Tromsø are trusting their home fans to support them to do well in this fixture with Sandefjord. Who triumphs at Alfheim Stadion?
- Tromsø have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
This football stadium has artifical turf, unlike Sandefjord's home ground. The former 29 games by the guests on artifical turf have given 14 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sandefjord, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eliteserien game only three days ago.
Tromsø form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Tromsø at their home stadium (Alfheim Stadion) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The followers are hoping that Tromsø will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Rosenborg (placed 5th). Midfield player Jenssen got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Jenssen hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Molde.Take note that 10 of the latest 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
The manager Helstrup will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kristiansund in only four days.
Tromsø have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alfheim Stadion with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Sandefjord form and stats
5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sandefjord playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Sandefjord go into this game after a win, the home game against Kristiansund that ended 2-0. Ofkir, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Ofkir scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A 2-3 loss hosting Molde before that.Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this side's 15 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Sandefjord's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Sandefjord - Tromsø 2-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tromsø two wins, five draws and Sandefjord three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ofkir 8 goals |  A. Tveter 6 goals |   E. Bugale Kitolano 3 goals |
Tromsø missing players
Sandefjord missing players
| Tromsø | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 26 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 67% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 13% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 14.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 13.6 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 10.2 | 7.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 20.1 | 19.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tromsø have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tromsø have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Tromsø have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tromsø 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Sandefjord | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 2 |
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