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- Rosenborg is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rosenborg and Mjøndalen.
Mjøndalen play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game will be played on grass. Up to date results for Mjøndalen when playing on grass are 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches. They have created 16 goals and conceded 17 times in these fixtures.
Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg have performed here at Lerkendal Stadion this season with 6 wins from 9 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Rosenborg, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
No payout for Rosenborg in their previous match, an away game at Viking that ended in defeat 1-3.
Before that match, a Eliteserien win away at Sarpsborg 08.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rosenborg home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in twelve wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
Rosenborg are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, Rosenborg have conceded 10 goals.
Mjøndalen form and stats
There's been little loot from Mjøndalen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Mjøndalen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away games in a row for Mjøndalen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Start in the NM Cup. As you can tell from the result, the match against Start was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sandefjord.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mjøndalen played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
Mjøndalen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Mjøndalen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Mjøndalen - Rosenborg 1-2 was the score in these teams' previous H2H match, played this season. Statistics for the preceeding eight meetings involving these two contenders are: seven wins for Rosenborg, zero draws and one win for Mjøndalen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
|     S. Vecchia Holmquist   6 goals  |     D. Islamovic   3 goals  |     C. Holse   3 goals  | 
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total | 
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 | 
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 | 
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 9 | 
| 40 | 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 | 
| 25 | 10 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 28 | 
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% | 
| 84% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% | 
| 74% | 67% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 53% | 
| 53% | 67% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 11% | 
| 32% | 67% | 80% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% | 
| 68% | 44% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 74% | 
| 21% | 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% | 
| 16% | 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 16% | 
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 
| 5.1 | 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5 | 4.3 | 
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13.2 | 15.2 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 
| 47% | 49% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 29% | 
- All of Mjøndalen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mjøndalen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Mjøndalen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Eliteserien
- Mjøndalen have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Eliteserien
- Mjøndalen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mjøndalen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Rosenborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rosenborg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mjøndalen have scored away.
- Rosenborg is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 
| 2 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 
| 3 | Kristiansund | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 34 | 
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 
| 6 | Viking | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 
| 7 | Haugesund | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 
| 8 | Vålerenga | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 | 
| 10 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 | 
| 11 | Odd | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 | 
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 | 
| 13 | Tromsø | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 16 | 
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 14 | 
| 15 | Brann | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 14 | 
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 | 
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