Eliteserien: Two squads who have played fine as yet. Let's get ready for Kristiansund - Rosenborg with this thorough preview!
- Kristiansund have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Kristiansund and Rosenborg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rosenborg play their home games on grass, while this match will take part on artifical turf. The latest results for Rosenborg when featuring on artifical turf are 9 wins, 12 draws and 8 defeats from 29 matches. They have managed to score 44 goals and conceded 45 times in these games.
Kristiansund form and stats
8-1-1 is the performance here at Kristiansund Stadion so far in the Eliteserien, giving Kristiansund a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Mjøndalen game Kristiansund has been unbeatable here at Kristiansund Stadion producing five straight wins.
Kristiansund are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Brann. Liridon Kalludra (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Kalludra scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
A NM Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at KFUM.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kristiansund have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost one.
The Kristiansund manager C. Michelsen has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kristiansund are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kristiansund Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Rosenborg form and stats
Playing away, Rosenborg have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Impressive finishing from Stefano Vecchia (2) and Noah Jean Holm secured the home win 3-1 against Mjøndalen in their previous game. Noah Jean Holm, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.05. Holm scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that match, the Rosenborg manager Å. Fridtjof Hareide faced defeat when travelling to Viking and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Rosenborg in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Rosenborg, one draw and three defeats.
Rosenborg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. Rosenborg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other previously this campaign: Rosenborg - Kristiansund 1-0. Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: zero wins for Kristiansund, five draws and five wins for Rosenborg. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Vecchia Holmquist 8 goals |   B. Bye 5 goals |  S. Nilsen 4 goals |
Kristiansund missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Kristiansund | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 43 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 75% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 20% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 90% | 70% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 10% | 15% |
| 7 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 15.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.3 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 31% | 39% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 44% | 46% |
- All of Rosenborg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kristiansund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kristiansund have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rosenborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rosenborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rosenborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Molde | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 38 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Viking | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Odd | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -12 | 19 |
| 14 | Brann | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 16 | Mjøndalen | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
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