Week 13 brings us a match on Jul 9th, where Stabæk will travel to Sandefjord to battle Sandefjord in a clash of these two closely matched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sandefjord sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-6 blowout loss against Sarpsborg 08. Kristian Opseth struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 10th minute on a feed from Mikkel Maigaard, then Victor Torp Overgaard added another in the 11th minute on a feed from Baah. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Stabæk recorded a 0-1 loss against Strømsgodset. Ari Leifsson struck first for Strømsgodset in the 18th minute on a feed from Marcus Mehnert, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stabæk couldn’t manage to score, and Strømsgodset took the shutout win. Stabæk is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Mushaga Bakenga has been the most prolific scorer on Stabæk in his last five matches with 3 goals. Al-Saed has been the most effective weapon for Sandefjord lately. The Swedish attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches.