Home advantage could prove decisive in Rosenborg - Vålerenga battle

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lerkendal Stadion (21421 seats)

Rosenborg and Vålerenga are both thriving in the Eliteserien with their 3rd and 5th spots respectively. This could be a top match!

Insights:
  • Rosenborg have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Vålerenga 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 6-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from 14 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.

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Rosenborg form and stats

Rosenborg have been very solid at home in the Eliteserien so far, with 29 points collected from 11 matches (9-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. Rosenborg has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Lerkendal Stadion. We remember; it was Jerv.

The Rosenborg coach Rekdal and his crew return home after a 4-4 draw away versus Kristiansund (placed 15th). Trouble was brewing at the score 1-3 against Kristiansund last time out, but a goal from Jensen completed a comeback to a draw result for Rosenborg. Jensen was able to secure the draw 4-4 in the game against Kristiansund after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The striker Tengstedt won the honour of being "man of the match" for Rosenborg with a rating of 9.42/10. Tengstedt scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Rosenborg had a home game versus Lillestrøm which ended with a victory 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rosenborg handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Rosenborg manager Rekdal has got the team scoring with 27 from 11 home games in the league. Rosenborg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lerkendal Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Vålerenga form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Vålerenga have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Eliteserien.

Børven (2) and Layouni (2) scored in Vålerenga's previous match, the home game against Strømsgodset that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Vålerenga was the only team on the pitch versus Strømsgodset in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Børven, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.6. Børven scored two goals.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Sandefjord.

Vålerenga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Vålerenga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. Vålerenga have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the teams met previously this campaign; Vålerenga - Rosenborg 0-4. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Rosenborg, four draws and one win for Vålerenga. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

RosenborgO. Saeter
O. Saeter
13 goals
RosenborgC. Tengstedt
C. Tengstedt
9 goals
RosenborgS. Vecchia Holmquist
S. Vecchia Holmquist
7 goals

Rosenborg missing players

Vålerenga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rosenborg Vålerenga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 3 12 24
12 9 1 Won W 0 4 13
8 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
4 0 0 Lost L 3 6 8
53 27 3 Scored S 1 19 46
35 10 1 Conceded C 8 22 32
92% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 75%
75% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 62%
50% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 50%
29% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 21%
71% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 50%
25% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 29%
12% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 21%
 
5 6.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.4 6.4
4.5 3.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5
1.4 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.1 17.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 11.2 15.3
4.2 4.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 4.2 5.6
52% 55% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 38% 34%
 
11.7 10.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 22 14.8 12.7
3.5 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • 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 most points (29) at home in Eliteserien
  • Rosenborg have the most points from losing position (16) in Eliteserien
  • Rosenborg have the most scored goals in the first half (28) 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.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vålerenga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 24 19 3 2 55 21 12 9 1 2 30 11 12 10 2 0 25 10 34 60
2 Bodø / Glimt 24 13 6 5 60 31 12 5 6 1 33 15 12 8 0 4 27 16 29 45
3 Rosenborg 24 12 8 4 53 35 11 9 2 0 27 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 18 44
4 Lillestrøm 24 13 5 6 41 28 12 8 2 2 21 9 12 5 3 4 20 19 13 44
5 Vålerenga 24 13 3 8 46 32 12 9 1 2 27 10 12 4 2 6 19 22 14 42
6 Odd 24 10 4 10 30 38 12 6 0 6 18 19 12 4 4 4 12 19 -8 34
7 Viking 24 9 6 9 40 38 11 5 4 2 19 10 13 4 2 7 21 28 2 33
8 Strømsgodset 24 9 5 10 38 38 12 7 2 3 28 17 12 2 3 7 10 21 0 32
9 Tromsø 24 7 10 7 34 40 12 7 3 2 22 17 12 0 7 5 12 23 -6 31
10 Haugesund 24 8 6 10 36 37 13 6 3 4 23 20 11 2 3 6 13 17 -1 30
11 Sarpsborg 08 24 9 2 13 43 46 12 5 1 6 20 21 12 4 1 7 23 25 -3 29
12 Aalesund 24 7 7 10 26 38 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 28
13 HamKam 24 5 11 8 28 31 13 4 5 4 15 14 11 1 6 4 13 17 -3 26
14 Sandefjord 24 6 5 13 36 55 12 1 5 6 19 29 12 5 0 7 17 26 -19 23
15 Kristiansund 24 4 5 15 29 50 12 3 4 5 22 27 12 1 1 10 7 23 -21 17
16 Jerv 24 4 2 18 21 58 12 4 1 7 11 22 12 0 1 11 10 36 -37 14

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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 Molde 24 19 3 2 55 21 12 9 1 2 30 11 12 10 2 0 25 10 34 60
2 Bodø / Glimt 24 13 6 5 60 31 12 5 6 1 33 15 12 8 0 4 27 16 29 45
3 Rosenborg 24 12 8 4 53 35 11 9 2 0 27 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 18 44
4 Lillestrøm 24 13 5 6 41 28 12 8 2 2 21 9 12 5 3 4 20 19 13 44
5 Vålerenga 24 13 3 8 46 32 12 9 1 2 27 10 12 4 2 6 19 22 14 42
6 Odd 24 10 4 10 30 38 12 6 0 6 18 19 12 4 4 4 12 19 -8 34
7 Viking 24 9 6 9 40 38 11 5 4 2 19 10 13 4 2 7 21 28 2 33
8 Strømsgodset 24 9 5 10 38 38 12 7 2 3 28 17 12 2 3 7 10 21 0 32
9 Tromsø 24 7 10 7 34 40 12 7 3 2 22 17 12 0 7 5 12 23 -6 31
10 Haugesund 24 8 6 10 36 37 13 6 3 4 23 20 11 2 3 6 13 17 -1 30
11 Sarpsborg 08 24 9 2 13 43 46 12 5 1 6 20 21 12 4 1 7 23 25 -3 29
12 Aalesund 24 7 7 10 26 38 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 28
13 HamKam 24 5 11 8 28 31 13 4 5 4 15 14 11 1 6 4 13 17 -3 26
14 Sandefjord 24 6 5 13 36 55 12 1 5 6 19 29 12 5 0 7 17 26 -19 23
15 Kristiansund 24 4 5 15 29 50 12 3 4 5 22 27 12 1 1 10 7 23 -21 17
16 Jerv 24 4 2 18 21 58 12 4 1 7 11 22 12 0 1 11 10 36 -37 14

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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”.