The home side Rosenborg should be the favourites in this game, but Odd have shown both skill and courage. Read more about the game!
- Rosenborg is in the best form (3-2-1)
- Odd have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Odd have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-6-7 (win-draw-loss) from 17 matches.
Rosenborg form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Rosenborg have to build on here at Lerkendal Stadion in the Eliteserien.
A good away victory last time out for Rosenborg, who won 2-1 against Mjøndalen (placed 14th). Defender Even Hovland got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Hovland hit the woodwork once and won 7 of 11 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the NM Cup match versus Orkla with a 11-1 scoreline.Goals decide football matches and Rosenborg are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Rosenborg have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Odd form and stats
Odd have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 2-2-4 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Odd are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Odd had fun at their own home (Lerkendal Stadion) last time out, beating Haugesund 4-2. Sander Svendsen and Tobias Lauritsen (3) scored. Tobias Lauritsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 10.0. Lauritsen scored three goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Odd, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? It's hard not to mention Tobias Lauritsen's lethal finishing against Haugesund. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that game was the away NM Cup victory against Fram with the score of 1-0.Odd find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Odd have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Odd - Rosenborg 2-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Rosenborg won three games, five matches ended with a tie and Odd managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Bakenga Joar Namugunga 11 goals |   K. Zachariassen 8 goals | T. Lauritsen 4 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Odd missing players
| Rosenborg | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 26 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 87% |
| 67% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 67% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 27% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 27% |
| 67% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 27% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 15.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 39% |
- Odd have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Odd have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Odd have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Odd haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rosenborg is in the best form (3-2-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Viking | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
| 16 | Brann | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 10 |
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