Sarpsborg 08 oppose Rosenborg for prestige and triumph.
Sarpsborg's stadium, Sarpsborg Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Rosenborg have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rosenborg when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 39.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Eliteserien game of the season here at Sarpsborg Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from Sarpsborg 08's 15 home games.
It's back home for Sarpsborg 08, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kristiansund away with the result 3-2. Maigaard, Molins and Saletros found the net in that victory. Midfielder Saletros was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Saletros scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Viking with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Sarpsborg 08 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sarpsborg 08 as a small favourite), we find eight games. Sarpsborg has won one of these, drawn four and lost three.
Sarpsborg 08 has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Rosenborg form and stats
One match played away so far in the Eliteserien for Rosenborg and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
Rosenborg go into this game after a win, the home game against Odd that ended 1-0. Giampaoli, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.95. Giampaoli hit one key pass and won 5 of 5 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Bodø / Glimt's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Rosenborg in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Rosenborg, one draw and three defeats.
It's early days yet, but Rosenborg has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sarpsborg victories, two draws and six Rosenborg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Børkeeiet 2 goals |   A. Salétros 1 goals |  M. Maigaard 1 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 19 | 21 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 9.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Sarpsborg 08 | Last season | Rosenborg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 58 | ||
| 44 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 93% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 77% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 57% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 60% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 27% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 46% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Viking | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Bodø / Glimt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sandefjord | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Odd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Tromsø | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Jerv | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | HamKam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kristiansund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Strømsgodset | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Molde | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 60 |
| 3 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 57 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 48 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -5 | 46 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -5 | 39 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Odd | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Brann | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -17 | 26 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 35 | -27 | 25 |
| 16 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -19 | 22 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
