On the 31st of July, in this week 16 match, Sarpsborg 08 hosts Lillestrøm at Sarpsborg Stadion in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Haugesund. Joachim Soltvedt struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 18th minute, but Zafeiris got the equalizer for Haugesund in the 27th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 47th minute on a goal by Mads Sande. Sarpsborg 08 looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while lillestrøm sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Odd. Magnus Knudsen scored the first goal for Lillestrøm in the 61st minute, then Tobias Lauritsen tied it up for Odd in the 68th minute. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Lillestrøm should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Yildren Ibrahimaj struck first for Lillestrøm in the 67th minute on a feed from Akor Adams, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sarpsborg 08 couldn’t muster any offence and Lillestrøm ran away with the shutout win.
Both Akor Adams and Magnus Knudsen have been the hottest scorers for Lillestrøm in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Sarpsborg 08’s most prolific scorer has been Mikkel Maigaard. The Danish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.