Sarpsborg 08 vs Aalesunds FK Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sarpsborg 08

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Sarpsborg 08 will be looking for another win after the 1-2 Eliteserien victory versus Lillestrøm SK.

In that match, Sarpsborg 08 had 46% possession and 24 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Sarpsborg 08, the scorers were Bjørn Inge Utvik (47') and Joachim Soltvedt (54'). For their opponents, Lillestrøm had 18 shots at goal with 5 on target. Akor Adams (90') was the scorer for Lillestrøm SK.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that quality has been evident in the Sarpsborg 08 rearguard. Sarpsborg 08 have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous 6 outings standing at 3.

Coming into this meeting, Sarpsborg 08 are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Aalesunds FK

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Aalesunds FK head into the game after a 3-1 Eliteserien win vs Molde FK in their most recent game.

In that match, Aalesunds FK had 31% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Aalesunds FK, the goalscorers were Ebiye Moses (40') and Isaac Atanga (57', 61'). Molde had 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Niklas Ødegård (90') scored for Molde FK.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Aalesunds FK has become noticeable in recent matches. Looking at their last six meetings shows that this has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 12 while Aalesunds FK have scored 3. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 05/04/2017 shows that Sarpsborg 08 have won 5 of them & Aalesunds FK 1, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 for Sarpsborg and 4 for Tangotrøyene. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Eliteserien match day 22 on 11/09/2022 and the score finished Aalesunds FK 1-3 Sarpsborg 08.

That time, Aalesunds FK managed 62% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Goals were scored by Petar Golubović (44' Own goal) and Ebiye Moses (74').

On the other side, Sarpsborg 08 got 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Mikkel Maigaard (24') and Simon Tibbling (56') scored.

The match was refereed by Marius Grøtta.

📰 Team News: Sarpsborg 08

The Sarpsborg 08 manager Stefan Billborn will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.

📰 Team News: Aalesunds FK

Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Aalesunds FK manager Marius Bøe to contend with. Alexander Ammitzböll (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

Sarpsborg 08 can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Aalesunds FK will be up against it getting goals but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring here.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Sarpsborg 08 at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:44 24/05/2023