Match Report
21 points for Aalesund (14th), 16 for Start (16th): a 5-point gap. Aalesund had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 14th overall. Per game in the league, Aalesund were scoring 1.57 and conceding 2.19, Start 1.05 and 2.1, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 21 games: 9 Aalesund wins, 5 for Start, 7 draws, at 2.76 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The referee was J. Haugen, with 67 matches in our database and 1.2 yellows per game on average. Color Line Stadion, capacity 10,778, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Aalesund led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Aalesund: Elias Kristoffersen Hagen (20'), Mathias Christensen (24')
Key stats
Possession: Aalesund 46% · Start 54% · Total shots: 24-24 · On target: 12-6 · Corners: 7-6