On the 21st of May, in this week 7 match, Sandefjord hosts Lillestrøm in a Eliteserien match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sandefjord is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Rosenborg. Stefano Vecchia struck first for Rosenborg in the 7th minute, then Edvard Sandvik Tagseth added another in the 58th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sandefjord couldn’t manage to score, and Rosenborg took the shutout win. Sandefjord looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while lillestrøm is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sarpsborg 08. Yildren Ibrahimaj struck first for Lillestrøm in the 67th minute on a feed from Akor Jerome Adams, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sarpsborg 08 couldn’t manage to score, and Lillestrøm took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Lillestrøm should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Lillestrøm won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
For Lillestrøm, their top scorers are Holmbert Aron Fridjonsson and Yildren Ibrahimaj, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Sandefjord’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Ofkir. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.