Week 3 brings us a match on Apr 18th, where Sarpsborg 08 hosts Rosenborg at Sarpsborg Stadion 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 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 8th placed Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 3-2 win against Kristiansund. Anton Saletros struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 1st minute on a feed from Mikkel Maigaard, then Mikkel Maigaard added another in the 32nd minute. Sarpsborg 08 is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Rosenborg, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Odd. Noah Holm scored the first goal for Rosenborg in the 34th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Odd was frustrated by Rosenborg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rosenborg ended the match with the shutout victory. Rosenborg is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Rosenborg’s top weapon lately has been Tobias Borchgrevink Borkeeiet, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Sarpsborg 08 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kristian Opseth and Eirik Wichne each only have 1 goal in their last 5.