Rosenborg look forward to facing Aalesund with expectations of winning all three points. Will they? Check our preview!
- Rosenborg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Eliteserien
This ground uses the playing surface grass, unlike Aalesund's home ground. The former ten games by the visitors on grass have resulted in 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg have been very solid at home in the Eliteserien so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Rosenborg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sandefjord's place. The match ended 5-2 with Tengstedt, Fiabema and Saeter scoring. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for Tengstedt when beating Sandefjord, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The talented striker Tengstedt edged out all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 9.61 out of 10. Tengstedt scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting HamKam in a game that was won 2-1.Take note: 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
Rosenborg can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Rosenborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lerkendal Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Aalesund form and stats
There's been little loot from Aalesund's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Aalesund only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Aalesund as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Rosenborg match.
Aalesund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Haugesund (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Aalesund were so close to getting something from the game against Haugesund, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Nordli, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Nordli hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, the Aalesund manager Nilsen faced defeat when travelling to Vålerenga and losing 0-4.Aalesund have conceded 16 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rosenborg have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Aalesund.The two combatants have met previously this season: Aalesund - Rosenborg 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Saeter 8 goals |  S. Vecchia Holmquist 7 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Rosenborg | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 36 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 72% |
| 67% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 4.9 | 7.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 17.1 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 51% | 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 12.1 | 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 14.7 | 14.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Rosenborg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rosenborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rosenborg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rosenborg have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 37 |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Tromsø | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Aalesund | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 13 | HamKam | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Jerv | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -24 | 14 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
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- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
