On Friday night, Lillestrom host Rosenborg at the Arasen Stadion, as both teams look to move up the Eliteserien table.
Lillestrom are ninth place in the table after a mixed start to the new Eliteserien campaign.
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However, the home team look to have found some form of late, as a 2-0 win over Tromso last time out means that Geir Bakke’s team has won three of their last four league outings.
Experienced forward Thomas Olsen has been on a hot streak in front of goal of late, as he has scored four goals in his last two league appearances for Lillestrom.
A two-game winning run on home soil in the Norwegian top-flight ended a poor run of form at home for Bakke’s team.
A record of two wins from their last nine league matches on their own patch is poor. Their recent home games in the Eliteserien have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in five of their last eight matches.
Rosenborg are just a point outside the European qualification spots in the Eliteserien, despite a poor recent run of form in the Norwegian top-flight. In fact, the visitors have suffered back-to-back league defeats.
A 1-0 home defeat against Sarpsborg last time out ended a run of high-scoring games for the visitors in the league, as their previous seven matches had all produced over 2.5 goals.
The fact that Rosenborg have not kept a clean sheet in seven league matches has been a contributing factor in those high-scoring matches.
Age Hareide’s team have struggled for form on their travels of late, as Rosenborg head into this match with a record of just one away win in their last nine outings.
Their away games have been high-scoring, though, with over 2.5 goals scored in six of their last nine games on their travels.
Forebet predicts that Rosenborg will improve their poor away form by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter.