On Aug 6th, HamKam will travel to Trondheim to battle Rosenborg in a clash of these two mismatched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rosenborg sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Odd. Jorgensen scored the first goal for Odd in the 10th minute, but Carlo Holse got the equalizer for Rosenborg in the 56th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 65th minute on a goal by Erlend Dahl Reitan to cap off a wild match. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Rosenborg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while hamKam sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Kristiansund. Christoffer Aasbak scored the first goal for Kristiansund in the 44th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, HamKam was frustrated by Kristiansund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kristiansund ended the match with the shutout victory. HamKam is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Rosenborg and HamKam last played eachother at the Briskeby Arena on the 22nd of May. HamKam and Rosenborg battled to a 1-1 draw. Samual Rogers struck first for Rosenborg in the 25th minute, then in the 69th minute, Amin Nouri sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Eriksen earning them at least the one point.
HamKam is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Eriksen and Lonstad Onsrud each only have 1 goal in their last five. Samual Rogers has been the most effective weapon for Rosenborg lately. The American defender has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.