Valerenga vs Rosenborg Predictions

• Rosenborg have played out stalemates in five of their eight league games this term.
• Both teams scored in four of the last five H2H meetings, each time ending level.
• Each of Valerenga’s last four drawn home games ended with a 1-1 scoreline.

Valerenga and Rosenborg seek consistency

It has been a tough start to the campaign for both Valerenga and Rosenborg, as both have won a third or fewer of their games so far, a return which is markedly worse than their respective top-half finishes last season.

Valerenga boss Dag-Eilev Fagermo is no stranger to Rosenborg, with this set to be his 30th dugout encounter with the 26-time Norweigian champions. Fagermo won just five of the previous 29 matches (D12, L12), but five of the last six clashes ended level, four finishing 1-1!

His record against opposite number Kjetil Rekdal suggests that the Pride of Oslo will put up a good showing here (W12, D3, L4) but the theme was often the same in clashes between the bosses, with seven of the last nine touchline meetings seeing both sides score.

Rosenborg could be frustrated yet again

Even with a quick start in this game, Rosenborg can rarely be trusted with a lead this term as they went on to draw two of their four games in which they led at any stage.

The opposite is true when they are behind though, with Rosenborg avoiding defeat in two of their three league games when trailing this term (D2, L1), such a combination of stats feeds into the main prediction of BTTS nicely.

Given the overwhelming recent trends of low-scoring stalemates in this fixture, the managerial H2Hs and Rosenborg’s recent form, we are sticking with BTTS. As for the correct score, it would be rude not to put up yet another 1-1 draw.

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