Sarpsborg vs Stromsgodset Predictions

• Sarpsborg have lost their last two home league games and failed to win four of five home Eliteserien contests.
• Strømsgodset have avoided defeat in their last four away league matches, winning two and drawing two.
• Sarpsborg have only won one of their last 5 games against Strømsgodset

Godset are a gift in double chance market

Strømsgodset are the sort of team to keep onside at the moment and look capable of coming away from Saturday’s trip to Sarpsborg with a positive result. Godset have won two and drawn two of their last four away trips and carry a six-game unbeaten run into the tenth round of Eliteserien fixtures.

After a dismal start to the campaign, Strømsgodset coaches Håkon Wibe-Lund and Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen saw their team explode into life following a switch to a 4-3-3 system. Led by dynamic Norway Under-21 midfielder Johan Hove, who has six goals and two assists in ten league matches, the visitors will be full of confidence for this relatively short hop to Sarpsborg.

The guests’ mood will be in contrast to that of Sarpsborg, who sit seventh in the current standings after three defeats and a draw in their last four games. Stefan Billborn’s team thrashed struggling Jerv 5-0 in their last match to end a poor sequence that included back-to-back home losses against Molde and Aalesund.

Hosts have an unusual problem

However, they face an unusual problem on their return to action with lightning-fast French winger Rashad Muhammed yet to reach Norway because of passport problems. He has only been a bit-part player this term, but Sarpsborg carry a small squad and his absence from training is a headache Billborn could do without.

The match odds on an away win look great value to us, but in order to secure maximum profit the preferred plan here is to increase the stake and play slightly safer with Godset in the double chance market. The visitors have kept three clean sheets in their last four road trips and are worth taking for another here in a 2-0 away victory.

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