Start arrive at this fixture in wretched form, winless in their last five and sitting second bottom of the Eliteserien. Their home record this season is a curious one — every game has seen both teams score, yet they have failed to produce a single match with more than two goals, averaging just one scored and one conceded per game. That pattern suggests competitive but low-scoring affairs when they host.

Tromso, meanwhile, sit top of the table and have been ruthlessly efficient on the road, keeping clean sheets in half their away matches and conceding just 0.5 per game. Their away BTTS rate of 50% sits right at the league average, pointing to games where they control without necessarily opening up.

The form disparity here is stark, and the visitors look well-equipped to manage this game on their terms. This shapes up as a tighter, more contained contest than the table positions might imply, with Tromso the clear value proposition.