 With Molde out of the race for the title, it looked as though it was going to be a fight between Strømsgodset and Rosenborg.Aalesund were, however, only five points behind the leaders Rosenborg, after they won three consecutive matches away from home, and with 10 matches left to play the players started to talk about winning the league.After Aalesund lost three matches in a row, the team was too far behind the top two teams, and three points behind Viking in third place.