Rosenborg take on the visitors Haugesund in the round 8 match of Norwegian Eliteserien. The match will be played on Thursday, May 26th at Lerkendal Stadion (Trondheim).
Rosenborg are not among strongest teams of the league and unlikely to get back to the top this season. The Little trolls have become the champions of their country for a record 26 times - this is the national maximum in Norway. Including 4 "gold" in a row were taken in 2015-2018. But then the leading positions were lost again, and, having first rolled back to 3rd place, then the grand stably finished another 1 position lower every year. It is quite possible that this unpleasant trend will continue now. Kjetil Rekdal's wards lost only once at the start, but in April they started with 3 draws in the first 4 rounds. Yes, and they did not manage to win against Ham-Kam on May 22.
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Haugesund could not show good results in the start of the season. "Arabs" is a relatively young project. The club was founded in 1993. But they already managed to not only gain a foothold in the top division, but once took bronze here, reached the cup final and regularly started (however, he did not linger, taking off from 2-3 opponents) in the Europa League. Only in recent years has there been a decline to the middle of the table: 9th in 2020, and 11th in the past. Grindhaug's wards started the new season very weakly, frankly disastrously. There, 5 times in a row, the club could not get even a draw, invariably losing everything in a row, with a total goal difference of 3-12. Including April ended 1-5 with Viking on the road. But then everything changed dramatically. Haugesund was able to finally win - Kristiansund scored 2 unanswered goals. And then they developed success, and completely defeated Odd 4-0. This allowed us to rise from the bottom of the standings. But Bodo/Glimt dampened the team's joy by smashing it 4-1.
Unexpectedly, but Haugesund plays quite well against Rosenborg. In 2019-2020, there were even 3 victories for the Arabs in a row. Then, however, the “little trolls” finally won, but in 2021 the clubs brought both matches to a goalless draw. Rosenborg is seen as the favorite, but he is also unstable. Let's take a neutral option with "total over 2.5 goals"
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
