Rosenborg vs Kristiansund BK Predictions

• Rosenborg have won two of their four home league games this season, both with clean sheets.
• Kristiansund have lost all four of their away Eliteserien contests in 2022, scoring only once.
• Rosenborg have the third highest clean sheet % (40) this season while Kristiansund have the highest failed to score % (62) in Norway.

Rekdal will demand reaction from Rosenborg 

Rosenborg need to kickstart their campaign after a chastening return to action last weekend at table-toppers Lillestrom and the visit of lowly Kristiansund can give them the boost they need.

Troillongan succumbed to three set-piece goals at Åråsen Stadion on a day when coach Kjetil Rekdal made two non-injury related substitutions before half-time. The players hauled off were dismayed and angry, but there was a reaction of sorts to the move and Rosenborg had chances to level the game before Lillestrom finished them off in the 87th minute.

It didn’t seem to be a performance of a team short on confidence or lacking motivation, they were just undone by the best set-piece exponents in the division.

Kristiansund still firing blanks

Kristiansund aren’t anywhere near the best at anything this season and deservedly sit bottom of the Eliteserien on one point after eight matches. They lost their fourth straight league game on Saturday when Bodo/Glimt took a routine 2-0 win at their place and cannot be trusted to score, let alone challenge for all three points.

Backing RBK to win to nil is the way to maximise profit here as, at 62%, the visitors have the highest rate of unwanted blanks in the Eliteserien. Rekdal will demand a reaction to Sunday’s loss and we would expect it to come in the form of a 2-0 win as we note that Kristiansund have conceded an average of exactly two per game in 2022.