Rosenborg and Sarpsborg 08 have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both hold mid-table places in the Eliteserien.
- Rosenborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
It should be mentioned that Sarpsborg 08 play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sarpsborg 08 on grass are 7 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 18 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-22. You can compare this with overall results below.
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!
Rosenborg form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Rosenborg at their home stadium (Lerkendal Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Rosenborg after consecutive victories at their own ground.
An away draw last time out for Rosenborg, facing Stabæk in a game that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Stabæk as Rosenborg were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Holse popped out and made it level in the 89th minute. Midfielder Skarsem was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Skarsem hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 54 total).
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against HamKam.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rosenborg handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Rosenborg has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Sarpsborg failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Viking (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-3. The attacker Torp got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Torp hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that one, the win at home hosting Odd in the NM Cup (3-1). Sarpsborg 08 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sarpsborg 08 manager Billborn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sogndal.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sarpsborg have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Sarpsborg 08 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rosenborg-Sarpsborg 08 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rosenborg five wins, Sarpsborg 08 three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Utvik 3 goals |   O. Skarsem 2 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Rosenborg | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 17.6 | 15.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| 10.6 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.4 | 13.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
- Rosenborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 31 |
| 2 | Brann | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Viking | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Molde | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Odd | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | HamKam | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -16 | 4 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
