Tromsø welcome Sarpsborg 08 for another interesting Eliteserien fixture here at Alfheim Stadion.
- Tromsø have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Eliteserien
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sarpsborg 08 have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tromsø form and stats
Tromsø are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Eliteserien games here at Alfheim Stadion.
An away draw last time out for Tromsø, facing Strømsgodset in a game that ended 1-1. Goalkeeper Jakob Karlstrom got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.2 out of ten. Karlstrom stopped the opponent with six saves. The Tromsø goalkeeper Jakob Karlstrom was crucial in the match against Strømsgodset last time out, making six saves.
Before that game, the home loss against Sandefjord with the scoreline 1-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tromsø handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.
Tromsø has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Eliteserien away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Sarpsborg 08 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kristiansund proved too strong as Sarpsborg slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Sarpsborg Stadion. Eirik Wichne got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Wichne dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Before that, Sarpsborg travelled to Odd and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Sarpsborg 08 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sarpsborg 08 has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Tromsø won three, Sarpsborg 08 won five and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Bugale Kitolano 2 goals |  M. Ebiye 2 goals | T. Totland 1 goals |
Tromsø missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Tromsø | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 2.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 43% | 44% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |