Aalesund vs Tromso IL - prediction, team news, lineups

Tromso IL hazard being near down successful the contention for the Eliteserien title if they neglect to decision hosts Aalesund connected Sunday astatine Color Line Stadion.

Aalesund are 13th with conscionable 13 points, and they way their third-placed visitors by a important margin, with Tromso sitting successful 3rd with 31 points having beaten Hamarkameratene 4-1 connected July 18.

Match preview

The hosts are 4th past and are lone 1 constituent supra KFUM Oslo, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot, and they are besides conscionable 1 constituent supra 15th-placed Kristiansund.

Aalesund merit recognition for holding second-placed Viking to a 1-1 stalemate connected July 26, and they managed to regularly endanger contempt lone producing 25 touches successful the punishment area, precisely fractional the full their opponents produced.

Tango are looking for their archetypal triumph successful six games having drawn 4 and mislaid 1 of their past 5 outings, with the nine conceding 12 goals successful that time.

Head manager Kjetil Rekdal volition beryllium pleased that his squad netted 7 times successful that five-game stretch, and his players person scored astatine slightest 2 goals successful 4 of their past 7 fixtures.

Aalesund's performances astatine location cannot beryllium described arsenic beardown considering they person lone triumphed successful 1 of their six astir caller clashes at Color Line Stadion, but they did debar decision crossed that period.

Tromso were eliminated from the Europa League qualifiers connected Thursday, losing 3-1 successful the 2nd limb against Hradec Kralove, suffering a 4-1 nonaccomplishment connected aggregate.

While a decision connected the play would correspond a 3rd nonaccomplishment successful a enactment for the club, they are looking to triumph a 3rd consecutive Eliteserien match, which would besides widen their unbeaten home streak to 5 games.

Boss Jorgen Vik's broadside are presently 4 points from first-placed Bodo/Glimt, though Viking person 34 points arsenic good arsenic a crippled successful hand.

Gutan recovered the backmost of the nett 8 times successful their 2 astir caller league outings, arsenic galore arsenic they had successful their anterior 8 league clashes.

Tromso settled for a constituent aft drafting 1-1 with Aalesund successful the reverse fixture successful May, and the 2 clubs stock an identical grounds against each different since 2022 (one win, 3 draws, 1 loss).

The visitors person struggled erstwhile travelling, with Vik's squad having achieved triumph successful 1 of their past 5 matches connected the roadworthy portion losing twice.

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Team News

Aalesund utilized cardinal defenders Simen Haram, Emil Engqvist and Olafur Gudmundsson to large effect against Viking, and they are apt to deploy the trio erstwhile again.

However, with midfielder Mathias Christensen present suspended owed to the accumulation of excessively galore yellowish cards, expect to see Henrik Melland travel into the lineup.

As for Tromso, a apt trio to play successful midfield are David Edvardsson, Ruben Yttergard Jenssen and Jens Hjerto-Dahl.

The visitors named Vetle Skjaervik, Tobias Kvalvagnes Guddal and Isak Vadebu in a three-man defence against Hamarkameratene, and possibly they volition beryllium trusted unneurotic erstwhile more.

Heine Asen Larsen and Troy Nyhammer person scored six and 3 league goals respectively, and they could beryllium tasked with starring the enactment up front.

Aalesund imaginable starting lineup:

Podlech; Haram, Engqvist, Gudmundsson; Andresen, Melland, Hagen, Hammer, Charles; Lonebu, Osenbroch

Tromso IL imaginable starting lineup:

Haugaard; Skjaervik, Guddal, Vadebu; Warneryd, Edvardsson, Jenssen, Hjerto-Dahl, Innvaer; Nyhammer, Larsen

We say: Aalesund 2-2 Tromso IL

Aalesund are apt to beryllium to beryllium challenging opponents fixed they person often managed to debar decision astatine home.

Tromso could instrumentality clip to settee into the weekend's crippled owed to their tiring European exploits connected Thursday, and it would not beryllium astonishing if they lone claimed 1 point.

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