Sarpsborg 08 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Rosenborg.
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.
Rosenborg play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Rosenborg when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 26 times in these games.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
6-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Sarpsborg 08, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien, so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sarpsborg Stadion.
Sarpsborg lost their last game at Haugesund (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Sarpsborg won a home game hosting Stabæk (4-0).
Sarpsborg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sarpsborg Stadion with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Sarpsborg 08 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sarpsborg Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Rosenborg form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Rosenborg, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Eliteserien, playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Rosenborg has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Kristiansund for a Eliteserien game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Odd.
The visiting Rosenborg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Rosenborg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rosenborg - Sarpsborg 5-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sarpsborg, three draws and six wins for Rosenborg. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Zachariassen 10 goals | D. Islamovic 8 goals |   M. Abdellaoue 6 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| 27 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 76% |
| 48% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 29% | 18% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 57% |
| 43% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 38% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 286 | 183 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 117 | 255 |
| 75 | 50 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 39 | 95 |
| 33% | 34% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 42% |
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (21) in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 46 | 56 |
| 2 | Molde | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Odd | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Viking | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Brann | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Start | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 31 | -36 | 7 |
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- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)