Eliteserien duel: Close contest expected between Odd and Rosenborg

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 02.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Skagerak Arena (13500 seats)

A key match in Eliteserien as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Odd in 3rd position and Rosenborg placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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.

Odd's stadium, Skagerak Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Rosenborg have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rosenborg when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 25 goals in these games and conceded 23.

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Odd form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Odd at their home stadium (Skagerak Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Skagerak Arena.

A strong away win for Odd against Mjøndalen the last match, as Joshua Kitolano (2) were on target. Ahead of that match, Odd won a home game hosting Aalesund (3-2).

The Odd fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Odd have conceded 9 from these games.

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Rosenborg form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rosenborg playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.

The supporters enjoyed Rosenborg's previous game versus Viking (placed 12th), a Eliteserien 3-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Haugesund's place.

Rosenborg have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Odd wins - draws - Rosenborg wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RosenborgK. Zachariassen
K. Zachariassen
4 goals
OddT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
3 goals
OddV. Hoff
V. Hoff
2 goals

Odd missing players

Rosenborg missing players

Odd Rosenborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
18 9 4 Scored S 0 5 16
13 9 5 Conceded C 1 3 8
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
73% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 64%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 55%
36% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 36%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 45%
36% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 36%
 
5.2 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.4 5.1
5 6.5 11 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.4 5.6
0.9 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
131 64 16 Total Shots T S 8 56 121
45 22 7 Shots on Target S O 3 19 44
40% 41% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 36%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Odd have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • Rosenborg have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 11 10 1 0 40 13 5 5 0 0 18 4 6 5 1 0 22 9 27 31
2 Molde 11 9 1 1 33 11 5 5 0 0 16 3 6 4 1 1 17 8 22 28
3 Odd 11 6 1 4 18 13 6 3 1 2 9 9 5 3 0 2 9 4 5 19
4 Vålerenga 11 5 4 2 14 14 5 3 2 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 5 9 0 19
5 Rosenborg 11 5 3 3 16 8 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 2 1 2 5 3 8 18
6 Stabæk 11 4 5 2 15 14 6 2 3 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 8 8 1 17
7 Kristiansund 11 3 6 2 21 15 5 2 2 1 13 7 6 1 4 1 8 8 6 15
8 Brann 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 2 1 3 6 12 -2 15
9 Strømsgodset 11 4 3 4 14 20 6 3 2 1 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 11 -6 15
10 Haugesund 11 3 3 5 7 16 6 2 1 3 5 9 5 1 2 2 2 7 -9 12
11 Sarpsborg 08 11 3 2 6 10 12 6 2 1 3 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 11
12 Viking 11 3 2 6 13 21 5 2 1 2 9 7 6 1 1 4 4 14 -8 11
13 Sandefjord 11 3 1 7 9 19 5 2 1 2 4 6 6 1 0 5 5 13 -10 10
14 Mjøndalen 11 2 2 7 10 15 5 1 0 4 4 8 6 1 2 3 6 7 -5 8
15 Start 11 0 6 5 10 19 6 0 4 2 5 11 5 0 2 3 5 8 -9 6
16 Aalesund 11 1 3 7 16 34 6 1 1 4 9 20 5 0 2 3 7 14 -18 6

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Read more about Eliteserien

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”.