Rosenborg vs. Fredrikstad - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by 2 places successful the Eliteserien table, Rosenborg invited 12th-placed Fredrikstad to Lerkendal Stadion successful Sunday's 15th round.  

The hosts are aiming to bounce backmost aft a 5-0 affable thrashing by Manchester United connected Friday, adjacent if their erstwhile league results constituent to a affirmative result implicit their off-form visitors.  

Match preview

Friday evening was pugnacious for Rosenborg, who suffered a second-half illness against Man United successful Trondheim having competed admirably for an hr oregon so.  

The Troll Children fell down aft 30 minutes, and the people stayed that mode until the 56th minute; however, the floodgates opened for the Red Devils aft Joshua Zirkzee scored, with Michael Carrick's broadside adding 3 much en way to a 5-0 success.  

Although it came successful a non-competitive fixture, the dense decision would person wounded the pridefulness of Freyr Alexandersson's team, who had gone 3 games either broadside of the Eliteserien's hiatus without a loss, winning back-to-back matches heading into the United friendly.  

Aiming to determination connected from that hammering, the 10th-placed broadside volition backmost themselves to assertion their 5th league triumph astatine the disbursal of their visitors, particularly considering that the post-hiatus results person ended successful 3-0 wins implicit struggling, second-bottom Kristiansund and cellar-dwelling Start.  

With 11 of their 15 points accumulated successful Trondheim, supporters volition anticipation to witnesser consecutive league wins astatine Lerkendal Stadion for the archetypal clip this play and the archetypal clip since notching occurrence implicit Valerenga (1-0) and Stromsgodset (6-0) mode backmost successful November 2025.

That purpose seems wrong the realms of possibility, particularly considering that Monday's visitors participate connected the backmost of 2 losses connected the trot aft the break, having secured 7 points from 9 earlier the hiatus.  

Perhaps unfortunate to person faced Europe-chasing Lillestrom and league-chasing Bodo/Glimt, the Red Shorts' erstwhile momentum has undeniably been punctured up of the 15th round.  

Any accidental of a affirmative effect astatine Lerkendal Stadion is further successful uncertainty for 2 reasons: Fredrikstad's wretched distant grounds and their decade-long winless tally successful this fixture.  

Four of their 14 points person travel distant from home, highlighting an undeniable penchant for fixtures astatine Fredrikstad Stadion, with Casper Rojkaer's squad entering Monday having notched 1 constituent from their past 5 matches connected the road.  

With Aristokratene's erstwhile triumph implicit Rosenborg happening successful November 2012, albeit they were relegated that twelvemonth and lone returned successful 2024, the past 4 league meetings person ended successful 2 defeats and arsenic galore draws.  

As such, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the visiting broadside extremity their 14-year hold for Eliteserien occurrence implicit the 26-time top-flight champions.  

Rosenborg Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Team News

Rosenborg did not look to endure immoderate injuries against United oregon adjacent successful the erstwhile league triumph implicit Start, seemingly giving Alexandersson nary caller issues to woody with.  

However, Troillongan are without Dino Islamovic, who has not played since injuring his calf successful the 3-0 occurrence implicit Kristiansund.  

Amin Chiakha whitethorn person failed to people against the Red Devils connected Friday, but the guardant heads into Monday's league clash connected the backmost of scoring 50% of Rosenborg's six strikes aft the break, bringing him to 5 for the season, and helium present aims to people for the 3rd top-flight crippled running.  

The visitors person undoubtedly dispersed the goals around, with lone 3 players scoring much than erstwhile and nary of Daniel Eid, Rocco Robert Shein and Oskar Ohlenschlaeger uncovering the nett much than doubly frankincense far.  

Only Shein has scored an distant extremity among the trio, though, and that onslaught notably came successful the Red Shorts' lone distant occurrence this word — a 3-2 triumph implicit Aalesund successful gameweek three.  

Unlike their hosts, Rojkaer's men person a fewer issues to woody with: Sondre Sorlokk (foot) and Sigurd Kvile (knee) are apt out, portion Samuel Leach, Ohlenschlaeger and Leonard Owusu's conditions volition beryllium assessed.

Rosenborg imaginable starting lineup:

Wahlstedt; Svensson, K. Ceide, Nemcik, Pereira; Selnaes, Fossum, Bomholt; Duris, Chiakha, E. Ceide

Fredrikstad imaginable starting lineup:

Borshei; Rafn, Holme, Fredriksen; Eid, Nilsson, Owusu, Ghebreyohannes; Faraas, Skogvold, Laghzaoui

We say: Rosenborg 2-0 Fredrikstad

Rosenborg's caller signifier suggests they volition bounce backmost aft their decision to Carrick's United, arsenic they person been coagulated astatine Lerkendal Stadion.  

Fredrikstad's struggles connected the roadworthy and deficiency of attacking menace volition apt spot them permission Trondheim empty-handed, extending their hold without occurrence implicit Monday's hosts.

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