Vaalerenga IF vs Tromsoe IL

Match details. Eliteserien, Regular Season - 25. Kick-off is Sun 1 Nov, 19:15 Lagos time. It is played at Intility Arena, Oslo. The referee is Marius Hansen Grotta.

What's at stake. Vaalerenga IF are 10th on 29 points after 24 games, 1 point behind KFUM Oslo, level on points with Fredrikstad. A win would take them above KFUM Oslo. Tromsoe IL are 5th on 40 points after 24 games, 3 points behind Rosenborg, 1 point clear of Lillestrom. A win would take them level on points with Rosenborg.

Team news. Vaalerenga IF are without C. Lange (yellow cards), E. Rashani (injury), K. Finnsson (injury), C. Lange (yellow cards), E. Rashani (injury), K. Finnsson (injury). K. Finnsson is their centre-back. Tromsoe IL are without T. Nyhammer (leg injury), S. Prestmo (injury), M. Tonnessen (thigh injury), T. Nyhammer (leg injury), S. Prestmo (injury), M. Tonnessen (thigh injury).

Form. Vaalerenga IF have won two, drawn three and lost five of their last ten, 0.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W L D L. In this competition Vaalerenga IF have gone W W L D L D. Tromsoe IL have won three, drawn three and lost four of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D D W L. In this competition Tromsoe IL have gone L D D W L L.

The numbers. Vaalerenga IF score 1.6 and concede 2.2 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets. Vaalerenga IF average 18.4 shots (6.0 on target), 6.5 corners and 2.0 cards a game, with 51% of the ball. Tromsoe IL score 2.4 and concede 2.4 a game in their last seven away, with no clean sheets. Tromsoe IL average 13.5 shots (5.6 on target), 4.2 corners and 2.5 cards a game, with 54% of the ball.

Head to head. In the last seven meetings Vaalerenga IF have won two, drawn two and lost three. Two of the seven went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, Vaalerenga IF won one, one was drawn and Tromsoe IL won two. The last time they met, on 11 Jul 2026, it finished Vaalerenga IF 0-4 Tromsoe IL: Vaalerenga IF had 18 shots to 13, 62% of the ball, two yellow cards.

Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make Vaalerenga IF the likelier winners, but Tromsoe IL are the stronger side on form and the table. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%; five of the last seven meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.

The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%.

The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Five of the last seven meetings went under 2.5.

The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Tromsoe IL or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Vaalerenga IF Under 1.5 goals (Tromsoe IL's own games don't back it (2 of 7)). Predicted score: Vaalerenga IF 1-1 Tromsoe IL (12% chance).