Match preview Eliteserien: Vålerenga - Rosenborg at Intility Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Mon 07.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Intility Arena (1500 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Vålerenga - Rosenborg!

Insights:
  • Vålerenga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Eliteserien

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.

Vålerenga's stadium, Intility Arena, 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; 7 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 31 goals in these games and conceded 35.

Rosenborg are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Vålerenga form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Intility Arena as Vålerenga have scored 28 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 8-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Vålerenga tasted defeat here at Intility Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league. The last three games played by Vålerenga, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The home team returns to Intility Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Stabæk (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Eliteserien game ended 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Sarpsborg 08.

There will be little rest for Vålerenga after this match as they are travelling to Viking for a Eliteserien game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 13 games), Vålerenga's attacking play is working. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Rosenborg form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien. It's a growing despair in Rosenborg as they have recorded three consecutive losses. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rosenborg have lost on their last two travels.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Rosenborg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Bodø / Glimt (placed 1st). The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Brann.

Rosenborg lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rosenborg are hosting Mjøndalen in the Eliteserien only three days away.

The visiting Rosenborg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Rosenborg in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rosenborg - Vålerenga 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Vålerenga victory, three draws and six Rosenborg wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RosenborgK. Zachariassen
K. Zachariassen
11 goals
RosenborgD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
10 goals
VålerengaV. Kjartansson
V. Kjartansson
8 goals

Vålerenga missing players

Rosenborg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vålerenga Rosenborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
13 8 1 Won W 0 5 13
9 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 0 0 Lost L 2 5 7
44 28 5 Scored S 1 16 46
31 13 4 Conceded C 6 18 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 88%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 77%
52% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 69%
26% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 31%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 27%
67% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 58%
30% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 31%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 14 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.7 12.5
4.4 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.4
37% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 34% 40%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Vålerenga has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Eliteserien
  • Vålerenga have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vålerenga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vålerenga have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Vålerenga 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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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 Bodø / Glimt 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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”.