In a weekend match on Saturday Aug 6th, in week 17, Rosenborg will play host to HamKam in a meeting of these two mismatched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 4th placed Rosenborg is fresh off their 3-2 win against Odd. Filip Ronningen Jorgensen struck first for Odd in the 10th minute, then Carlo Holse got the equalizer for Rosenborg in the 56th minute on a feed from Ole Saeter But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 65th minute on a goal by Erlend Dahl Reitan. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Rosenborg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while hamKam sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Kristiansund. Christoffer Aasbak struck first for Kristiansund in the 44th minute on a feed from Snorre Nilsen, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, HamKam couldn’t muster any offence and Kristiansund ran away with the shutout win. HamKam is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Rosenborg and HamKam last played eachother at the Briskeby Arena on the 22nd of May. HamKam and Rosenborg battled to a 1-1 draw. Samual Rogers struck first for Rosenborg in the 25th minute, then Kristian Eriksen tied it up for HamKam in the 69th minute on a feed from Amin Nouri earning them at least the one point.
HamKam hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Eriksen and Lonstad Onsrud, and they each have 1 goal. Rosenborg’s most prolific scorer has been Samual Rogers. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.