Sarpsborg 08 vs HamKam - prediction, team news, lineups

Sarpsborg 08 invited HamKam to Sarpsborg Stadion connected Sunday successful an Eliteserien clash betwixt 2 sides level connected 18 points, with lone extremity quality separating them successful the standings.

The hosts inhabit seventh spot aft an awesome tally of form, portion the visitors person slipped to eighth pursuing a hard spell that has near them searching for their archetypal triumph successful 4 league matches.

Match preview

Sarpsborg caput into Sunday's brushwood successful fantabulous form, having gone unbeaten successful their past 4 league matches, winning 3 and drafting one.

Even Sel's broadside ended the archetypal fractional of the run with back-to-back 2-1 victories implicit Brann and Molde earlier carrying that momentum into the restart, beating title-chasing Viking 1-0 and past earning a goalless gully distant to Kristiansund.

Those results person lifted Sarpsborg into the apical fractional of the array aft a hard opening to the season, erstwhile they managed conscionable 1 triumph from their archetypal 7 league outings.

A large origin down their caller betterment has been their antiaircraft organisation – having failed to support a cleanable expanse successful 10 consecutive league matches earlier successful the campaign, they person present recorded shutouts successful successive league games and conceded lone erstwhile successful their past four.

Home signifier has besides been encouraging, with Sarpsborg having mislaid conscionable 1 of their six league matches astatine Sarpsborg Stadion this season, winning 3 and drafting two, and they volition beryllium assured of extending their beardown caller grounds against Sunday's opponents.

Indeed, the hosts are unbeaten successful their past six meetings with HamKam crossed each competitions, winning each of the past 3 league encounters, portion keeping cleanable sheets successful 2 of those victories.

HamKam, meanwhile, get successful Sarpsborg enduring a hard spell aft failing to triumph immoderate of their past 4 league matches.

Thomas Myhre's broadside drew 2-2 with Aalesund earlier the World Cup interruption and repeated that scoreline against Sandefjord aft the restart, but dense defeats to Tromso (4-1) and Bodo/Glimt (3-0) person halted their progress.

Those back-to-back losses mean HamKam person collected lone 2 points from their past 4 league matches, conceding 7 goals crossed their past 2 outings portion scoring conscionable once.

Their distant grounds offers small encouragement either, with HamKam inactive searching for their archetypal distant triumph of the league campaign, collecting lone 3 points from six matches connected the road, with lone 2 teams boasting a poorer distant return.

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Team News

Sarpsborg stay without semipermanent absentees Frederik Carstensen and Sigurd Rosted, with the brace continuing their recoveries from injury.

Daniel Karlsbakk, the club's starring scorer successful the league this season, is expected to spearhead the onslaught erstwhile again, portion Victor Emanuel Halvorsen, who is the team's second-highest scorer, should proceed to supply creativity from midfield.

HamKam's lone wounded absentee is Swedish guardant Noah Alexandersson, who has been sidelined since suffering an wounded successful March.

However, the visitors person besides mislaid starring scorer Mame Alassane Niang pursuing his transportation to Porto, leaving Henrik Udahl with greater work successful onslaught aft scoring 5 league goals truthful acold this season.

Sarpsborg 08 imaginable starting lineup:

Oy; Niyukuri, Utvik, Odegaard, Hiim; Nibe, Halvorsen, Christiansen; Sorli, Karlsbakk, Williams

HamKam imaginable starting lineup:

Sandberg; Nilsen, Sjolstad, Amundsen-Day; Metcalfe, Osnes-Ringen, Mares, Potur, Ekeroth; Gonstad, Udahl

We say: Sarpsborg 08 2-0 HamKam

Sarpsborg's antiaircraft improvement, awesome caller signifier and beardown grounds successful this fixture marque them wide favourites heading into Sunday's contest.

HamKam person struggled severely distant from location and person mislaid sizeable attacking firepower pursuing Niang's departure, and we expect the hosts to instrumentality afloat vantage by extending their unbeaten tally with different convincing victory.

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