Sarpsborg – Vålerenga

Match starts: 18:00 CET

Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion (Artificial pitch)

Weather: 14C, Sunny

Expected line-ups:

Sarpsborg 08:

Kristiansen

Toivomäki – Østli – Rosted – Thomassen

Tveita – Nielsen – Trondsen – Zachariassen

Fejzullah – Mortensen

Vålerenga:

Sandberg

Lundström – Tollås Nation – Jääger – Näsberg

Stengel – Lekven – Ibrahim

Keita – Finne – Zahid

Preview:

Both teams come into this match off of wins, and both have been looking quite good as of late. Sarpsborg have been the big surprise of the season, and they really do seem like the real deal here. Vålerenga had a rocky start, but results have started going their way lately, and they seem destined to be an upper half team. That’s not enough against a Sarpsborg team I really feel can challenge for the title, mainly off of being a very good team at home. The artificial pitch in Sarpsborg lets them play their quick attacking football along the ground well, which they haven’t been able to on some of their travels. I think this is another ample opportunity for the home team to show they are the real deal, especially seeing as Rosenborg lost two points yesterday, and the gap can now be closed. Even though Sarpsborg’s odds have been dropping over the week, I believe that there is still a lot of value here. I’d take Sarpsborg down to 1.75, and thus the 1.86 available is great.

Marathonbet: Sarpsborg -0.5 @ 1.85