The first leg ended Crusaders-Rosenborg 2-2. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as Crusaders have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The hosts Rosenborg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eliteserien. Thankfully the previous game, versus Odd, was also a home game here at Lerkendal Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. Rennes was too strong.Rosenborg have played 10 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Rosenborg club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Odd and win 3-2. An impressive turnaround for Rosenborg in the match against Odd as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. Jenssen scored the final goal. The forward Saeter bettered all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.05 out of 10. Saeter scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Crusaders (Europa Conference League). Rosenborg are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 1 and lost 0.
Rosenborg are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Haugesund awaits in three days.
Rosenborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Crusaders form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Haka in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round, when Basel drew the shortest straw.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Crusaders delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Rosenborg in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture.
Before that match, 2-2 away against Haka in the Europa Conference League.
Head 2 Head
Rosenborg have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) against Crusaders.The latest head-to-head game ended Crusaders - Rosenborg 2-2, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Saeter 4 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Crusaders missing players
| Rosenborg | Crusaders | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Molde | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Brann | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Odd | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 10 |
