Match preview Eliteserien: Mjøndalen - Rosenborg at Consto Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Mjøndalen, but Rosenborg are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eliteserien
  • Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Rosenborg's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Rosenborg have performed like this: Played 27 matches resulting in 8 wins, 12 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 40-42 (scored/conceded).

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Mjøndalen form and stats

Mjøndalen's results here at Consto Arena in the Eliteserien have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The Mjøndalen manager V. Hansen might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Mjøndalen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Tromsø (placed 13th). Isaac Twum (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Twum hit two key passes. Heartbreak for Mjøndalen in their last match as Tromsø's A. Jenssen scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Notodden.

Mjøndalen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Mjøndalen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rosenborg form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rosenborg playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.

Two travels in a row for Rosenborg, whose manager Å. Fridtjof Hareide could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Orkla. As mentioned above, Rosenborg was the only team on the pitch versus Orkla in their previous game, winning 11-1. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Melhus with the score of 7-0.

Rosenborg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Rosenborg have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Mjøndalen one win, zero draws and Rosenborg six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RosenborgK. Zachariassen
K. Zachariassen
8 goals
MjøndalenM. Rønning Ovenstad
M. Rønning Ovenstad
3 goals
RosenborgD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
3 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Rosenborg missing players

Mjøndalen Rosenborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
17 9 0 Scored S 5 11 26
18 9 0 Conceded C 3 11 19
93% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
50% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 64%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 50%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
71% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 64%
21% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
14% 14% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
3.2 4.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 5.6
3.7 3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.9 5.2
1.5 1.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.6 13.6
3.6 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.6
33% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 39% 41%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • All of Rosenborg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjøndalen have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 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 Molde 15 10 3 2 39 17 8 7 0 1 27 9 7 3 3 1 12 8 22 33
2 Bodø / Glimt 14 7 4 3 29 15 8 5 2 1 22 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 14 25
3 Lillestrøm 14 7 4 3 21 17 7 5 1 1 11 6 7 2 3 2 10 11 4 25
4 Kristiansund 14 7 2 5 15 15 7 5 1 1 10 5 7 2 1 4 5 10 0 23
5 Rosenborg 14 6 4 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 7 22
6 Haugesund 14 6 4 4 22 17 7 6 1 0 16 4 7 0 3 4 6 13 5 22
7 Vålerenga 14 5 6 3 25 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 21
8 Viking 14 6 3 5 27 29 7 4 2 1 16 10 7 2 1 4 11 19 -2 21
9 Sandefjord 14 6 2 6 19 22 8 3 2 3 10 10 6 3 0 3 9 12 -3 20
10 Strømsgodset 14 5 4 5 21 23 7 5 2 0 16 5 7 0 2 5 5 18 -2 19
11 Odd 14 5 4 5 20 24 6 3 2 1 12 8 8 2 2 4 8 16 -4 19
12 Sarpsborg 08 15 3 5 7 12 22 7 1 4 2 5 6 8 2 1 5 7 16 -10 14
13 Tromsø 14 3 4 7 15 26 6 0 2 4 6 13 8 3 2 3 9 13 -11 13
14 Mjøndalen 14 2 6 6 17 18 7 1 3 3 9 9 7 1 3 3 8 9 -1 12
15 Stabæk 14 3 3 8 19 29 7 2 1 4 9 13 7 1 2 4 10 16 -10 12
16 Brann 14 1 4 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 11 7 0 1 6 5 16 -14 7

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.