Valerenga vs Sarpsborg
Norway – Eliteserien
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Kick-off at 14:00 UK/ 15:00 CET
Venue: Intility Arena (Oslo).
Valerenga vs Sarpsborg betting tips
Valerenga sits five places and is seven points ahead of guests this weekend but has played more matches than Sarpsborg this season. Sarpsborg has seen their form improve in recent weeks, but both teams were eliminated from NM Cupen in midweek and will hope to return to winning ways on Sunday.
Last weekend Valerenga traveled to Rosenborg where despite having 57% of the total ownership, the visitors were beaten 3-0. Adegbenro opened the scoring for Rosenborg in the fourteenth minute and further goals in the second half from de Lanlay and Soderlund helped wrap up the 3-0 win for the hosts. A goal in each half from Larsen helped Sarpsborg on the way to an unexpected 2-0 win over high-flying Odd, and visitors this weekend need to build it on Sunday if they want to go up to the middle.
The recent head to head record between the two clubs and the shape of the two teams over the past few weeks, all showed that Sarpsborg's double chances were worthy of support this weekend and that there was a good chance the game could end goalless. Sarpsborg are unbeaten in their last six matches against Valerenga and both teams have scored in just one of the last six meetings between the two clubs. Valerenga have lost their last three matches in all competitions and Sarpsborg has won two of their last three league and cup matches. Valerenga failed to score in two of their last three matches and Sarpsborg has kept two clean sheets in their last three matches, which is why we support Sunday's match to end 0-0.
Ejuke scored the highest score for the hosts with four Eliteserien goals this season, while Larsen led the visitors with three goals. We are confident that multiple odds bets at Sarpsborg will pay on Sunday and have expected the match to end goalless. Sarpsborg had never played as well as their hosts this season, but the visitors really had a good record against Valerenga and that was why we supported the game to draw, but could see Sarpsborg poking all three points.
Valerenga vs Sarpsborg Head-to-head (h2h)
Sarpsborg recorded the last five consecutive wins.
The last time the two met, Valerenga lost 4-0.
The last six matches saw Valerenga concede just one goal in total.
Two of the last three matches saw visitors score two or more goals in this venue.
Predict Valerenga vs. Sarpsborg
Both teams suffered losses, and it would be difficult to choose between the two based on their own last tie. Whereas H2 bonds show that Sarpsborg has had authority over others for some time.
They recorded the last five consecutive wins and scored two or more goals in all five, and three or more in the last three. Also, impressive, they only conceded one goal in their last six matches against this opponent.
In this venue, Valerenga has scored two or more goals in two of the last three, while the visitors keep clean sheets in their last two attempts. Therefore, we must rely on guests to avoid losses at any cost.
But understand that Valerenga have a home advantage, and they are unbeaten in five of their last seven matches, and in 12 of their last 13 matches at home. They also found the back of the goal in 20 of their last 23 matches, and in 16 of their last 18 matches in front of the home crowd.
Expect goals at both ends of the field this Sunday.
