Tromso vs KFUM Oslo Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: contrasting trajectories

Tromso's last 20 matches across all competitions include Eliteserien, European football and a friendly, and the record reads eight wins, five draws and seven losses, with 38 goals scored and 32 conceded. That's a team capable of goals but also leaking them, not unusual for a side juggling league and continental fixtures.

Tromso: 20 completed matches; KFUM Oslo: 20 completed matches.

Tromso

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

32

Difference

+6

KFUM Oslo

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

37

Difference

-16

KFUM Oslo's equivalent run looks tougher on the surface: six wins, three draws and eleven losses, with just 21 goals for and 37 against. Look closer though and their last two Eliteserien outings were wins, away at Sarpsborg and at home to Aalesund, so there's been a bit of an uptick even if the wider picture is one of a team fighting for mid-table.

KFUM arrive with a touch more momentum than their overall numbers suggest.

Comparative Team Statistics: Tromso vs KFUM Oslo

Head-to-head: tighter than the table suggests

The last meeting between these two finished goalless back in May, in the league. Before that, KFUM won an NM Cupen tie 2-1 in March, and in the previous league season Tromso won 2-0 at home while KFUM won the reverse fixture 3-1.

Going further back, Tromso have generally done well at home in this fixture, though KFUM have caused an upset here before, winning 2-1 at Tromso in July 2024.

There's no one-sided recent pattern to lean on here.

The league table tells its own story

Tromso sit third in the Eliteserien with 38 points from 21 games, having won 11, drawn 5 and lost 5. KFUM Oslo are down in tenth with 25 points from the same number of matches, seven wins against ten losses.

The 13-point gap is backed up by the goal difference split too, plus 11 for Tromso against minus 10 for KFUM, which supports the idea that Tromso are the stronger side across the season as a whole.

None of that guarantees anything on the day, especially given how mixed Tromso's recent form has been.

Firepower and discipline

Tromso's biggest threat going forward is H. Larsen, who's scored 10 goals in 21 appearances this season, with R. Jenssen supplying 8 assists and J. Hjertø-Dahl adding 7 goals in just 14 games. That's a decent spread of attacking contribution for a home side with goals in them.

On the disciplinary side, a few KFUM players already have five yellow cards apiece this season, D. Schneider and M. Vinjor among them, and there are a couple of red cards scattered through the squad too. It points to a fixture that could get a bit feisty.

Key player statistics: Tromso vs KFUM Oslo

Tromso:

Best scorers:

H. Larsen - 10

J. Hjertø-Dahl - 7

Best assist providers:

R. Jenssen - 8

Penalty cards:

A. Warneryd x 1 x 1

KFUM Oslo:

Penalty cards:

D. Schneider x 1 x 5

J. Flaten x 1 x 2

S. Sjøkvist x 1 x 1