In this week 11 match on the 1st of October, Vålerenga will travel to Sandefjord to battle Sandefjord in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. Sandefjord is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Viking. Yann-Erik de Lanlay struck first for Viking in the 12th minute, then Lars-Jørgen Salvesen added another in the 17th minute. Sandefjord is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while vålerenga sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-4 loss against Bodø / Glimt. Amahl Pellegrino scored the first goal for Bodø / Glimt in the 2nd minute from the penalty spot, but Torgeir Børven got the equalizer for Vålerenga in the 7th minute from the penalty spot , but Bodø / Glimt kept scoring and walked away with the win. Vålerenga looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
Vålerenga and Sandefjord last played eachother at the Intility Arena on Sat Jul 29th. Sandefjord was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Jatta scored the first goal for Vålerenga in the 52nd minute, but Filip Ottosson got the equalizer for Sandefjord in the 63rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 72nd minute on a goal by Al-Saed.
Andrej Ilić has been the most prolific scorer on Vålerenga in his last five matches with three goals. Both Al-Saed and Franklin Nyenetue have been the hottest scorers for Sandefjord in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.