In this week 19 match, on Saturday Aug 19th, Sarpsborg 08 will travel to Skien to battle Odd in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Odd is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Stabæk. Sondre Solholm Johansen struck first for Odd in the 20th minute on a feed from Espen Ruud, then Dennis Gjengaar added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Mikael Ingebrigtsen At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stabæk couldn’t manage to score, and Odd took the shutout win. Odd is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while sarpsborg 08 sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Strømsgodset. Kristian Opseth struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 12th minute, then Herman Stengel tied it up for Strømsgodset in the 63rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 83rd minute on a goal by Eirik Andersen. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Sarpsborg 08 and Odd battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Sarpsborg 08 nor Odd could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Sarpsborg 08 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist and Victor Torp Overgaard each having 2 goals in their last five. Espen Ruud has been the most prolific scorer on Odd in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.