Week 19 brings us a match on Aug 21st where Vålerenga will host Tromsø at Intility Arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Vålerenga is fresh off their 1-1 draw against HamKam. Henrik Udahl scored the first goal for Vålerenga in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Thoresen Faraas got the equalizer for HamKam in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning HamKam at least a draw. Vålerenga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Tromsø is fresh off their 2-1 win against Kristiansund. Ruben Jenssen struck first for Tromsø in the 26th minute, then Jasse Tuominen added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Mikkelsen. Tromsø is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Tromsø was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Eric Bugale Kitolano scored the first goal for Tromsø in the 67th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Vålerenga was frustrated by Tromsø’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tromsø ended the match with the shutout victory.
Tromsø’s most prolific scorer has been Eric Bugale Kitolano. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Henrik Bjørdal has been the most prolific scorer on Vålerenga in his last five matches with 3 goals.