On Aug 12th, Rosenborg will travel to Sandefjord to battle Sandefjord in a Eliteserien match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Sandefjord is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Viking. Mohamed Ofkir scored the first goal for Sandefjord in the 9th minute, then Youssef Chaib added another in the 21st minute. Sandefjord is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rosenborg recorded a 2-1 win against HamKam. Casper Tengstedt scored the first goal for Rosenborg in the 14th minute, but Lonstad Onsrud got the equalizer for HamKam in the 32nd minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Rosenborg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On May 16th, Rosenborg hosted Sandefjord in their last match together. Rosenborg won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 20000 spectators. Stefano Vecchia scored the first goal for Rosenborg in the 7th minute, then Edvard Sandvik Tagseth added another in the 58th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sandefjord couldn’t manage to score, and Rosenborg took the shutout win.
Samual Rogers has been the most prolific scorer on Rosenborg in his last five matches with 3 goals. Sandefjord’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Ofkir. The Norwegian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.