About Match
On the table this is a mismatch: Rosenborg (5th, 33 pts) hold a 17-point advantage over Start (16th, 16 pts). Start have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.86/1.43 for Rosenborg and 1.05/2.1 for Start (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.58. A win here leaves Rosenborg on 36 points and up to 4th, other results permitting.
Rosenborg enter with four wins in a row, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 15 wins for Rosenborg, 4 draws and 1 for Start, at 3.15 goals per meeting. Only 30% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals have dried up lately: 1.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.15 across the full history.
The match takes place at Lerkendal Stadion in Trondheim (capacity 21,421).