Week 9 brings us a match on May 29th, where Vålerenga will host Rosenborg in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 10th placed Vålerenga is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Lillestrøm. Tom Pettersson scored the first goal for Lillestrøm in the 63rd minute, then Garnas added another in the 80th minute on a feed from Vetle Winger Dragsnes At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vålerenga couldn’t manage to score, and Lillestrøm took the shutout win. Vålerenga is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while rosenborg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against HamKam. Samual Rogers scored the first goal for Rosenborg in the 25th minute, then in the 69th minute, Amin Nouri sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kristian Eriksen earning HamKam at least a draw. Rosenborg is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Rosenborg’s most prolific scorer has been Stefano Vecchia. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Both Aron Dønnum and Viðar Örn Kjartansson have been the hottest scorers for Vålerenga in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.