Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Rosenborg welcomes Mjøndalen

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Thu 10.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lerkendal Stadion (21421 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rosenborg fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Mjøndalen's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals (23) in Eliteserien

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Mjøndalen's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on grass have ended in 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

Mjøndalen are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Rosenborg form and stats

Rosenborg are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Lerkendal Stadion. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Rosenborg with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Start game, 39 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager Å. Fridtjof Hareide led his Rosenborg to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Vålerenga. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lerkendal Stadion. Prior to that, an away loss at Bodø / Glimt.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rosenborg, as the Eliteserien home game vs Molde is only three days away.

The Rosenborg manager Å. Fridtjof Hareide has got the team scoring with 30 from 13 home games in the league. Rosenborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mjøndalen form and stats

There's been little loot from Mjøndalen's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Eliteserien. Mjøndalen, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Eliteserien, only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Mjøndalen go into this game after a win, the home game against Start that ended 1-0. A 1-1 draw at Haugesund's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Mjøndalen when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mjøndalen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Rosenborg and Mjøndalen have met before this season: Mjøndalen - Rosenborg 0-2. Last six meetings between the teams: Rosenborg won five, Mjøndalen won one and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RosenborgK. Zachariassen
K. Zachariassen
11 goals
RosenborgD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
10 goals
RosenborgC. Holse
C. Holse
6 goals

Rosenborg missing players

Mjøndalen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rosenborg Mjøndalen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 14 28
13 8 5 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 3
8 2 0 Lost L 4 9 18
46 30 14 Scored S 2 10 23
34 15 4 Conceded C 9 26 44
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
74% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 68%
67% 77% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 39%
30% 46% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 18%
26% 38% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 11%
56% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 39%
30% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
26% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.3 13.2 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9.4 11.2
4.4 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 2.9
39% 45% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 29% 28%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals (10) away in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals (23) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen has the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rosenborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjøndalen have scored 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 28 24 3 1 96 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 14 10 3 1 40 21 64 75
2 Molde 27 18 2 7 67 32 14 11 1 2 37 13 13 7 1 5 30 19 35 56
3 Vålerenga 28 14 9 5 45 31 14 9 5 0 29 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 14 51
4 Rosenborg 27 13 6 8 46 34 13 8 3 2 30 15 14 5 3 6 16 19 12 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Viking 28 12 7 9 52 47 14 7 3 4 32 20 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 43
7 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
8 Haugesund 28 10 6 12 36 46 14 6 3 5 22 22 14 4 3 7 14 24 -10 36
9 Stabæk 28 8 11 9 35 43 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 35
10 Brann 28 8 8 12 37 47 14 3 5 6 19 19 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 32
11 Sandefjord 27 9 5 13 30 42 13 3 5 5 12 19 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 28 8 7 13 33 38 14 6 2 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 31
13 Start 28 6 8 14 32 51 14 5 5 4 21 19 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 26
14 Strømsgodset 27 5 10 12 34 51 14 3 6 5 19 25 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 7 3 18 23 44 14 5 0 9 13 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -21 24
16 Aalesund 28 2 5 21 29 78 14 1 3 10 15 35 14 1 2 11 14 43 -49 11

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Table
  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 28 24 3 1 96 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 14 10 3 1 40 21 64 75
2 Molde 27 18 2 7 67 32 14 11 1 2 37 13 13 7 1 5 30 19 35 56
3 Vålerenga 28 14 9 5 45 31 14 9 5 0 29 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 14 51
4 Rosenborg 27 13 6 8 46 34 13 8 3 2 30 15 14 5 3 6 16 19 12 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Viking 28 12 7 9 52 47 14 7 3 4 32 20 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 43
7 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
8 Haugesund 28 10 6 12 36 46 14 6 3 5 22 22 14 4 3 7 14 24 -10 36
9 Stabæk 28 8 11 9 35 43 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 35
10 Brann 28 8 8 12 37 47 14 3 5 6 19 19 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 32
11 Sandefjord 27 9 5 13 30 42 13 3 5 5 12 19 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 28 8 7 13 33 38 14 6 2 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 31
13 Start 28 6 8 14 32 51 14 5 5 4 21 19 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 26
14 Strømsgodset 27 5 10 12 34 51 14 3 6 5 19 25 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 7 3 18 23 44 14 5 0 9 13 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -21 24
16 Aalesund 28 2 5 21 29 78 14 1 3 10 15 35 14 1 2 11 14 43 -49 11

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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”.