Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Haugesund 1st with 49 points, Egersund 8th with 29, 20 apart. The last five rounds placed Egersund no better than 14th for form, against 8th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Haugesund 3.09 scored and 1.68 conceded per game, Egersund 1.59 and 1.77, with the league averaging 1.91.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Haugesund, 3 by Egersund, 0 drawn, at 3.2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
S. Hauge took charge of the match — our records show 62 games refereed with an average of 1.4 yellow cards per game. The venue was Haugesund Stadion, with room for 8,800 spectators. Haugesund led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-0.
Goal scorers
Haugesund: Phillip Hovland (28' og), Sory Diarra (42'), Niklas Sandberg (43')
Key stats
Possession: Haugesund 42% · Egersund 58% · Total shots: 13-11 · On target: 5-2 · Corners: 2-3