Fredrikstad vs Sandefjord - prediction, team news, lineups

Desperate to halt a concerning losing run, Fredrikstad invited chap strugglers Sandefjord to Nye Fredrikstad Stadion for a Norwegian Eliteserien clash connected Saturday afternoon.

Aristokratene suffered a heavy decision astatine the basal of Rosenborg past clip out, whilst Guttane were dispatched connected location soil by the trendsetters of Norwegian nine football.

Match preview

Following respectable sixth and eighth-placed finishes successful the Eliteserien since their title-winning second-tier run of 2023, Fredrikstad are present successful information of being dragged into relegation occupation this year.

Since returning from the summertime break, Aristokratene person recorded 3 consecutive losses without uncovering the net, with midtable dwellers Rosenborg the latest broadside to cod 3 points against Casper Rojkjaer's men.

After winning conscionable 2 of their past 11 top-flight contests, Fredrikstad person slumped down to 12th presumption successful the Eliteserien standings, lone 2 points supra Kristiansund and KFUM successful 14th and 15th spots respectively.

A root of cautious optimism for those of an Aristokratene persuasion amidst the doom and gloom, those brace of caller victories some arrived connected location soil, wherever Saturday's hosts defeated HamKam and Start successful May.

As highlighted by Daniel Eid, Oskar Ohlenschlaeger and Rocco Shein starring the club's goalscoring charts with conscionable 2 strikes each, Fredrikstad (15) person issues astatine the apical extremity of the pitch, with lone Sandefjord (13) and Kristiansund (12) netting less Elitserien goals truthful far.

Outdoing Fredrikstad's three-game winless run, Sandefjord are the lone broadside successful the Eliteserien who person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six matches (D2 L4), with Saturday's visitors dropping rapidly towards bottom-three trouble.

For the archetypal clip successful that unspeakable sequence, Guttane were incapable to find the nett past play astatine Jotun Arena, wherever goals from Ola Brynhildsen, Jens Petter Hauge and Mikkel Bro secured a 3-0 triumph for existent champions and league leaders Bodo/Glimt.

Last tasting occurrence connected May 10 connected location ungraded versus second-tier bound Kristiansund, Andreas Tegstrom's troops person dropped to 11th spot successful the Eliteserien table, 1 constituent supra this weekend's hosts.

After winning back-to-back matches connected the roadworthy astatine KFUM and Brann successful April, Sandefjord person mislaid 4 consecutive distant games by an aggregate scoreline of 10-4, providing small crushed for optimism this weekend.

To marque matters worse, Guttane person a woeful grounds successful caller Eliteserien matches against Fredrikstad, who are unbeaten crossed each of their past 5 top-flight meetings (W3 D2) stretching backmost to April 2024.

Fredrikstad Norwegian Eliteserien form:

W D W L L L

Sandefjord Norwegian Eliteserien form:

L D L D L L

Team News

Fredrikstad are sweating implicit the fittingness of midfielder Samuel Leach Holm, who has not played since earlier the summertime interruption owed to a knock.

Into his 3rd afloat run with Aristokratene, Sigurd Kvile is present sidelined for the remainder of the twelvemonth due to the fact that of a superior genu injury.

The hosts' options further up the tract are besides constricted arsenic near midfielder Sondre Sorlokk recovers from a ft problem.

Sandefjord person been little impacted connected the fittingness beforehand this twelvemonth but are awaiting the instrumentality of Filip Loftesnes-Bjune from a thigh strain.

At responsibility for 1 of Bodo/Glimt's 3 goals past clip out, young defender Rasmus Holten could beryllium taken retired of the firing enactment this weekend.

Fredrikstad imaginable starting lineup:

Borsheim; Rafn, Holme, Fredriksen; Eid, Ohlenschlaeger, Nilsson, Yrga-Alem; Faraas, Laghzaoui, Skogvold

Sandefjord imaginable starting lineup:

Hadaya; Pedersen, Krogelien, Lambrix, Hellan; Mork, Patoulidis, Pettersen, Melchior, Berntsen; Moller

We say: Fredrikstad 2-1 Sandefjord

With some teams bang retired of signifier and lacking confidence, Nye Fredrikstad Stadion could play big to a low-quality matter connected Saturday afternoon.

However, boasting their stellar caller grounds against the visitors, we tin envisage Fredrikstad picking up a mightily-important maximum by the tegument of their teeth.

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