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Sarpsborg 08 v Vålerenga : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg

Sunday afternoon sees Even Sel’s Sarpsborg 08 and Johannes Moesgaard’s Vålerenga go head to head in a Eliteserien clash at the Sarpsborg Stadion. We've got bespoke stats for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from leading bookmakers.

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Sarpsborg 08's next match is v Fredrikstad at 18:15 on Sunday 13th September
Vålerenga's next match is v Lillestrøm at 15:00 on Saturday 12th September
The last Norwegian Eliteserien meeting between Sarpsborg and Vålerenga was on Sunday 6th September 2026
Norwegian Eliteserien
September 6th 2026
Sarpsborg 2
2 Vålerenga
 
C. Niyukuri 28'83' P. Strand
S. Sørli 80'90' G. Rajkovic
 
S08
VIF
Shots On
8
5
Shots Off
8
5
Corners
7
8
Possession
40%
60%
Fouls
11
15
Yellow/red cards
1/0
1/0
 
SarpsborgVålerenga
 
M. Lode
B. Utvik
A. Sher
S. Christiansen
D. Seland Karlsbakk
C. Niyukurifootball icon (P. Reinhardsen 69')
A. Hiim
V. Halvorsen (A. Hansen 70')
O. Skarsem (E. Wichne 89')
L. Øy
M. Opoku (S. Sørli 63')
O. Hedvall
K. Finnsson
H. Sjåtil
A. Olsen
(K. Tshiembe 88') C. Lange
(P. Strand 64') G. Zahid
S. Jarl
(G. Rajkovic 70') O. Holm
M. Westergaard
(O. Saeter 70') D. Gjengaar
L. Janus Ravn-Haren

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

KickOff's prediction and odds from the bookmakers suggest that this Eliteserien clash is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the fixture. As both sides are unconvincing in the WDW market given their latest form, we're going with the statistics and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point to a tip of over 2.5 goals.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sarpsborg
52%
17/20-
Draw
22%
3/1-
Vålerenga
26%
5/2-
Draw 1-1
10%
8/1-
Sarpsborg 2-1
10%
8/1-
Sarpsborg 1-0
8%
14/1-
Sarpsborg 2-0
7%
12/1-
Vålerenga 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
10/1-
Sarpsborg 3-1
6%
12/1-
Vålerenga 1-0
5%
20/1-
Sarpsborg 3-0
5%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
25/1-
Sarpsborg 3-2
4%
16/1-
Vålerenga 2-0
3%
25/1-
Sarpsborg 4-1
3%
22/1-
Vålerenga 3-1
3%
22/1-
Vålerenga 3-2
3%
22/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
2/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
15/8-
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/13-
Away 1st Goal
45%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
2%
25/1-
BTTS - Yes
62%
2/5-
BTTS - No
38%
7/4-
BTTS - Home Win
28%
15/8-
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/1-
Home/draw
74%
2/7-
Away/draw
48%
10/11-
Home/away
78%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
6/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
10/11-
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
4/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
9/4-
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/3-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
9/2-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/7-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/66-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
20/1-
Home DNB
67%
4/9-
Away DNB
42%
13/8-
Sarpsborg win to nil
23%
7/2-
Vålerenga win to nil
11%
9/1-
Sarpsborg / Sarpsborg
29%
15/8-
Sarpsborg / Vålerenga
4%
22/1-
Sarpsborg / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Sarpsborg
15%
9/2-
Draw / Vålerenga
9%
8/1-
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2-
Vålerenga / Sarpsborg
5%
16/1-
Vålerenga / Vålerenga
15%
9/2-
Vålerenga / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Sarpsborg have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Eliteserien league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 31 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Sarpsborg have played 8 games at home winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Vålerenga are in 11th position in the Eliteserien on 21 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Vålerenga have conceded 27 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sarpsborg
Vålerenga
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bodø1915223447 
d
 
1-1F
Dec 13
l
 
1-2A
Oct 24
2
Viking1914232444 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
Nov 29
3
Tromsø1910541235 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 1
l
 
4-0A
4
Molde191036933 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
3-3A
l
 
3-4A
l
 
5-1A
5
Lillestrøm19928029 
Nov 22
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-2A
Sep 12
6
Rosenborg19838527 
Oct 18
l
 
2-1F
Dec 5
w
 
0-2F
7
Brann19829826 
Dec 6
w
 
1-2A
Oct 18
w
 
2-3F
8
Fredrikstad19829-726 
w
 
2-1A
Sep 13
Sep 20
d
 
1-1F
9
Sarpsborg19667-324 
-
-
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
10
HamKam19658-1023 
w
 
1-0F
Nov 8
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
11
Vålerenga19649-722 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-2A
-
-
12
Sandefjord19559-820 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
Dec 13
13
Kristians.195410-1019 
Nov 1
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1F
Nov 7
14
KFUM195410-1319 
Sep 18
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
Oct 12
15
Aalesund19397-1318 
Oct 25
Oct 11
w
 
6-1F
d
 
5-5A
16
IK Start193412-2113 
d
 
1-1A
Nov 29
Nov 21
l
 
2-0A
Win / draw / win form
Sarpsborg 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sarpsborg1 - 2Sandefjord
Sarpsborg1 - 0HamKam
Sarpsborg1 - 0Viking
Sarpsborg2 - 1Molde
Sarpsborg2 - 1Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg0 - 1Tromsø
Sarpsborg1 - 1Bodø
Sarpsborg1 - 1IK Start
Sarpsborg1 - 0Molde
Sarpsborg0 - 2Fredrikstad
Sarpsborg2 - 1KFUM
Sarpsborg2 - 5Bodø
Sarpsborg3 - 3Viking
Sarpsborg2 - 1Sandefjord
Sarpsborg0 - 1Kristians.
Sarpsborg1 - 4Brann
Sarpsborg2 - 2Rosenborg
Sarpsborg3 - 1Haugesund
Sarpsborg1 - 1Bryne
Sarpsborg0 - 1Tromsø
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASarpsborg0 - 0Tromsø
HSarpsborg1 - 2Sandefjord
ASarpsborg1 - 2Viking
ASarpsborg3 - 3Molde
HSarpsborg1 - 0HamKam
ASarpsborg0 - 0Kristians.
HSarpsborg1 - 0Viking
ASarpsborg2 - 1Brann
HSarpsborg2 - 1Molde
ASarpsborg2 - 3Vålerenga
HSarpsborg2 - 1Fredrikstad
ASarpsborg0 - 4Lillestrøm
ASarpsborg0 - 1KFUM
HSarpsborg0 - 1Tromsø
HSarpsborg1 - 1Bodø
ASarpsborg1 - 2Rosenborg
HSarpsborg1 - 1IK Start
ASarpsborg2 - 0Sandefjord
HSarpsborg1 - 0Molde
ASarpsborg3 - 0Bryne
Vålerenga 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
49
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Aalesund5 - 5Vålerenga
Brann2 - 3Vålerenga
Tromsø4 - 0Vålerenga
IK Start2 - 0Vålerenga
HamKam1 - 0Vålerenga
Molde5 - 1Vålerenga
Fredrikstad1 - 1Vålerenga
Rosenborg0 - 2Vålerenga
Viking5 - 1Vålerenga
Rosenborg1 - 0Vålerenga
HamKam2 - 1Vålerenga
Molde4 - 1Vålerenga
Brann3 - 2Vålerenga
Haugesund2 - 3Vålerenga
Bodø7 - 2Vålerenga
Bryne1 - 0Vålerenga
Strømsgodset0 - 2Vålerenga
Tromsø2 - 1Vålerenga
KFUM0 - 1Vålerenga
Sandefjord2 - 1Vålerenga
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVålerenga3 - 4Molde
AVålerenga5 - 5Aalesund
HVålerenga1 - 2Bodø
HVålerenga0 - 3HamKam
AVålerenga3 - 2Brann
HVålerenga6 - 1Aalesund
AVålerenga0 - 4Tromsø
HVålerenga3 - 1Kristians.
AVålerenga0 - 2IK Start
HVålerenga3 - 2Sarpsborg
AVålerenga0 - 1HamKam
HVålerenga2 - 2KFUM
AVålerenga1 - 5Molde
HVålerenga0 - 2Lillestrøm
AVålerenga1 - 1Fredrikstad
HVålerenga0 - 1Viking
AVålerenga2 - 0Rosenborg
HVålerenga1 - 0Sandefjord
AVålerenga1 - 5Viking
HVålerenga3 - 3Kristians.
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sarpsborg since 2015
Sarpsborg
Vålerenga
Goals: Scored
13
9
Games: Scored
7 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
3 / 10
S08
5
D
2
VIF
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sarpsborg
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sarpsborg3 - 2
0 - 1Vålerenga
Sarpsborg2 - 1
0 - 1Vålerenga
Sarpsborg1 - 0
Sarpsborg3 - 0
Sarpsborg2 - 0
0 - 2Vålerenga
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Vålerenga since 2015
Vålerenga
Sarpsborg
Goals: Scored
23
13
Games: Scored
9 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
2 / 11
S08
2
D
4
VIF
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vålerenga
Vålerenga3 - 2
Vålerenga4 - 0
0 - 2Sarpsborg
Draw3 - 3Draw
Vålerenga4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Sarpsborg
Vålerenga3 - 0
Vålerenga3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Sarpsborg 08's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Vålerenga have conceded in each of their last 16 Eliteserien games. A PG of 1.9 for E. Sel's side suggests that run should continue.

Sarpsborg 9th Vålerenga 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Sarpsborg will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Vålerenga will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Sarpsborg have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-2
Vålerenga’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season
Sarpsborg
PG (predicted goals)
Vålerenga
1.9
1.3
Attack rating
S08
VIF
13%
better
view stats
Games scored13
12
Failed to score5
6
Scored first6
8
Goals scored20
31
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.7
Avg. shots per game9
13
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
27%
better
S08
VIF
view stats
Games conceded13
16
Clean sheets5
2
Conceded first10
10
Goals conceded23
38
Avg. goals conceded1.3
2.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
18%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+27%

Sarpsborg v Vålerenga Eliteserien lLine ups will show here when available.

Sarpsborg Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19644
A. HiimD KarlsbakkC NiyukuriB Utvik
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Øy GLK9
-
C Niyukuri DEF1824
2
-
B Utvik DEF181
4
-
M Lode DEF7
-
A. Hiim DEF191
2
-
V. Halvorsen MID1932
-
S Christiansen MID1711
2
-
A Sher MID171
3
-
O Skarsem MID7
1
-
D Karlsbakk FWD196
2
-
M. Opoku FWD71
-
Subs
J Larsen GLK
-
P Reinhardsen DEF3
1
-
E Wichne DEF17
1
-
L. Høyland DEF
-
C Mmaee MID3
-
S Sörli MID1944
1
-
N. Williams MID171
-
B. Guèye MID11
-
A Nibe MID193
-
Vålerenga Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19855
O HedvallL. Janus Ravn-HarenK FinnssonK Finnsson
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Hedvall GLK19
-
H. Sjåtil DEF17
2
-
A Olsen DEF181
4
-
S Jarl DEF8
1
1
K Finnsson DEF185
5
-
G Zahid  MID3
-
O Holm MID10
-
C. Lange MID1961
3
-
L. Janus Ravn-Haren MID1881
1
-
M Westergaard FWD1911
3
-
D Gjengaar FWD1
-
Subs
S. Lønning GLK
-
K Tshiembe DEF11
1
-
V Hedenstad DEF7
1
-
I Näsberg DEF161
3
1
A. Jatta DEF
-
P Strand MID1921
-
G. Rajkovic FWD1221
1
-
O Saeter FWD82
1
-