In this week 13 match on the 9th of July, Bodø / Glimt plays host to Sarpsborg 08 in a clash of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Bodø / Glimt is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Odd. Milan Jevtović struck first for Odd in the 19th minute, then in the 29th minute, Runar Espejord sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Amahl Pellegrino , but luckily for Odd it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Bodø / Glimt is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while sarpsborg 08 sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-3 win against Sandefjord. Mikkel Maigaard scored the first goal for Sarpsborg 08 in the 8th minute, then Mikkel Maigaard added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Anton Saletros. Sarpsborg 08 is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Bodø / Glimt won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Sarpsborg 08 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Tobias Heintz and Anton Saletros each having 3 goals in their last 5. Bodø / Glimt is fortunate enough to have Amahl Pellegrino in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals.