In this week 21 match, on Sunday Sep 4th, Sarpsborg 08 hosts HamKam 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 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 14th placed Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Molde. Etzaz Hussain scored the first goal for Molde in the 13th minute, then Tobias Heintz tied it up for Sarpsborg 08 in the 24th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 9 of their last 10, while hamKam is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Haugesund. Fredrik Sjolstad struck first for HamKam in the 18th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Haugesund couldn’t manage to score, and HamKam took the shutout win. HamKam is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
HamKam and Sarpsborg 08 last played eachother at the Briskeby Arena on Sunday Jun 26th. HamKam was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Kurucay scored the first goal for Sarpsborg 08 on an own goal in the 14th minute, then Aleksander Melgalvis tied it up for HamKam in the 17th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 65th minute on a goal by Enkerud to cap off a wild match.
Kristian Lonstad Onsrud and Thoresen Faraas are the top scorers for HamKam in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Sarpsborg 08’s top weapon lately has been Tobias Heintz, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.