In this 16th week match, on Saturday Jul 29th, Vålerenga hosts Sandefjord at Intility Arena in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 14th placed Vålerenga is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Odd. Simen Juklerød struck first for Odd on an own goal in the 33rd minute, but Leopold Wahlstedt got the equalizer for Vålerenga on an own goal in the 49th minute. Vålerenga looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 15th placed Sandefjord, recorded a 2-5 loss against Bodø / Glimt. A. Erlykke struck first for Bodø / Glimt in the 10th minute, then in the 12th minute, Ian Smeulers sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Aleksander Nilsson , but luckily for Bodø / Glimt it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Sandefjord looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Vålerenga won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sandefjord’s most prolific scorer has been Jesper Taaje. The Norwegian defender has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Vålerenga is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Stefan Strandberg and Leopold Wahlstedt each only have 1 goal in their last 5.