On Saturday Aug 20th, Odd will host Sarpsborg 08 in a Eliteserien match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. Odd is fresh off their 0-7 blowout loss against Bodø / Glimt. Amahl Pellegrino struck first for Bodø / Glimt in the 12th minute, then Hugo Vetlesen added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Elias Hagen At the end of 90 a dissapointed Odd couldn’t manage to score, and Bodø / Glimt took the shutout win. Odd is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Bodø / Glimt. Hugo Vetlesen struck first for Bodø / Glimt in the 39th minute on a feed from Joel Mvuka, then Amahl Pellegrino added another in the 45th minute. Sarpsborg 08 looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Odd and Sarpsborg 08 last played eachother at the Sarpsborg Stadion on Sat May 7th. Sarpsborg 08 won by a score of 1 to 0. Kristian Opseth struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 63rd minute on a feed from Anton Saletros, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Odd couldn’t muster any offence and Sarpsborg 08 ran away with the shutout win.
Joachim Soltvedt and Victor Torp Overgaard are the top scorers for Sarpsborg 08 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Odd’s most prolific scorer has been Filip Ronningen Jorgensen. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.