On the 25th of May, in this week 8 match, Odd will play host to Sandefjord in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Odd sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Haugesund. Soren Reese struck first for Haugesund in the 9th minute, then Mads Sande added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Alexander Søderlund In the end, Odd couldn’t muster any offence and Haugesund ran away with the shutout win. Odd looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 14th placed Sandefjord, recorded a 1-4 loss against Lillestrøm. Jesper Taaje struck first for Sandefjord in the 4th minute, but Philip Slordahl got the equalizer for Lillestrøm on an own goal in the 8th minute But luckily in the 26th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Jacob Storevik. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Sandefjord won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Sandefjord’s top weapon lately has been Mohamed Ofkir, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Odd’s most prolific scorer has been Tobias Lauritsen. The Norwegian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.