Sarpsborg 08 FF vs Rosenborg 0-3

Rosenborg left Sarpsborg Stadion with a 3-0 win built on a first-half burst and a late stoppage-time goal. Aslak Fonn Witry opened the scoring in the 29th minute and Adrian Nilsen Pereira doubled the lead seven minutes later before Jonas Sogaard Mortensen sealed it in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

The breakthrough came in the 29th minute when Witry made it 1-0 for Rosenborg. Pereira then finished off Witry’s assist in the 36th minute to make it 2-0. Sarpsborg 08 FF had already been forced into two changes on 45 minutes, with Andreas Hansen replaced by Anders Hiim and Peter Reinhardsen by Aimar Sher, and the home side went into the break 2-0 down.

Sarpsborg 08 FF made another change on 60 minutes, while Rosenborg answered with two substitutions on 61 minutes as Noah Sahsah made way for Jesper Reitan Sunde and Maciej Soboczynski for Dino Islamović. Rosenborg then made two more changes on 70 minutes, including Pereira and Mathias Ullereng Kjolo going off, and later sent on Jonas Sogaard Mortensen on 81 minutes before he scored three minutes into stoppage time to make it 3-0. The away side protected a two-goal cushion through the second half and finished with the only late strike of the match.

Sarpsborg 08 FF had 51% possession and 439 passes to Rosenborg’s 421, but the visitors had more shots, 20 to 14, and more on target, 6 to 5. Rosenborg also finished ahead on expected goals, 1.63 to 1.02, as well as corners, 8 to 7, while Sarpsborg 08 FF had 14 fouls to Rosenborg’s 17 and both sides committed few offsides, with 1 and 2 respectively. The home goalkeeper made 4 saves, while Rosenborg’s keeper made 2.

Rosenborg were booked three times, with Mathias Ullereng Kjolo shown a yellow card on 34 minutes, Mads Bomholt on 65 and Jonas Sogaard Mortensen on 83. Sarpsborg 08 FF had two bookings, for Sander Johan Christiansen on 43 minutes and Daniel Seland Karlsbakk on 57. There were no red cards.