from 21 games. Start are down in 16th with 16 points from the same number of matches.

A seven-point gap at this stage reflects the form difference. Both have conceded 44 goals, so defensive issues are shared, but Ham-Kam have found more of a way to win.

Key men and discipline

Ham-Kam's M. Alassane Niang has six goals in eleven matches, their clear top scorer, with P. Metcalfe supplying five assists in seventeen appearances.

Start:

Penalty cards:

O. Toure x 2 x 4

A. Ujkani x 1 x 2

E. Reitan x 7

Ham-Kam:

Best scorers:

M. Alassane Niang - 6

Best assist providers:

P. Metcalfe - 5

Penalty cards:

M. Gjone x 1 x 1

On the Start side, E. Reitan and O. Toure have picked up the most cards, with Toure sent off twice in nineteen matches. Ham-Kam's M. Gjone has also seen red once in eighteen games, so neither side is free of discipline issues.