In this week 8 match on May 25th, Sandefjord will travel to Skien to battle Odd in a clash of the Eliteserien. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Odd is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Haugesund. Soren Reese scored the first goal for Haugesund in the 9th minute, then Mads Sande added another in the 17th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Odd couldn’t manage to score, and Haugesund took the shutout win. Odd looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sandefjord recorded a 1-4 loss against Lillestrøm. Jesper Taaje struck first for Sandefjord in the 4th minute, but Philip Slordahl got the equalizer for Lillestrøm on an own goal in the 8th minute But luckily in the 26th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Storevik. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Sandefjord won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Mohamed Ofkir has been the most effective weapon for Sandefjord lately. The Norwegian attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Tobias Lauritsen has been the most prolific scorer on Odd in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.