Sparta Sarpsborg vs Stjernen prediction

Sparta Sarpsborg and Stjernen were the teams playing a very high scoring ice hockey in the previous season in Norway. Sparta Sarpsborg have finished the regular season with 172 goals scored in 45 games played and this was the second best offense in the league. Still they were also conceding more than three goals per game on average. Stjernen's total goal difference was 145-164 last season and this was 6.9 goals per match on average. Offense was dominating in the head-to-head games between these teams also. Teams have met five times in total and the matches have ended with 8, 10, 9, 5, 9 goals scored. Looks like teams are about to play the same style of ice hockey as the preseason matches were full of goals. Sparta Sarpsborg are coming from a 4-2 win against Leksands, before that there was a 5-3 win against Valerenga. Sparta have also lost few matches, suffered a 2-4 loss against Valerenga. Stjernen's six latest friendly matches were high scoring and each ended with no less than six goals. In the latest match Stjernen suffered a 4-5 extra time loss against Valerenga. Sparta Sarpsborg and Stjernen have also met in the preseason couple of weeks ago and have combined six goals, the regular time ended with the score 3-3. Another high scoring game looks probable in the first round of the regular season.