Week 19 brings us a match on Sep 19th, where Rosenborg will travel to Sarpsborg to battle Sarpsborg 08 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 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Haugesund. Alexander Stolas struck first for Haugesund in the 47th minute, then Sondre Liseth added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Martin Samuelsen. Sarpsborg 08 is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while rosenborg is fresh off their 3-2 win against Tromsø. Noah Holm scored the first goal for Rosenborg in the 21st minute, then Emil Konradsen Ceide added another in the 25th minute. Rosenborg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Lerkendal Stadion, Sarpsborg 08 won by a score of 1 to 0. Joachim Thomassen struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 62nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rosenborg couldn’t muster any offence and Sarpsborg 08 ran away with the shutout win.
Rosenborg’s most prolific scorer has been Stefano Vecchia. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Sarpsborg 08 is fortunate enough to have Ibrahima Kone in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored six goals.