Lots of highs and lows for these sides so far this campaign, holding positions near the midsection of the Eliteserien table. Here's the Vålerenga - Tromsø latest:
- Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eliteserien
- Tromsø have yet to win a game away.
Tromsø have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Tromsø could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a NM Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at HamKam. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Vålerenga form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Eliteserien games here at Intility Arena for Vålerenga. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Vålerenga are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
An away draw last time out for Vålerenga, facing HamKam in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Strand got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Strand served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Vålerenga won a home game hosting Aalesund (4-0).A decent goal production from Vålerenga in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vålerenga have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Tromsø form and stats
There's been little loot from Tromsø's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Tromsø only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 6 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to HamKam in their previous outing. The NM Cup battle ended 0-0.
Before that, Tromsø secured a home win against Kristiansund with the score 2-1.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tromsø has managed 9 goals and let in 18 from 9 matches.
Head 2 Head
Tromsø have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (1-3-0) when facing Vålerenga.This duo met each other earlier on this match year: Tromsø - Vålerenga 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Bugale Kitolano 6 goals |   H. Bjørdal 4 goals |  H. Udahl 4 goals |
Vålerenga missing players
Tromsø missing players
| Vålerenga | Tromsø | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 50% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 22% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 6.7 | 8.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.3 | 21.6 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13 | 13.6 |
| 5.7 | 7.6 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 12.6 | 10.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- All of Tromsø's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Tromsø have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Tromsø have yet to win a game away.
- Tromsø haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vålerenga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vålerenga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 37 |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Tromsø | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Aalesund | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 13 | HamKam | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Jerv | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -24 | 14 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
